Abstract
The urban freight transport (UFT) is an important component of the urban logistics. It represents a driving force for the economic dynamics and attractiveness of a city. It can be treated as all movements of goods necessary for the economic activities, the institutions and the residents of urban life. Through, it faces with problems relating to the congestion, unsafety, atmospheric and noise pollution that constrain its performance and hinder its development. This performance is a complex subject on which a great deal of research has emerged in the last decade. Accordingly, this paper aims to develop a model for assessing the performance of the UFT. The objective is to identify the determinants of the performance of the urban freight transport and measure the impact of each factor. Therefore the first part of this article concerns the elaboration of the model and the formulation of the hypotheses. First, an overview of the factors that could influence the performance of the UFT was identified based on a literature review. The result of this step allowed to model, by mobilizing the GRAI grid (Graph of results and interrelated activities), the UFT system in order to release the decisional links between these factors. Then, the grid will be decomposed into hypotheses explaining the relations between the factors and the performance of the UFT. The formulation of each hypothesis will be based on all the theoretical works that have treated it. The second part includes the empirical study to test the model using the partial least squares (PLS) analysis. Therefore, we conducted a survey among managers and users of the UFT in the city of Fez. A hypothetico-deductive approach has been used with a sequential methodological complementarity between qualitative analysis for exploratory purposes and the support of quantitative analysis for confirmation. The results of the test, confirm a significant influence of the identified factors on the UFT performance. The practical scope of this paper is to provide a decision-making framework for urban management department explaining the impact of these factors on the UFT performance.
Highlights
The improvement of the urban logistics represents a vital importance for the development of the country's logistic competitiveness and for the development and attractiveness of urban areas
State Secretariat to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development, Responsible for Sustainable Development, Report of major achievements and new programs, Report 2017. http://www.environnement.gov.ma/images/Mde_PDFs/BILAN-SEDD-2017.pdf The Green Fund for the Climate is a global funding platform established by 194 governments to limit or reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) in developing countries and help vulnerable countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change. http://www.4c.ma/fr/mediatheque/docutheque/le-fonds-vert-pour-le-climat http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2017/12/01/mobility Ministry Delegate to the Minister of Energy, Water Mines and Environment, in charge of the Environment, National Report on the state of the environment in the Fès-Boulemane region, 2014. http://www.environnement.gov.ma/fr/119-etatenv/1063-region-fes-boulemane Statistical data of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Logistics of the Fez region
Modal distribution of urban travel in the city of Fez in 2016: Total travel: 2 113408 trips ; Cars: 265017 trips ; urban freight transport (UFT) vehicles: 116,423 trips . 18 http://www.equipement.gov.ma/chiffrescles/routier/Pages/Transport-routier-en-chiffres.aspx work, an evaluation model of the performance of the UFT was developed by the GRAI grid, which focuses on four main factors: accessibility, congestion, safety and ecological impacts that represent the latent variables of the model
Summary
The improvement of the urban logistics represents a vital importance for the development of the country's logistic competitiveness and for the development and attractiveness of urban areas. It faces with problems relating to the congestion, unsafety, atmospheric and noise pollution that constrain its performance and hinder its development In this context, decision making for the UFT is a complex experience since many parameters must be taken into account. The UFT is a complex problematic, as much by the objectives it seeks to optimize (economic, environmental, societal) as by the issue and multiplicities of the actors it tends to consider. It can be treated as all movements of goods necessary for the economic activities, the institutions and the residents of urban life. It consists of three essential components (Toilier et al, 2014, Comi et al, 2018) :
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
