Outputs (12)

The Five Attribute Performance Assessment (FAPA) model to evaluate the performance of an urban consolidation centre (2021)
Journal Article

Nowadays, local authorities are not completely aware of the advantages of city logistics measures, as they usually do not have a quantitative estimation of their related benefits. One of the most popular city logistics schemes is probably the Urban C... Read More about The Five Attribute Performance Assessment (FAPA) model to evaluate the performance of an urban consolidation centre.

Decarbonising road freight: Is truck automation and platooning an opportunity? (2021)
Journal Article

Governments, industry and academia are paying high attention to autonomous vehicles and platooning, due to their high potential to transform public and private transport and reduce carbon emissions generated by road transport. The road freight sector... Read More about Decarbonising road freight: Is truck automation and platooning an opportunity?.

The social perspective on policy towards local shared autonomous vehicle services (LSAVS) (2020)
Journal Article

The transport policy discourse posits Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs) as a more sustainable solution for the implementation of road automation technology. A successful implementation of SAV services strongly depends on being able to meet user's nee... Read More about The social perspective on policy towards local shared autonomous vehicle services (LSAVS).

Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share? (2020)
Journal Article

The advent of road transport automation is suggested to be one of four key technological transitions that could amount to a major transformation in mobility practices. Specifically, fully Automated Vehicles (AVs) might replace the current private car... Read More about Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share?.

Passenger comfort and trust on first-time use of a shared autonomous shuttle vehicle (2020)
Journal Article

Autonomous Vehicles (AV) may become widely diffused as a road transport technology around the world. However, two conditions of successful adoption of AVs are that they must be synchronously shared, to avoid negative transport network and environment... Read More about Passenger comfort and trust on first-time use of a shared autonomous shuttle vehicle.

Shaping urban freight systems via a participatory approach to inform policy-making (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 by the authors. In the upcoming era of new technologies, a transport system is expected to be 'more sustainable,' 'safer,' and 'more efficient.' However, to what extent is this true? Based on the results of a series of stakeholder engagement w... Read More about Shaping urban freight systems via a participatory approach to inform policy-making.

Analysis of the passengers’ experience and travel time use on board urban buses. The case of Brescia (2018)
Journal Article

Providing users of the public transport with a satisfactory service is necessary to discourage the use of private transport modes. In addition to ensuring high performance in terms of accessibility, usability and availability of the service, in recen... Read More about Analysis of the passengers’ experience and travel time use on board urban buses. The case of Brescia.

Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by VGTU Press. Due to the motivations of climate change, the health impacts of poor air quality, and the importance of cities for economic growth, transport policy at all levels of governance places emphasis on reducin... Read More about Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation.

Investigating last food mile deliveries: A case study approach to identify needs of food delivery demand (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Drawing on the results of a survey carried out in Cagliari (Italy), the paper provides an analysis of the characteristics of food deliveries in urban areas aimed at understanding the needs and expectations of receivers of last mile deliveries... Read More about Investigating last food mile deliveries: A case study approach to identify needs of food delivery demand.

The Bristol-Bath Urban freight Consolidation Centre from the perspective of its users (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 World Conference on Transport Research Society Urban freight consolidation centres are part of the city logistics measures that aim to reduce the negative impacts related to urban freight transport activities, whilst at the same time providing... Read More about The Bristol-Bath Urban freight Consolidation Centre from the perspective of its users.