TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a local research strategy for city logistics on an academic campus
AU - Zunder, Thomas Hagen
AU - Aditjandra, Paulus Teguh
AU - Carnaby, Bruce
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to acknowledge the support of the European Union in part funding this research through the SMARTFUSION project as part of the Framework Programme Seven, and also Newcastle City Council for the funding of the first traffic count.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - This paper investigates the relative suitability of data and methodologies to assess the determinants of urban freight activity, based on a case study that has been carried out in a city centre university campus, in a medium-sized British city. Data, from procurement/purchasing and traffic surveys, have been used to set a baseline model of freight activity in the development of Delivery and Servicing Plans. A focused literature review of urban freight studies has been completed, in order to address identified urban freight challenges in meeting sustainability objectives. The study demonstrates imperfect data and raises questions that identify new research opportunities with new data collection, including focus group interviews, staff questionnaires, and stated preference surveys. These and other methodologies are identified to address the data gap, in order to develop a localized research strategy adapted to a local campus sustainability initiative.
AB - This paper investigates the relative suitability of data and methodologies to assess the determinants of urban freight activity, based on a case study that has been carried out in a city centre university campus, in a medium-sized British city. Data, from procurement/purchasing and traffic surveys, have been used to set a baseline model of freight activity in the development of Delivery and Servicing Plans. A focused literature review of urban freight studies has been completed, in order to address identified urban freight challenges in meeting sustainability objectives. The study demonstrates imperfect data and raises questions that identify new research opportunities with new data collection, including focus group interviews, staff questionnaires, and stated preference surveys. These and other methodologies are identified to address the data gap, in order to develop a localized research strategy adapted to a local campus sustainability initiative.
KW - city logistics
KW - Delivery and Servicing Plans
KW - purchasing
KW - research strategy
KW - urban freight
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904961647&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/12265934.2014.926830
DO - 10.1080/12265934.2014.926830
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84904961647
SN - 1226-5934
VL - 18
SP - 262
EP - 277
JO - International Journal of Urban Sciences
JF - International Journal of Urban Sciences
IS - 2
ER -