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Optimizing Urban Freight Deliveries: From Designing and Testing a Prototype System to Addressing Real Life Challenges

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  • Thomas Baudel

    (IBM)

  • Laetitia Dablanc

    (IFSTTAR/AME/SPLOTT - Systèmes Productifs, Logistique, Organisation des Transports et Travail - IFSTTAR - Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux - Communauté Université Paris-Est)

  • Penelope Aguiar-Melgarejo

    (M2DisCo - Geometry Processing and Constrained Optimization - LIRIS - Laboratoire d'InfoRmatique en Image et Systèmes d'information - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ECL - École Centrale de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon - INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon - Université de Lyon - INSA - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Jean Ashton

    (X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris)

Abstract

In this article, we present efforts towards building a city-wide freight delivery rounds optimization system aimed at leveraging city traffic information to optimize professional vehicle rounds. This project, called SmartDeliveries, has been developed as part of the OptimodLyon project. We present the system's architecture and general objective. Then we present early evaluations which have led us to identify three main technical challenges to address, but also to quantify the potential productivity gains for its users: 18% in distance savings and 11% in time. This could lead, if the system were to be generalized at the scale of the city, to a reduction in as much as 5% in traffic, and to corresponding savings in emissions, which are the primary motivation of the project leaders. Finally we discuss the remaining challenges to address, from a technical as well as an organizational standpoint, to introduce real life implementation of the system.

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  • Thomas Baudel & Laetitia Dablanc & Penelope Aguiar-Melgarejo & Jean Ashton, 2015. "Optimizing Urban Freight Deliveries: From Designing and Testing a Prototype System to Addressing Real Life Challenges," Post-Print hal-01255153, HAL.
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    CITY LOGISTIC; CITY-WIDE OPTIMIZATION; ROUND OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMUM; LIVRAISON; ZONE URBAINE; LOGISTIQUE; SYSTEME DE TRANSPORT INTELLIGENT;
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