This paper surveys the vehicle routing problems met in cities for good distribution. It applies
the following methodology. First, it gives an overview of the literature devoted to vehicle …

Intermodal transportation refers to multimodal chains or networks involving at least two
transportation modes, freight being packed into a “container” and not being handled at …

The second in a series of two, this paper conducts a review of the public-sector initiatives
that could be used to improve freight activity in metropolitan areas, collects data about the …

This paper mainly evaluates the previously published fleet planning researches which
primarily utilize operations research and computational intelligence based techniques. An …

Vehicle routing problems (VRPs) have been the subject of intense and fast-growing
research for the last six decades. These problems have received much attention in …

Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery (LMD) is one of the key phases in city logistics. Micro-hubs in
cities are new emerging solutions for an easier and viable last-mile delivery process. The …

Modern logistics receives increasing attention for planning and scheduling operations of
transport systems that have to be resource efficient and environmentally sustainable. This …

This paper proposes a novel route optimization framework to solve the problem of instant
pick-up and delivery for e-grocery orders. The proposed framework extends the traditional …

There is a wide evidence that sustainable mobility is not only a technological question,
automotive technology will be part of the solution as a necessary but not sufficient condition …

Railway organizations are spending on digitizing rail freight transportation for better
resource utilization and revenue generation. In 2010, the Indian Railway (IR) proposed a …