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Europe: key challenges and solution strategies for urban freight transport

This article discusses the challenges and some solutions for urban freight management. It highlights the importance of addressing delivery vehicles in any planning for sustainable cities, the importance of partnerships, and the careful consideration of geography, other transport tasks and logistics chains as factors in the success of initiatives to improve urban freight transport.

  • Information sheet

    • Date: 2013
    • Author(s): DEBAUCHE Wanda
    • Domain(s): Urban Mobility / Freight Transport
    • Type: Routes/Roads 358 - Article
    • PIARC Ref.: RR358-026
    • Number of pages: 10
  • This article has been published in the Routes/Roads magazine

    N° 358

    2e trimestre 2013 / Avril

    Transport de marchandises