TY - GEN
T1 - Local impacts of a new urban consolidation centre - The case of Binnenstadservice.nl
T2 - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
AU - Van Rooijen, T.
AU - Quak, H.
N1 - Cited By :74
Export Date: 21 November 2019
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A new urban consolidation centre, called Binnenstadservice.nl ('Inner city service'), started business in April 2008 in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. The consolidation centre in Nijmegen differs from initiatives in the past, distinguishing itself from other UCC initiatives by its focus on receivers rather than on carriers. After one year already 98 stores joined Binnenstadservice.nl and this number is still growing. Due to Binnenstadservice.nl, fewer trucks enter the city centre and fewer kilometres are driven. In this paper we provide insights into the local effects of the Binnenstadservice pilot after one year, such as air quality, inconvenience for residents and noise nuisance. The effects on local air quality and noise nuisance are limited, due to the amount of passenger and bus traffic remaining. Plans exist to start Binnenstadservice.nl franchises in other Dutch cities, which could result in making Binnenstadservice.nl a more serious partner for carriers to handle the transport of last mile distribution in cities.
AB - A new urban consolidation centre, called Binnenstadservice.nl ('Inner city service'), started business in April 2008 in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. The consolidation centre in Nijmegen differs from initiatives in the past, distinguishing itself from other UCC initiatives by its focus on receivers rather than on carriers. After one year already 98 stores joined Binnenstadservice.nl and this number is still growing. Due to Binnenstadservice.nl, fewer trucks enter the city centre and fewer kilometres are driven. In this paper we provide insights into the local effects of the Binnenstadservice pilot after one year, such as air quality, inconvenience for residents and noise nuisance. The effects on local air quality and noise nuisance are limited, due to the amount of passenger and bus traffic remaining. Plans exist to start Binnenstadservice.nl franchises in other Dutch cities, which could result in making Binnenstadservice.nl a more serious partner for carriers to handle the transport of last mile distribution in cities.
KW - City logistics
KW - Local impact
KW - Sustainability
KW - Urban consolidation centre
KW - Urban freight transport
U2 - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.04.011
DO - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.04.011
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 2
T3 - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
SP - 5967
EP - 5979
BT - The Sixth International Conference on City Logistics
ER -