Urban logistics

A planning and management approach which, taking an overall view of goods flows and the associated people flows, aims to ease circulation in areas of high population density and high concentration of human activity, reducing its cost and its nuisance while maintaining optimal service quality for city users. Starting from an analysis of flows and of the constraints of the transport system, of the economic, social and cultural dynamics of the city and of how it is run, the approach covers transport, consolidation and storage of goods.