Title :
Integrated infomobility services for urban freight distribution
Author :
Zuccotti, Saverio ; Corongiu, Alessio ; Forkert, Silke ; Nasr, Ahmed ; Quak, Hans ; Torres, Cristina
Author_Institution :
Centro Ric. FIAT, Orbassano, Italy
fDate :
June 29 2011-July 1 2011
Abstract :
City logistics is one of the causes of today´s road congestion in our cities, but at the same time its efficiency is affected by the traffic problems. The driving behaviour and mission strategies used by vans and lorries operating in urban areas usually does not exploit modern infomobility solutions. CityLog, a project co-funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme, aims at increasing the sustainability and the efficiency of urban goods deliveries through an adaptive and integrated mission management and by innovative vehicle features. More particularly, CityLog integrates a wide range of logistics-oriented infomobility services that include an optimized pre-trip planner, a new type of navigation system based on enhanced maps and a last mile parcel tracking service to avoid unsuccessful deliveries.
Keywords :
cartography; freight handling; logistics; logistics data processing; CityLog project; city logistics; enhanced maps; last mile parcel tracking service; logistics-oriented infomobility service; lorries; navigation system; urban freight distribution; vans; Cities and towns; Driver circuits; Logistics; Navigation; Planning; Servers; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated and Sustainable Transportation System (FISTS), 2011 IEEE Forum on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0990-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0991-3
DOI :
10.1109/FISTS.2011.5973602