The impacts of automated urban delivery and consolidation

Conference paper (2022)

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Bin Hu Loughborough University
Wolfgang Ponweiser AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Wendy Weijermars Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV)
Knut Veisten Institute of Transport Economics
Knut J. L. Hartveit Institute of Transport Economics
Mark Brackstone Aimsun Ltd, Waterhouse Square, United Kingdom
Pete Thomas Loughborough University
George Yannis National Technical University of Athens
Apostolos Ziakopoulos National Technical University of Athens
Julia Roussou National Technical University of Athens
Amna Chaudhry Loughborough University
Maria Oikonomou National Technical University of Athens
Sarah Gebhard Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV)
Rins de Zwart Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV)
Charles Goldenbeld Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV)
Govert Schermers Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV)
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2022

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English

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Abstract

Automation in urban freight transport is an important milestone for city logistics, but it will most likely be challenging due to the complex traffic situations. The aim of the present paper is to provide an insight in the impact assessment method used and the results related to parcel delivery in Vienna. While the parcel volume is soaring due to the popularity of e-commerce–and especially accelerated by COVID, cities are thinking about the future delivery system. Automation and consolidation are expected to bring disruptive changes to the system we know today. By applying analytical methods, we show which impacts at what magnitude we may expect from the changes brought by automation in freight transport. We consider the direct impacts consisting of fleet size, freight mileage and fleet operation costs, as well as the wider impacts consisting of parking space, public health and road safety.