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Toward a certification of night delivery in urban freight transport.

Number: pap. ID: 652

Author(s) : DEVIN E.

Summary

Among the possible solutions to limit traffic jams in large cities, the generalization of night delivery offers several advantages: this solution allows an access to city centers for larger vehicles when the traffic flow is limited - it reduces the time of delivery and consequently the presence of trucks in towns. It also imply an immediate cut of total energy consumption and CO2 emissions of transport operations, The consequence could be a significant decrease of environmental impact of urban freight transport, including an improvement of air quality. If this project were adopted in large cities another consequence may be an improvement of safety and security due to the restriction of truck traffic during the day. The feasibility of this measure obviously requires an assessment of noise level generated by the activities of night delivery. Refrigerated transport equipments are among the noisiest due to the refrigeration devices. This has led manufacturers of temperature-controlled vehicles to developed new equipment with a maximum noise level of 60 dB(A). This new development was particularly pushed and promoted by the market itself and the certification of equipment though the Piek program. The aim of the PIEK program is to reduce noise levels in the evening and night, of supply traffic, loading and unloading activities in residential areas. These experiences also underline that the silent equipments are not sufficient to guarantee silent delivery and this paper proposes an original complementary approach for certification of low noise delivery service.

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  • Original title: Toward a certification of night delivery in urban freight transport.
  • Record ID : 30002106
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Regulation
  • Source: Proceedings of the 23rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Prague, Czech Republic, August 21-26, 2011. Overarching theme: Refrigeration for Sustainable Development.
  • Publication date: 2011/08/21

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