Abstract
In the upcoming era of new technologies, a transport system is expected to be ‘more sustainable,’ ‘safer,’ and ‘more efficient.’ However, to what extent is this true? Based on the results of a series of stakeholder engagement workshops, the paper explores the vision of different stakeholders about urban freight of the future. A Participatory Approach was used to allow stakeholders to identify the problem and co-design a set of solutions. Potential impacts of innovative urban deliveries on economy, environment, and society were analysed. Methodology and results were then compared with those of a city stakeholder engagement workshop delivered in Newcastle upon-Tyne in 2014. Stakeholders considered that an “engaging” and “easy to use” process was needed to facilitate the process and it encouraged participants to find solutions for a ‘common good.’ The participatory approach proposed in this process would support transport planners and policy-makers to design and implement a consistent policy framework for future sustainable urban freight systems.
Highlights
This paper focuses on stakeholder engagement as a key factor and explores how to design new city logistics schemes that can be accepted and viable
We aim to explore yet another approach of stakeholder consultation process to address the future of the urban freight system via logical framework and co-design process, with particular focus on the stakeholders’ vision of sustainable city logistics
Despite the expected high impacts new technologies and future solutions might have on urban freight, the perception of the main stakeholders and their willingness to use these new forms of mobility are the key factor to a successful implementation of future sustainable urban distribution systems
Summary
In terms of emerging solutions, autonomous vehicles, drones, and 3D printing have been identified as potential future solutions to reduce urban congestion and air pollution, whilst at the same time improving safety [7] Such innovative solutions remain relatively unexplored both in terms of technology testing and policy implications, and for this reason are likely to become one of the most promising areas of study. Behaviour change and stakeholder collaboration have been acknowledged as necessary to support local authorities to design a successful urban freight transport system [8,9] For this reason, this paper focuses on stakeholder engagement as a key factor and explores how to design new city logistics schemes that can be accepted and viable. Considerations about the policy-making process might be different when talking about (urban) freight policies, as no single policy would work well in two different places [18]
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