Urban freight transport (UFT) poses as a challenge in historical cities given the impacts on cultural heritage. This paper presents retailers’ perceptions about urban freight transport in Brazilian historical cities, characterising current operations, identifying problems, and proposing measures for a sustainable urban freight transport. A survey was conducted in seven Brazilian cities to obtain data for the analysis. The research approach is based on descriptive statistics (characterisations of retailers and operations), a method of successive intervals (identifying the problem and freight policies), linear regression (urban delivery generation models), and ordered logit regression (influence of UFT-related problems on solutions). The results indicate that trade in these cities primarily consists of small and independent retailers (nanostores). Unloading zones is the most significant problem and the solutions suggested by retailers are not related with this problem. Moreover, ordered logit regression model showed that delivery time is the UFT-related problem with influence on the freight solutions. We proposed three measures to improve the mobility and accessibility of cargo in historical cities: transhipment areas, truck routes, and unloading bays. Results could support the sustainable urban freight transport in historical cities to preserve the historical heritage and, consequently, Brazil’s memory.

鉴于对文化遗产的影响，城市货运（UFT）在历史名城构成了挑战。本文介绍了零售商对巴西历史名城的城市货运的看法，描述了当前的经营特点，发现了问题，并提出了可持续的城市货运的措施。在巴西的七个城市进行了一项调查，以获取分析数据。该研究方法基于描述性统计信息（零售商和运营商的特征），连续间隔的方法（识别问题和货运政策），线性回归（城市交付生成模型）和有序logit回归（与UFT相关的问题的影响）在解决方案上）。结果表明，这些城市的贸易主要由小型独立零售商（纳米商店）组成。卸货区是最重要的问题，零售商建议的解决方案与此问题无关。此外，有序logit回归模型显示交货时间是与UFT相关的问题，对货运解决方案有影响。我们提出了三项措施来改善历史名城中货物的流动性和可及性：转运区，卡车路线和卸货区。结果可以支持历史名城的可持续城市货运，以保留历史遗产，从而保留巴西的记忆。我们提出了三项措施来改善历史名城中货物的流动性和可及性：转运区，卡车路线和卸货区。结果可以支持历史名城的可持续城市货运，以保留历史遗产，从而保留巴西的记忆。我们提出了三项措施来改善历史名城中货物的流动性和可及性：转运区，卡车路线和卸货区。结果可以支持历史名城的可持续城市货运，以保留历史遗产，从而保留巴西的记忆。