Dr Laetitia Dablanc, Professor at the University Gustave Eiffel
and head of the Logistics City Chair, discusses recent research she
co-authored entitled "Response to COVID-19 lockdowns from urban
freight stakeholders". We discuss:
A survey focusing on labour, traffic, regulations, and any
other issues relevant
Need to adapt to the volatility and variability of e-commerce
orders
Delivering "essential" goods
Home delivery vs out-of-home delivery, and the challenges of
returning to residential delivery in areas where out-of-home
dominated
Productivity issues during lockdown
Contactless delivery
Robot delivery
City plannings failing to integrate logistics into future
plans
Deliveries not transitioning from vans to cargo bikes
Urban and suburban warehouses
Urban hubs and local regulations
Working conditions of gig economy delivery riders
Precarious workers prepared to work in gig economy
Speed of delivery and resulting increase in emissions
Future protections of gig economy delivery workers
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