Public transportation offers a promising opportunity for freight transportation in urban areas. Through the sharing of infrastructure, vehicles, or even space inside wagons, synergies can be realized which can lead to a more efficient and environmentally-friendly transportation of goods in cities. This paper conducts a comprehensive investigation of the state-of-the-art of freight on public transportation by means of a systematic literature review. We start by giving an overview of the various ways in which freight on public transportation can be realized. Then we analyze the identified references, classified into qualitative and quantitative approaches, regarding methodology, mode of transportation, shared aspects, underlying network, and utilized data. We find that freight on urban public transportation is a highly dynamic and diverse research field. Finally, we describe opportunities and barriers for freight on public transportation and identify the main fields for future research, among others the further inclusion of external costs and the more frequent application of stochastic and real-time data.

公共交通为城市地区的货运提供了一个很有前景的机会。通过共享基础设施、车辆甚至车厢内的空间，可以实现协同效应，从而实现更高效、更环保的城市货物运输。本文通过系统的文献综述对公共交通货运的最新技术进行了全面调查。我们首先概述实现公共交通货运的各种方式。然后我们分析确定的参考文献，分为定性和定量方法，涉及方法论、运输方式、共享方面、底层网络和利用数据。我们发现城市公共交通货运是一个高度动态和多样化的研究领域。最后，我们描述了公共交通货运的机会和障碍，并确定了未来研究的主要领域，其中包括进一步纳入外部成本以及更频繁地应用随机和实时数据。