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Urban context and delivery performance: Modelling service time for cargo bikes and vans across diverse urban environments by Schrader, Maxwell; Kumar, Navish; Sørig, Esben; Yoon, Soonmyeong; Srivastava, Akash; Xu, Kai; Astefanoaei, Maria; Collignon, Nicolas is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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Light goods vehicles (LGV) used extensively in the last mile of delivery are one of the leading polluters in cities. Cargo-bike logistics and Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs) have been put forward as a high impact candidate for replacing LGVs. Studies have estimated over half of urban van deliveries being replaceable by cargo-bikes, due to their faster speeds, shorter parking times and more efficient routes across cities. However, the logistics sector suffers from a lack of publicly available data, particularly pertaining to cargo-bike deliveries, thus limiting the understanding of their potential benefits. Specifically, service time (which includes cruising for parking, and walking to destination) is a major, but often overlooked component of delivery time modelling. The aim of this study is to establish a framework for measuring the performance of delivery vehicles, with an initial focus on modelling service times of vans and cargo-bikes across diverse urban environments. We introduce two datasets that allow for in-depth analysis and modelling of service times of cargo bikes and use existing datasets to reason about differences in delivery performance across vehicle types. We intro

Author

Schrader, Maxwell; Kumar, Navish; Sørig, Esben; Yoon, Soonmyeong; Srivastava, Akash; Xu, Kai; Astefanoaei, Maria; Collignon, Nicolas

Published

2024

Language

EN