NRP71: Smart urban freight logistics

Project details

Duration

01.2015-11.2017

Sponsor

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Staff

T. Fumasoli

Partners

Rapp Trans AG and Interface

Summary

Urban freight logistics is dominated by road transport and is gaining in importance in terms of environmental impacts and consumption of energy resources. Trends such as e-commerce (including home delivery), reduction of storage with smaller consignments and an increasing number of deliveries, plus "logistics sprawl" (displacement of logistics facilities out of urban areas) are leading to an increase in freight intensity and in energy consumption per tonne kilometre and consignment. external page Read more