ABSTRACT

The literature presents a considerable number of practical experiences of urban consolidation centres (UCCs) and some estimates for vehicle reduction. Still, there is limited knowledge about the potential reduction of the environmental impact and the related externality costs. This paper evaluates the environmental impacts of consolidation in four scenarios of different consolidation set-ups. It aims to estimate and discuss how the transport-related externalities in these set-ups can be included in the financial evaluation of city logistics. A modelling framework is used to fulfil these aims. The research validates this modelling framework with empirical data from a city logistics case in Sweden, and then analyses the scenarios. The research presented extends the understanding of the costs of externalities related to UCCs by quantifying the reduction in these costs in the scenarios. The different scenarios provide insights into the transport and environmental effects of different consolidation set-ups.

摘要

文献介绍了城市整合中心 (UCC) 的大量实践经验以及对车辆减少的一些估计。尽管如此，关于潜在减少环境影响和相关外部成本的知识仍然有限。本文评估了在不同整合设置的四种情况下整合对环境的影响。它旨在估计和讨论如何将这些设置中与交通相关的外部性纳入城市物流的财务评估中。建模框架用于实现这些目标。该研究使用瑞典城市物流案例的经验数据验证了该建模框架，然后分析了情景。提出的研究通过量化情景中这些成本的减少，扩展了对与 UCC 相关的外部性成本的理解。不同的场景提供了对不同整合设置的运输和环境影响的见解。