Last-mile delivering: Analysis of environment-friendly transport

A Comi, L Savchenko - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban logistics is becoming increasingly complex and costly. There are several reasons for
this, such as the growth of e-commerce, enhanced customer expectations, the desire to …

Innovative solutions for a “Last-Mile” delivery–a European experience

M Slabinac - Business Logistics in Modern Management, 2015 - hrcak.srce.hr
The “last-mile” delivery represents the last part of a supply chain that is considered to be the
most inefficient due to its specificities such as a spatial distribution of relatively small …

Design of a sustainable last mile in urban logistics—A systematic literature review

S Lauenstein, C Schank - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper provides a systematic and up-to-date review and classification of 87 studies on
green last-mile business for sustainable management. In particular, the most important study …

Characteristics and typology of last-mile logistics from an innovation perspective in an urban context

R Gevaers, E Van de Voorde… - City distribution and …, 2011 - elgaronline.com
In the past decade, the e-commerce market for products ranging from high-value durable
goods to low-value consumer goods has experienced strong growth as well as sweeping …

[PDF][PDF] Characteristics of innovations in last-mile logistics-using best practices, case studies and making the link with green and sustainable logistics

R Gevaers, E Van de Voorde… - … for European Transport …, 2009 - aetransport.org
Since the last decade, the e-commerce market is characterized by enormous growth and
changes, for the durable consumer product market, as well as for the e-grocery market. This …

[HTML][HTML] City logistics: Challenges and opportunities for technology providers

M Bachofner, C Lemardelé, M Estrada, L Pagès - Journal of urban mobility, 2022 - Elsevier
Current last-mile logistics operations are inefficient. The economic competitiveness of
logistics service providers is affected by distinct factors, such as the limited time windows …

A review of last mile logistics innovations in an externalities cost reduction vision

L Ranieri, S Digiesi, B Silvestri, M Roccotelli - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a review of the recent scientific literature contributions on innovative strategies
for last mile logistics, focusing on externalities cost reduction, is presented. Transport is …

An ex ante evaluation of mobile depots in cities: A sustainability perspective

N Arvidsson, A Pazirandeh - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Today, a large share of cost, congestion, and emission in cities is attributed to light goods
vehicles like carrier vans distributing to the last mile. The aim of many policy agendas is to …

Stakeholder responses to measures green and efficient urban freight

KY Bjerkan, AB Sund, ME Nordtømme - Research in Transportation …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The project Green Urban Distribution aims at identifying and demonstrating green
and efficient solutions for urban freight distribution through improved organization, service …

Sustainable vehicles-based alternatives in last mile distribution of urban freight transport: A systematic literature review

CM Oliveira, R Albergaria De Mello Bandeira… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
The advent of new technologies in last mile deliveries is about to cause a disruption in the
traditional business model applied in urban cargo transportation, thus presenting …