28. Packaging compaction
36
Before redesign:
• 252 bags on a pallet
• 61.905 pallets shipped
to Ikea per year
After redesign:
• 360 bags on a pallet
• 43.334 pallets shipped
48. Pilots in Brussels
60
• 5 supermarkets – 2 retail
chains
• Other circumstances:
• Open or closed loading
quay
• Distance to closest
housing
• Conditions environmental
permit
See STRAIGHTSOL project
@ www.straightsol.eu
49. 4 A’s of sustainable city logistics
62
Act and shiftAwareness
Avoidance Anticipation
51. Total cost of ownership
64
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Diesel Renault New
Kangoo Express
Electric Renault Kangoo
ZE
Diesel Mercedes
Sprinter
Electric Smith Edison
TCO(€urocentsperkm)
MOBI, 2015
65. Conclusions
1. Yes we should!
2. Yes we can!
Awareness
Avoid
Act and shift
Anticipate
3. Let’s work together!
Actor involvement
66. @CathyMacharis
Prof. dr. Cathy Macharis
+32 2 629 22 86
Cathy.Macharis@vub.ac.be
Building B (B2.20)
Twitter.com/MOBI_VUB
www.mobi.vub.ac.be
67. References
• This story: Cathy Macharis & Bram Kin (2016): The 4 A's of Sustainable City Distribution: Innovative Solutions and
Challenges ahead, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2016.1196404
• Specific aspects:
• LEBEAU, P., MACHARIS, C. and J. VAN MIERLO, 2016, “Exploring the choice of battery electric vehicles in city logistics: a conjoint-based
choice analysis”. Transportation Research PART E: Logistics and Transportation Review 91, pp. 245-258. DOI:10.1016/j.tre.2016.04.004
(2.293: SJR 2014).
• VAN LIER, T., CARIS, A. and C. MACHARIS, 2016, “Sustainability SI: Bundling of outbound freight flows: analyzing the potential of internal
horizontal collaboration to improve sustainability”, Networks and Spatial Economics, Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 277-302 (2.085: JCR 2014).
• LEBEAU, P., MACHARIS, C., VAN MIERLO, J. and LEBEAU, K. 2015. “Electrifying light commercial vehicles for city logistics? A total cost of
ownership analysis”. The European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research 15 (4), pp. 551-569.
• MACHARIS, C., MEERS, D. and T. VAN LIER, 2015, “Modal choice in freight transport: combining multi-criteria decision analysis and
geographic information systems”, International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 355-371 (0.3: SCI 2014).
• MILAN, L., KIN, B., VERLINDE, S. and C. MACHARIS, 2015, “Multi-actor multi-criteria analysis for sustainable city distribution: a new
assessment framework”, International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 334-354 (0.3: SCI 2014).
• MOMMENS, K., LESTIBOUDOIS, S. and C. MACHARIS, 2015, "Modal shift of palletized goods: a European feasibility and location analysis",
European Transport - Transporti Europei, Issue 58, nr.7, p. 19.
• LEBEAU, P., DE CAUWER, C., VAN MIERLO, J., MACHARIS, C., VERBEKE, W. and T. COOSEMANS, 2015, “Conventional, Hybrid, or Electric
Vehicles: Which Technology for an Urban Distribution Centre?”, The Scientific World Journal, Vol. 2015, Article ID 302867, 11 pages,
DOI:10.1155/2015/302867.
• MACHARIS, C. and A. BERNARDINI, 2015, “Reviewing the use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for the evaluation of transport projects:
Time for a multi-actor approach”, Transport Policy, Volume 37, pp. 177-186, doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.11.002 (1.492: JCR 2014).
• MACHARIS, C. and L. MILAN, 2015, “Transition through dialogue: a stakeholder based decision process for cities: The case of city
distribution”, in Habitat International, Special issue: Exploratory Spatial Analysis of Urban Habitats, Editors: Vaz, E., Kourtit, K., Painho, M.
and P. Nijkamp, Volume 45, pp. 82-91, DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.026 (1.746: JCR 2014).
