Nadia GIUFFRIDA, Politecnico di Bari,
Francesco PILLA, University College Dublin, Ireland
Páraic CARROLL, University College Dublin, Ireland
The recent boost in e-commerce selling and same-day delivery services has led to increased freight transport in cities, causing negative impacts and generating new sustainability challenges. The concept of crowdshipping, i.e. a model where last-mile delivery is carried out by non-professionals or regular citizens during their trips, has emerged as a potential solution to the externalities generated by urban logistics. Being an innovative option, its actual impacts are still unclear and mainly depend on the transport mode used and the length of detours undertaken by the users to perform the service. In this respect, e-bike-sharing, removing the burden of environmental emissions, could be a sustainable option to overcome these problems in the case of small parcels or food delivery services. Nevertheless, the matching between supply and demand, the service speed and the unfeasibility of some routes for cyclists are still issues to be considered. The aim of this study is to provide a GIS-based methodology to perform a feasibility analysis of crowdshipping by e-bike-sharing services in urban areas, taking into account demand matching and spatial and routing constraints. An application will be conducted for the city of Dublin, where an e-bike-sharing services is already offering a plan for delivery riders.
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