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EVALUATING STRATEGIC TRANSSHIPMENT SITES AND URBAN DISTRIBUTION CENTRES

John Whitelegg

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The author suggests 5 approaches to the problems of freight transport in cities that will benefit both the environment and the business community. He then examines one, City Logistics, in more detail. Aspects of this approach include reducing the total vehicle kilometers travelled in the city, reducing the number of vehicles entering the city, the use of smaller and zero-emission vehicles and experimentation with new partnerships. Examples of good practice are described from Frieburg in Germany where drastic reductions have been made in freight movements in the city and from Sweden where a total approach including the use of information technology and ethanol-powered lorries hs been adopted. The use of the 'Brox', a human-powered delivery vehicle, is noted. It is suggested that the use of urban distribution centres will only be successful if integrated with a number of other policies. For the covering abstract see IRRD 894325.

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The author suggests 5 approaches to the problems of freight transport in cities that will benefit both the environment and the business community. He then examines one, City Logistics, in more detail. Aspects of this approach include reducing the total vehicle kilometers travelled in the city, reducing the number of vehicles entering the city, the use of smaller and zero-emission vehicles and experimentation with new partnerships. Examples of good practice are described from Frieburg in Germany where drastic reductions have been made in freight movements in the city and from Sweden where a total approach including the use of information technology and ethanol-powered lorries hs been adopted. The use of the 'Brox', a human-powered delivery vehicle, is noted. It is suggested that the use of urban distribution centres will only be successful if integrated with a number of other policies. For the covering abstract see IRRD 894325.

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The author suggests 5 approaches to the problems of freight transport in cities that will benefit both the environment and the business community. He then examines one, City Logistics, in more detail. Aspects of this approach include reducing the total vehicle kilometers travelled in the city, reducing the number of vehicles entering the city, the use of smaller and zero-emission vehicles and experimentation with new partnerships. Examples of good practice are described from Frieburg in Germany where drastic reductions have been made in freight movements in the city and from Sweden where a total approach including the use of information technology and ethanol-powered lorries hs been adopted. The use of the 'Brox', a human-powered delivery vehicle, is noted. It is suggested that the use of urban distribution centres will only be successful if integrated with a number of other policies. For the covering abstract see IRRD 894325.

Key concepts: Truck, Transshipment (information security), Transport engineering, Distribution (mathematics), City logistics, Business, Environmental planning, Operations research

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