Urban logistics guidelines for the efficiency of goods distribution in Brazilian cities

Abstract

The freight logistics operations within cities must be considered a relevant issue in city planning. The impacts caused by cargo transport on the urban distribution of goods, on the road and transport system in urban áreas, as well as on interference with the road system deserve an appropriate analysis. The concepts of city logistics have become an efficient instrument to be adopted in the master planning of cities in order to provide an adequate logistical operation for loading and unloading goods in urban areas. It is also worth mentioning that current public policies practiced in the context of urban planning increasingly require guidelines that enable effective distribution of goods in cities. So, the objective of all the chapters is to present urban logistics guidelines for the efficiency of goods distribution in urban centers of Brazilian cities, taking the urban logistics concept as a reference.