Assessing Fuel Distribution in Urban Areas: Off-Hours Deliveries in the City of Rio de Janeiro

IF 1.1 4区 工程技术 Q4 MANAGEMENT Transportation Journal Pub Date : 2019-07-25 DOI:10.5325/TRANSPORTATIONJ.58.3.0222
Diego da Silva, Renata Albergaria de Mello Bandeira, V. E. Campos, Luiz Carlos Brasil De Brito Mello
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Abstract:This article analyzes impact that initiatives for improving freight system performance can generate in fuel distribution in urban areas, especially in mega-cities. We propose a comprehensive methodology to identify initiatives with the most potential in terms of cost and efficiency for the fuel distribution process in urban areas, and then to assess impacts of such initiatives in terms of environmental and economic sustainability. Results indicated off-hours deliveries as having a higher potential to increase sustainability in fuel distribution within city borders. Therefore, an application of the proposed methodology is presented to assess results of a live experiment of off-hours deliveries held in a fuel-distribution process in a mega-city in comparison to daytime deliveries, which is companies’ standard practice. Several positive results were observed during off-hour deliveries, such as reduction in fuel consumption, reduction in the emission of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, reduction in travel time, increase in average operational speed as well as the possibility of carrying out two trips with the same vehicle per day leading to a reduction in expenses with drivers when there is an increase in daily truck deliveries. Although the case assessed was conducted during the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro, the method can be applied in any other mega-city.
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评估城市地区的燃料分配:里约热内卢市的非工作时间交付
摘要:本文分析了提高货运系统性能的举措对城市地区,特别是特大城市燃料分配的影响。我们提出了一种综合方法,以确定在城市地区燃料分配过程的成本和效率方面最具潜力的举措,然后评估这些举措在环境和经济可持续性方面的影响。结果表明,非工作时间的交付更有可能提高城市边界内燃料分配的可持续性。因此,将所提出的方法应用于评估大型城市燃料分配过程中非工作时间交付与日间交付的现场实验结果,日间交付是公司的标准做法。在非工作时间交货期间观察到了一些积极的结果,如燃料消耗减少、空气污染物和温室气体排放减少、旅行时间减少、,平均运营速度的提高以及每天用同一辆车进行两次旅行的可能性,导致在卡车每日交付量增加时,司机的费用减少。尽管评估的案例是在里约热内卢奥运会期间进行的,但该方法可以应用于任何其他特大城市。
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期刊介绍: Transportation Journal is devoted to the publication of articles that present new knowledge relating to all sectors of the supply chain/logistics/transportation field. These sectors include supply chain/logistics management strategies and techniques; carrier (transport firm) and contract logistics firm (3PL and 4PL) management strategies and techniques; transport economics; regulation, promotion, and other dimensions of public policy toward transport and logistics; and education.
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