The number of light commercial vehicles (LCV) in cities is growing, which puts increasing pressure on the liveability of cities. Small electric freight vehicles and cargo bikes can offer a solution, as they take less space, can manoeuvre easily and free from polluting emissions. Within the two-year LEVV-LOGIC …

The number of light commercial vehicles (LCV) in cities is growing, which puts increasing pressure on the livability of cities. Freight vehicles are large contributors to polluting air and CO2 emissions and generate problems in terms of safety, noise and loss of public space. Small electric freight vehicles …

Recently KLM has revealed the plan to downsize the full-freight cargo fleet in Schiphol Airport, for that reason it is important for the company and the airport to explore the consequences of moving the cargo transported by the full freighters into the bellies of the passenger flights. The consequences …

Cities’ sustainability strategies seem to aim at the reduction of the negative impacts of urban freight transport. In the past decades, many public and private initiatives have struggled to gain broad stakeholder support and thus remain viable. Researchers and practitioners have only recently recognised …

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Characteristics of Next-generation E-commerce Urban WarehousesThe aim of this study is to identify the characteristics of next-generation urban warehousesrelated to the e-commerce supply chain. Logistic activities related to the delivery of onlineorders increasingly affect viability in urban environments …

Stadslogistiek staat voor belangrijke uitdagingen: ten behoeve van een gezond leefklimaat is het gewenst om stadslogistiek (nagenoeg) emissievrij te maken. Tegelijkertijd groeit de vraag naar snelle, ‘on demand’ leveringen en vraagt de toenemende ruimtedruk in de stad om oplossingen voor congestie en …

Waste collection is an important volume in city logistics today. In the LEVV-LOGIC project the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL) performed research on waste and the potential use of light commercial vehicles for waste collection in cities.

Het LEVV-LOGIC project is een tweejarig onderzoek naar de inzet van lichte elektrische vrachtvoertuigen (LEVVs) voor stadslogistiek. In het project ontwikkelen drie hogescholen samen met ondernemers, publieke instellingen en netwerkorganisaties nieuwe kennis over logistieke concepten en business modellen …