Reducing Social and Environmental Impacts of Urban Freight Transport: A Review of Some Major Cities

Michael Browne (1) , Julian Allen (1) , Toshinori Nemoto (2) , Danièle Patier (3) , Johan Visser (4)

1 UOW - University of Westminster [London]
2 Hitotsubashi University
3 LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports
4 Ministry of Transportation, Public Works and Water Management

This paper reviews the options available to policy makers in their efforts to reduce the negative impacts of urban freight transport. After providing a summary of the categories of negative impacts that can be targeted together with the specific policy initiatives available, it reviews the actions taken by policy makers across in cities within four countries (UK, Japan, the Netherlands and France). In the case of the UK and Japan attention is focused on a single city as an exemplar of some of the developments. In the case of the Netherlands and France the discussion is wider.

Mots clés: reduction of negative impacts; policy initiatives; policy review; Urban freight transport

Domaines: Economies et finances

Michael Browne, Julian Allen, Toshinori Nemoto, Danièle Patier, Johan Visser. Reducing Social and Environmental Impacts of Urban Freight Transport: A Review of Some Major Cities. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012, Seventh International Conference on City Logistics which was held on June 7- 9, 2011, Mallorca, Spain, 39, pp.19-33. ⟨10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.088⟩. ⟨halshs-01078143⟩