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Supporting Urban Consolidation Centres with Urban Freight Transport Policies: A Comparative Study of Scotland and Sweden (2019)
Journal Article
Akgün, E. Z., Monios, J., & Fonzone, A. (2019). Supporting Urban Consolidation Centres with Urban Freight Transport Policies: A Comparative Study of Scotland and Sweden. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 23(3), 291-310. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2019.1679743

This study investigates how supportive urban freight transport (UFT) policies work in conjunction with stakeholder collaboration to support public-led urban consolidation centre (UCC) developments. The methodology was a multiple case study approach,... Read More about Supporting Urban Consolidation Centres with Urban Freight Transport Policies: A Comparative Study of Scotland and Sweden.

Influences on urban freight transport policy choice by local authorities (2019)
Journal Article
Akgün, E. Z., Monios, J., Rye, T., & Fonzone, A. (2019). Influences on urban freight transport policy choice by local authorities. Transport Policy, 75, 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.01.009

Individual freight transport policies have been investigated in the literature extensively in the last 10–15 years, yet there has surprisingly been very little attention to the process of selecting urban freight transport (UFT) policy measures. This... Read More about Influences on urban freight transport policy choice by local authorities.

Institutional Influences on the Development of Urban Freight Transport Policies by Local Authorities (2018)
Book Chapter
Akgün, E. Z., & Monios, J. (2018). Institutional Influences on the Development of Urban Freight Transport Policies by Local Authorities. In Y. Shiftan, & M. Kamargianni (Eds.), Preparing for the New Era of Transport Policies: Learning from Experience (169-195). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.atpp.2018.07.004

Urban freight transport (UFT) provides the last mile delivery of goods, return of unwanted or recyclable goods and the removal of waste. Despite such benefits, freight vehicles often cause adverse impacts on the economy, environment and society such... Read More about Institutional Influences on the Development of Urban Freight Transport Policies by Local Authorities.