Evaluating CO2 emissions, cost, and service quality trade-offs in an urban delivery system case study

IATSS Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Wygonik, Erica ^a   Goodchild, Anne ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Urban delivery systems; Vehicle routing problem

Indexed keywords

FLEET OPERATORS; FUEL USE; MONETARY COSTS; OPERATIONAL CHANGES; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PICKUP AND DELIVERY; SERVICE QUALITY; TIME WINDOWS; URBAN DELIVERY; VEHICLE CHOICE; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM WITH TIME WINDOWS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NETWORK ROUTING; QUALITY OF SERVICE; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SALES; VEHICLE ROUTING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051785518     PISSN: 03861112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. United States.Environmental Protection Agency Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 - 2008. EPA 430-R-10-006 2010.
2. United States Conference of Mayors Mayors Leading the Way on Climate Protection Accessed May 27, 2010. http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/revised/.
3. Siikavirta H., Punakivi M., Karkkainen M., Linnanen L. Effects of E-commerce on greenhouse gas emissions: A case study of grocery home delivery in Finland. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2002, 6:83-98.
4. Quak H.J., de Koster M.B.M. Exploring retailers' sensitivity to local sustainability policies. Journal of Operations Management 2007, 25(6):1103.
5. Quak H.J., de Koster M.B.M. Delivering Goods in Urban Areas: How to Deal with Urban Policy Restrictions and the Environment. Transportation Science 2009, 43(2):211.
6. Allen J., Tanner G., Browne M., Anderson S., Chrisodoulou G., Jones P. Modelling Policy Measures and Company Initiatives for Sustainable Urban Distribution. Final Technical Report 2003, Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster, London.
7. Van Rooijen T., Groothedde B., Gerdessen J.C. Quantifying the Effects of Community Level Regulation on City Logistics. Innovations in City Logistics 2008, 387-399.
8. Cairns S. Promises and problems: Using GIS to analyse shopping travel. Journal of Transport Geography 1998, 6(4):273-284.
9. J. Holguin-Veras, C.A.T. Cruz, X. Ban. On the Comparative Performance of Urban Delivery Vehicle Classes. Transportmetrica (in press).
10. Sbihi A., Eglese R. Combinatorial optimization and Green Logistics. 4OR: A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research 2007, 5(2):99-116.
11. Figliozzi M. Emissions Minimization Vehicle Routing Problem, Paper #10-4117. 89th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board 2010, Washington D.C. 2010.
12. Solomon M.M. Algorithms For The Vehicle-Routing And Scheduling Problems With Time Window Constraints. Operations Research 1987, 35(2):254-265.
13. Dessouky M., Rahimi M., Weidner M. Jointly optimizing cost, service, and environmental performance in demand-responsive transit scheduling. Transportation Research: Part D 2003, 8(6).
14. A. Palmer. The Development of an Integrated Routing and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Model for Goods Vehicles. PhD Thesis: Cranfield University, 2007.
15. Benedeck C.M., Rilett L.R. Equitable traffic assignment with environmental cost functions. Journal of Transportation Engineering 1998, 124(1).
16. Environmental Systems Research Institute Algorithms used by Network Analyst: Release 9.3 Accessed June 25, 2010. http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Algorithms_used_by_Network_Analyst.
17. Dijkstra E.W. A note on two problems in connexion with graphs. Numerische Mathematik 1959, 1:269-271.
18. Glover F. Future Paths for Integer Programming and Links to Artifical Intelligence. Computers & Operations Research 1986, 13(5):533-549.
19. Salary.com. Salary Wizard = Accessed March 6, 2010. http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layoutscripts/swzl_selectjob.asp?op=salswz_psr&hdSearchByOption=0&hdLocationOption=0&hdKeyword=truck+driver&hdJobCategory=&hdZipCode=&hdStateMetro=&hdNarrowDesc=&txtKeyword=truck+driver&txtZipCode.
20. Trego T.G., Murray D. An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking, Paper # 10-2307. 89th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board 2010, Washington D.C 2010.
21. United States.Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Transportation and Air Quality MOVES (Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator) [2010 model and user guide] Accessed February 1, 2010. http://www.epa.gov/otaq/models/moves/index.htm.
22. United States.Environmental Protection Agency Hydraulic Hybrid - The Most Efficient Lowest Cost Hybrids EPA-420-F-06-043. Accessed June 6, 2010. http://www.epa.gov/otaq/technology/420f06043.htm.
23. Environmental Systems Research Institute ESRI Data and Maps. CD-ROM 2006, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California.