Emerging trends for urban freight transport-The potential for sustainable micromobility

Aim Active transportation referring to non-motorized modes of transport is promoted and popularized both in practice and in the scientific literature, while their use for urban freight transport has been largely neglected. Thus the main scope of the paper is to indicate the development potential of micromobility use in urban freight transport and to check its influence on urban sustainability. Methods The authors have hypothesized that active means of transport, with a focus on micromobility, have great development potential in freight transportation in cities. The implemented methods for analyzing the relationship between users’ characteristics, micromobility, and its impact on urban sustainable development, were logit and probit modelling. The authors’ system includes an analysis of factors connected with the topics of sustainability and micromobilty, that have met an essential scientific gap that this paper addresses. Logistic (logit) regression is used mainly for binary, ordinal, and multi-level outcomes to find the probability of success (i.e. occurrence of some event). Probit regression, however, is primarily used in binary response models and assumes the normal distribution of data. Results The main finding of the article has led the authors to the statement that active means of transport, including micromobility have great development potential in freight transportation in cities. Conclusions Knowledge of the acceptance of micromobility solutions is essential for municipal authorities in shaping the development of urban transport systems. Thus proper strategies and actions need to be prioritized to leverage the sustainability-related co-benefits of active transport

Impact of telematics systems on improvement of international supply chains

Celem artykułu jest ocena wpływu wybranych systemów telematycznych na usprawnienie transportu drogowego w międzynarodowych łańcuchach dostaw. W pracy przedstawiono wyniki trzech badań przeprowadzonych wśród międzynarodowych przedsiębiorstw na temat zastosowania systemów telematycznych. Z badań wynika, iż przedsiębiorstwa korzystające z systemów telematycznych (w szczególności z systemów klasy TMS czy giełd transportowych) osiągają wiele korzyści, m.in. takich jak: optymalizacja tras, śledzenie przesyłek, licytacja i porównywanie cen, szybsze pozyskiwanie zleceniobiorców i zleceniodawców oraz lepsza komunikacja z kontrahentem.The aim of this study is assessing import of selected telematics systems to improve road transport in international supply chains. The thesis presents the results of three scientific surveys conducted among international companies which are able to using of telematics systems. The research shows that companies are using the telematics systems (alike TMS class systems and freight exchanges) achieve plenty benefits, such as: routes optimizing, trace of shipment, auctions and price comparison, accessible acquisition of contractors and principals as also effectively communication with contractors

An assesment of individual transport in the aspect of quality of life on the example of selected medium sized cities

The main aim of the paper is to discuss the role of individual transport in city logistics in the aspect of quality of life.The article is based on an empirical study. It presents the results of quantitative research based on a questionnaire survey, which was conducted in three medium sized cities in Poland among 1600 citizens. The main goal of the research was to receive information about the correlation between city logistics and the quality of life. The article presents only a narrow part of the suvey research in the area of individual transport in terms of quality of life