All Outputs (17)

Promoting sustainable urban freight through stakeholder engagement to co-create decarbonisation pathways in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., Rosenberg, G., Carhart, N., & Taylor, C. (in press). Promoting sustainable urban freight through stakeholder engagement to co-create decarbonisation pathways in the UK. Research in Transportation Economics, Article 101424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2024.101424

The contribution of greenhouse gas emissions from UK urban freight is growing in absolute terms, but the existence of alternative technology options means the urban part of the freight system has potential for relatively early decarbonisation. Howeve... Read More about Promoting sustainable urban freight through stakeholder engagement to co-create decarbonisation pathways in the UK.

Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning (2023)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., & Lyons, G. (2024). Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning. Futures, 155, Article 103295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103295

Planning for the future involves making sense of the present and examining possible changes in key factors that can influence the future. Actors rely upon mental models of the system that planning addresses: their simplified interpretations of the ma... Read More about Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning.

The Five Attribute Performance Assessment (FAPA) model to evaluate the performance of an urban consolidation centre (2021)
Journal Article
Daniela, P. (2021). The Five Attribute Performance Assessment (FAPA) model to evaluate the performance of an urban consolidation centre. Research in Transportation Economics, 90, Article 101065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2021.101065

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
Paddeu, D., & Denby, J. (2022). Decarbonising road freight: Is truck automation and platooning an opportunity?. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 24, 1021–1035. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-02020-9

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?.

A study of users' preferences after a brief exposure in a Shared Autonomous Vehicle (SAV) (2021)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., Tsouros, I., Parkhurst, G., Polydoropoulou, A., & Shergold, I. (2021). A study of users' preferences after a brief exposure in a Shared Autonomous Vehicle (SAV). Transportation Research Procedia, 52, 533-540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2021.01.063

Shared Autonomous Vehicles are expected to significantly change transport and mobility, improving road safety, environmental impact and traffic efficiency. However, the successful implementation of a SAV mobility service strongly depends on public ac... Read More about A study of users' preferences after a brief exposure in a Shared Autonomous Vehicle (SAV).

Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants (2020)
Journal Article
Meager, S., Kumar, V., Ekren, B., & Paddeu, D. (2020). Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants. Procedia Manufacturing, 51(30th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2021)), 1642-1649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.229

This is an exploratory study into the drivers and barriers faced by independent restaurants when implementing green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. There is a limited evidence in the literature that attempts to explore GSCM implementation p... Read More about Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants.

The social perspective on policy towards local shared autonomous vehicle services (LSAVS) (2020)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., Shergold, I., & Parkhurst, G. (2020). The social perspective on policy towards local shared autonomous vehicle services (LSAVS). Transport Policy, 98, 116-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.05.013

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
Clayton, W., Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., & Parkin, J. (2020). Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share?. Transportation Planning and Technology, 43(4), 343-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2020.1747200

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
Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., & Shergold, I. (2020). Passenger comfort and trust on first-time use of a shared autonomous shuttle vehicle. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 115, Article 102604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2020.02.026

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
Paddeu, D., & Aditjandra, P. (2020). Shaping urban freight systems via a participatory approach to inform policy-making. Sustainability, 12(1), Article 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/SU12010441

© 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
Bonera, M., Maternini, G., Clayton, W., Paddeu, D., & Parkhurst, G. (2018). Analysis of the passengers’ experience and travel time use on board urban buses. The case of Brescia

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
Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., Fadda, P., Fancello, G., & Ricci, M. (2018). Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation. Transport, 33(4), 913-929. https://doi.org/10.3846/transport.2018.6593

© 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
Fancello, G., Paddeu, D., & Fadda, P. (2017). Investigating last food mile deliveries: A case study approach to identify needs of food delivery demand. Research in Transportation Economics, 65, 56-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2017.09.004

© 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
Paddeu, D. (2017). The Bristol-Bath Urban freight Consolidation Centre from the perspective of its users. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 5(3), 483-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2017.06.001

© 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.

How do you evaluate logistics and supply chain performance? A review of the main methods and indicators (2016)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D. (2016). How do you evaluate logistics and supply chain performance? A review of the main methods and indicators

Despite of its origins, logistics concept is today strictly related to commercial activities. In particular, transport and logistics activities are more and more responsible for the success of a company, because their performance strongly influence c... Read More about How do you evaluate logistics and supply chain performance? A review of the main methods and indicators.

An experimental customer satisfaction index to evaluate the performance of city logistics services (2016)
Journal Article
Fancello, G., Paddeu, D., Francello, G., & Fadda, P. (2017). An experimental customer satisfaction index to evaluate the performance of city logistics services. Transport, 32(3), 262-271. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2016.1146998

© 2016 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press. Freight transport in urban areas entails benefits (i.e. free access to goods when needed), but also negative externalities (environmental, social and transportation impacts). In response to... Read More about An experimental customer satisfaction index to evaluate the performance of city logistics services.

Reduced Urban traffic and emissions within Urban consolidation centre schemes: The case of Bristol (2014)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., Fadda, P., Fancello, G., Parkhurst, G., & Ricci, M. (2014). Reduced Urban traffic and emissions within Urban consolidation centre schemes: The case of Bristol. Transportation Research Procedia, 3, 508-517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2014.10.032

© 2014 The Authors. Urban freight consolidation centres (UFCCs) can provide a significant contribution to reducing the negative impacts of freight transport to city centres whilst at the same time providing a more seamless, higher-value logistics exp... Read More about Reduced Urban traffic and emissions within Urban consolidation centre schemes: The case of Bristol.