City logistics in Australia.

Author(s)
Thompson, R.G.
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Abstract

Australia is the most urbanised nation in the world. However, the movement of freight within our major cities is threatening the health and lifestyle of residents. The planning and management of urban freight systems requires an integrated approach, with participation by the key stakeholders that are involved in urban goods movement, including, shippers or receivers, freight carriers, residents and administrators. City logistics aims to globally optimise goods movement systems within urban areas by considering the costs and benefits of schemes to the public as well as the private sector. This paper presents details of a number of city logistics schemes that have recently been implemented in Melbourne, including electronic toll collection, freight network planning and travel time information systems. Opportunities for introducing freight trams, co-operative distribution systems for e-commerce (B2C) and public logistics terminals are considered. Methods for predicting the impacts of such schemes are also outlined. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E206301.

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C 43585 (In: C 43510 CD-ROM) /72 / ITRD E207944
Source

In: CAITR 2001: [proceedings of the] 23rd Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research, 10-12 December 2001, 2002, 10 p., Session 9

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