Best practice and case studies

Case studies

• UK Broadmead Consolidation Centre
• Canadian EcoDriving
• A classic case study of route planning was reported in the New York Times where the courier company UPS saved millions of dollars in fuel costs by avoiding left hand turns (or right hand turns if this was implemented in Australia) and greatly reducing time in traffic with the engine idling. Large reductions were made in delivery times and fuel consumption.
• Hubbub is a London-based online system where customers order from multiple local shops and receive a single delivery to their door.

Best practice

• Loading bays
• Electric vehicles for freight
• Night freight
• Freight consolidation
• Cooperative freight schemes for smaller businesses
• Optimising freight vehicle productivity
• Procurement solutions
• Loading zones
• Network access and permits
• Alternate fuels
• Urban planning
• Vehicle use optimisation
• Network optimisation
• Safety and amenity
• Network access and permits
• Noise guidelines and regulation