Designing an Environmental Zone in a Mediterranean City to Support City Logistics

[EN] European cities are facing enormous challenges in accessibility and livability terms due to several European directives, which are compulsory in the mid/long term, traffic congestion levels are still increasing, and air pollution and noise disturbs citizens’ lives. This work presents the study carried out in a Mediterranean city to define an Environmental Zone with traffic restrictions for vehicles in the historical centre of the city of Cartagena (Spain) by exploring different urban logistics measures to tackle main problems caused by freight deliveries and pickups in the city centre. These solutions aimed to enhance the efficiency of vehicles, and to reduce both traffic congestion the environmental impacts caused by freight delivery in the city in order to improve urban sustainability. The research that has led to these results forms part of the work conducted by the students of the subject “Industrial Logistics” in the Master of Industrial Engineering during academic year 2016-2017 at the Technical University of Cartagena. Ros-Mcdonnell, L.; De-La-Fuente-Aragon, MV.; Ros-Mcdonnell, D.; Cardós Carboneras, M. (2018). Designing an Environmental Zone in a Mediterranean City to Support City Logistics. International Journal of Production Management and Engineering. 6(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.4995/ijpme.2018.8771