A holistic approach to introducing a light electric freight vehicle (LEFV) system in a historic urban environment: The case of Quito

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Research in Transportation Business and Management Pub Date : 2024-06-15 DOI:10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101157

Miloš Milenković , Alicia Martinez de Yuso , Grace Lopez Realpe , Maria Rosa Munoz , Lorena Saavedra

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a comprehensive approach for introducing a first/last mile system based on Light Electric Freight Vehicles (LEFVs) in the historical centre of Quito (Ecuador). The approach includes four crucial steps for successful launching and establishment of a LEFVs system. The first step considers organizational aspects by proposing a number of alternative cooperative business models. In the second step, the LEFVs fleet mix problem is defined as a Multicriteria Decision Making Problem (MCDM) and solved by the Analytic Network Process (ANP). The third step includes the problem of optimal micro hub location as well as the problem of optimal routing of LEFVs. The micro hub location problem is modelled as a capacitated p-median problem and solved by an exact solution algorithm. The problem of optimal LEFVs routing is defined as the capacitated pickup and delivery with time windows addressed by a web-based optimization tool. The fourth step includes an assessment of the existing policy framework and proposing a set of additional legal instruments for facilitating the LEFVs market uptake. Based on the proposed four-step approach, the first/last mile system is currently being implemented in the historical centre of Quito. The initial results appear promising regarding the success of the new LEFVs first/last mile system.

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在历史悠久的城市环境中引入轻型电动货运车辆（LEFV）系统的综合方法：基多案例

在本文中，我们提出了在基多（厄瓜多尔）历史中心引入基于轻型电动货运车辆（LEFVs）的首/最后一英里系统的综合方法。该方法包括成功启动和建立轻型电动货运车辆系统的四个关键步骤。第一步从组织方面考虑，提出了一些可供选择的合作商业模式。第二步，将 LEFVs 车队组合问题定义为多标准决策问题 (MCDM)，并通过分析网络过程 (ANP) 加以解决。第三步包括微型枢纽的最佳位置问题和 LEFV 的最佳路由问题。微型枢纽位置问题被模拟为容纳 p 中值问题，并通过精确求解算法加以解决。LEFV 的最优路由问题被定义为有时间窗口的有容量取货和交货问题，由一个基于网络的优化工具来解决。第四步包括对现有政策框架进行评估，并提出一套额外的法律文书，以促进 LEFVs 市场的吸收。根据所建议的四步方法，目前正在基多历史中心实施首/最后一英里系统。初步结果表明，新的轻型电动汽车首/最后一英里系统很有希望取得成功。

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Research in Transportation Business and Management Multiple-

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7.10

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8.30%

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175

期刊介绍： Research in Transportation Business & Management (RTBM) will publish research on international aspects of transport management such as business strategy, communication, sustainability, finance, human resource management, law, logistics, marketing, franchising, privatisation and commercialisation. Research in Transportation Business & Management welcomes proposals for themed volumes from scholars in management, in relation to all modes of transport. Issues should be cross-disciplinary for one mode or single-disciplinary for all modes. We are keen to receive proposals that combine and integrate theories and concepts that are taken from or can be traced to origins in different disciplines or lessons learned from different modes and approaches to the topic. By facilitating the development of interdisciplinary or intermodal concepts, theories and ideas, and by synthesizing these for the journal''s audience, we seek to contribute to both scholarly advancement of knowledge and the state of managerial practice. Potential volume themes include: -Sustainability and Transportation Management- Transport Management and the Reduction of Transport''s Carbon Footprint- Marketing Transport/Branding Transportation- Benchmarking, Performance Measurement and Best Practices in Transport Operations- Franchising, Concessions and Alternate Governance Mechanisms for Transport Organisations- Logistics and the Integration of Transportation into Freight Supply Chains- Risk Management (or Asset Management or Transportation Finance or ...): Lessons from Multiple Modes- Engaging the Stakeholder in Transportation Governance- Reliability in the Freight Sector