eCommerce enabled demand responsive urban logistics: the European Project eDRUL

Author

Arnbrosino, G. ; Scapigliati, Walter ; Boero, Marco ; Diaco, Jacopo ; Wild, Bern

Author_Institution

Siena Parcheggi Spa, Italy

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

330

Lastpage

335

Abstract

eDRUL is a relevant European Project founded by the EU IST R&D Programme, started on April 2002 spanning to 2004 and coordinated by Siena Parcheggi SpA, the Mobility Agency of the Siena Municipality (Italy). The overall objective of eDRUL Project is to investigate, develop and validate an innovative IST platform, and supported service models, for improved management of freight distribution and logistic processes in urban area integrated with e-commerce/e-business services. eDRUL solutions are demonstrated, tested and validated, at different levels, in 3 urban sites (Italy, Portugal and Netherland) with different area characteristics and well-defined mobility policies and transport infrastructures This paper aims to describe the overall context, the concept and system approach and innovation in eDRUL.

Keywords

automated highways; decision support systems; electronic commerce; goods distribution; logistics data processing; project engineering; transportation; Europe; IST systems; ITS systems; Italy; Siena Municipality; decision support system; demand responsive approach; e business; eDRUL Project; electronic-commerce; freight distribution; urban transport logistics; Context modeling; Context-aware services; Electronic commerce; Innovation management; Logistics; Project management; Research and development; System testing; Technological innovation; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2002. Proceedings. The IEEE 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7389-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2002.1041238

Filename

1041238