Author: jean-paul.rodrigue

Added a new page discussing the deflationary and discriminatory impacts of e-commerce on the retail sector. Impacts of E-commerce on the Retail Sector | City Logistics: Concepts, Policy and Practice (globalcitylogistics.org)

A new chapter covering autonomous vehicles used in urban deliveries has been posted. It is authored by Dr. Heleen Buldeo Rai, Sabrina Touami and Dr. Laetitia Dablanc.

Added a photo depicting a typical curbside urban delivery at a small-sized grocery store.

The draft version of a new section covering last-mile city logistics facilities is now available. I discusses fast delivery hubs, delivery stations and freight stations.

A draft version of the second class of city logistics facilities is now available. Distribution facilities are flow-based and mainly used for sortation.

Added a new section covering procurement and fulfillment facilities as support for city logistics. It is part of a wider section about urban logistics facilities. The material still needs to be improved with a wider range of examples.

A review of how retail supply chains have evolved since the 1970s. From the direct replenishment of stores by manufacturers and wholesalers to e-commerce logistics platforms.

Added three complex maps depicting the concept of the freight landscape over the metropolitan areas of New York, Los Angeles and Paris. A comprehensive PDF map is also available.

Updated the page depicting the relationships between urban density of urban freight deliveries. Urban passenger and freight transport systems do not optimize in the same fashion in relation to density.

In light of the surge in parcel deliveries, several residential complexes are adopting parcel management systems that allow them to track the parcels being delivered and automatically notify the recipients. The lobby is becoming a distribution center and the management of these operations, which used to by manual (e.g. records