Smart and sustainable city logistics: Design, consolidation, and regulation

Pirmin Fontaine, Stefan Minner and Maximilian Schiffer

European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, vol. 307, issue 3, 1071-1084

Abstract: Growing e-commerce delivery increases traffic congestion and demands for smart last-mile city distribution systems. In this context, municipalities and logistics service providers aim towards sustainable and profitable city logistics, which are often conflicting goals. Whether to use single-echelon or two-echelon systems with micro-depots and city freighters as well as quantifying the benefits of shipment consolidation between independent providers under different system designs are unanswered questions in academia and practice.

Keywords: Logistics; City logistics; Consolidation; Continuous approximation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.09.022

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