Conference Papers Year : 2022

Comparison of the social cost of cargo bikes, electric and thermal commercial trucks for urban deliveries

Abstract

Road transport is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale. In addition, in urban areas, other negative externalities must be considered, such as congestion, noise, etc. Freight transport is responsible for a significant part of these externalities which companies are not, today, financially charged. To address these issues, one solution is to operate the city in a more sustainable way. In this study, we compare the social cost (cost of ownership and environmental cost) of three technologies (Light Commercial Trucks-LCTs, electric LCTs and cargo bikes) in the case of Paris City. The main results indicate that it is worthwhile to use cargo bikes up to a certain point, the optimum being a mixed fleet. The originality of this study is that it is based on an operational database of one carrier's activities during two months in the Ile-de-France region.
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hal-04100018 , version 1 (17-05-2023)

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Antoine Robichet, Patrick Nierat, Francois Combes. Comparison of the social cost of cargo bikes, electric and thermal commercial trucks for urban deliveries. Transport Research Arena, Nov 2022, Lisbonne, Portugal. 8p. ⟨hal-04100018⟩
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