Abstract
The increasing trend of working from home, as well as growth in shopping and entertainment in local areas resulting from COVID-19, has changed goods distribution patterns in Sydney's metropolitan area. A substantial increase in parcel deliveries was experienced in the metropolitan area in 2020 as well as a decline in deliveries to the central business district (CBD). This is in line with the global trends and literature from other major metropolitan cities in the developed world.To address efficiency and sustainability challenges confronted by carriers a network planning tool, Last Mile Urban Freight Networks (LMUFN) has been developed that enables carriers and government planners to evaluate alternative delivery networks for increasing the efficiency and improving sustainability for home deliveries throughout the metropolitan area. LMUFN estimates the impacts (financial and environmental) of transforming existing urban distribution networks for carriers to more distributed networks with an increased number of consolidation facilities as well as increased use of low and zero emission vehicles for local distribution routes.
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