Assessing the Impacts of Crowdshipping Using Public Transport: A Case Study in a Middle-Sized Greek City

Crowdsourced deliveries or crowdshipping is identified in recent literature as an emerging urban freight transport solution, aiming at reducing delivery costs, congestion, and environmental impacts. By leveraging the pervasive use of mobile technology, crowdshipping is an emerging solution of the sh...

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Published in:Future transportation 2022-03, Vol.2 (1), p.55-83
Main Authors: Karakikes, Ioannis, Nathanail, Eftihia
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