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A stakeholder-based methodology to enhance the success of urban freight transport measures in a multi-level governance context

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  • Kin, Bram
  • Verlinde, Sara
  • Mommens, Koen
  • Macharis, Cathy

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Urban freight transport (UFT) is fundamental to the liveability of our cities, but it also contributes to the unsustainability of the same cities. Local authorities are primarily responsible for governing urban areas and implement different measures to regulate UFT. Measures often fail as they do not reach their intended goal and sometimes even produce adverse effects. One of the primary causes is that prior to implementation, the different stakeholders affecting and being affected by the UFT are not sufficiently involved. In this study, the multi-actor multi-criteria analysis (MAMCA) is applied ex-ante to evaluate to what extent different measures contribute to the objectives of different stakeholders. A municipality in Belgium, experiencing a lot of traffic, is used as a case study. Regulating UFT is in this case further complicated due to multi-level governance with different jurisdictions over infrastructure. To our knowledge, there are no similar UFT studies in a multi-level governance context. Results show that all proposed measures are an improvement for all stakeholders compared to the current situation. Future implementation of measures in this context is discussed.

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  • Kin, Bram & Verlinde, Sara & Mommens, Koen & Macharis, Cathy, 2017. "A stakeholder-based methodology to enhance the success of urban freight transport measures in a multi-level governance context," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 10-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:retrec:v:65:y:2017:i:c:p:10-23
    DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2017.08.003
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    1. Bjørgen, Astrid & Seter, Hanne & Kristensen, Terje & Pitera, Kelly, 2019. "The potential for coordinated logistics planning at the local level: A Norwegian in-depth study of public and private stakeholders," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 34-41.
    2. Nicolas Brusselaers & Koen Mommens & Cathy Macharis, 2021. "Building Bridges: A Participatory Stakeholder Framework for Sustainable Urban Construction Logistics," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-33, March.
    3. Csilla Bartucz & László Buics & Edit Süle, 2023. "Lack of Collaboration on the CEP Market and the Underlying Reasons—A Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-22, June.
    4. Giacomo Lozzi & Gabriele Iannaccone & Ila Maltese & Valerio Gatta & Edoardo Marcucci & Riccardo Lozzi, 2022. "On-Demand Logistics: Solutions, Barriers, and Enablers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-21, August.
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    Keywords

    Urban freight transport; Sustainability; Policy; Stakeholder involvement; MAMCA;
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    JEL classification:

    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
    • R49 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Other

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