He ZHANGYUAN, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University, China
Zhao PENGJUN, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China
Xiao RENRONG, School of Resource and Environment, Lanzhou University, China
E-commerce and online shopping change the consumer's behavior and cause urban freight demands growth, which is a proliferating phenomenon worldwide. Urban parcel logistics providers commonly increase the delivery frequency and service freight fleets to cope with the freight demand growth within urban areas. However, the urban freight movements caused enormous negative environmental externalities (e.g., congestion, emission, and noise). In recent years, the providers have launched some new innovative freight modes to balance economic and environmental relations. For instance, the urban tram is used in transshipment transportation, and then cargo bikes perform the last-mile delivery. These innovative collaborations have motivated urban parcel delivery to the integration of passenger and freight. Meanwhile, more than 10 distribution innovations can be used in parcel delivery. However, the existing research paid less attention to the impacts of this trend on the spatial pattern of the urban transport network and stakeholder structure. To this end, this research analyzes the spatial impacts and potential risks of the passenger & freight integration according to the cases of some countries (Germany, Japan, etc.). Meanwhile, the stakeholder changes and feasible combinations of distribution innovations are discussed. The result contributes to the logistics providers formulating the appropriate operational strategies to construct sustainable E-commerce logistics
Mots clés : Distribution Innovation|Urban Parcel Delivery|Last-mile delivery|Transshipment transport|E-commerce
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