(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
Labarthe, Olivier; Klibi, Walid; Montreuil, Benoit; Deschamps, Jean-Christophe
This Paper investigates the opportunity to exploit an on-demand freight transshipment service in urban areas. This contribution attempts at first to focus on the feasibility to connect people and freight mobility with a joint usage of transportation options. It builds on the hyperconnectivity principles enabled by the Physical Internet (PI) manifesto for city logistics. To this end, this Paper proposes an effective solution approach for optimizing multimodal on-demand transshipment. The approach considers multiple mobility options such as on-demand delivery services, cargo bikes, tramways, and buses to transship goods from an urban logistic hub to another. The hyperconnected synchromodal mobility solution is proposed as an alternative option to classical pickup and deliverybased transportation. The proposal is first characterized in link with the interconnectivity needs and then its operability is modeled as a new transportation approach. The proposed solution aims to increase the sustainability of cities by reducing congestion levels, the impact of logistics moves, as well as carbon emissions in urban areas. An illustrative case is provided to demonstrate how the novel hyperconnected synchromodal transportation system could operate, and to provide an evaluation of the economic and sustainability benefits of such system in an urban context.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-06)
Klibi, Walid; Labarthe, Olivier; Ahmadi, Ghazaleh; Deschamps, Jean-Christophe; Montreuil, Benoit
Investigates the feasibility of goods transshipment with a joint usage of public mobility and freight urban vehicles. Assesses the potential benefit of a joint mobility system for goods delivery in urban areas.