A Conceptual Model Based on the Activity System and Transportation System for Sustainable Urban Freight Transport

Demostenis Ramos Cassiano, Bruno Vieira Bertoncini and Leise Kelli de Oliveira
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Demostenis Ramos Cassiano: Postgraduate Program in Transport Engineering, Transport, Traffic and Environment Research Group, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60455-760, Brazil
Bruno Vieira Bertoncini: Postgraduate Program in Transport Engineering, Transport, Traffic and Environment Research Group, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60455-760, Brazil
Leise Kelli de Oliveira: Department of Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-010, Brazil

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: Urban freight transport (UFT) is simultaneously responsible for maintaining the urban lifestyle and the negative externalities impacting urban areas, necessitating strategies that promote sustainable urban freight transport (SUFT). In addition, the stakeholders and geographic factors involved in UFT impose specific concerns in the planning and operation stages of SUFT. Therefore, this paper proposes a model addressing sustainable last-mile delivery considering the relationship between the activity system, transportation system, and stakeholders involved in UFT. Based on the literature review, we identified UFT planning procedures to achieve SUFT. In a cyclical process, these procedures were considered on the proposed model, integrating freight transport planning with urban planning to develop SUFT and, consequently, sustainable cities.

Keywords: sustainable urban freight transport; last-mile delivery; urban activity system; transport system; sustainable city; stakeholders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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