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This article aims to identify some commonalities and differences in intermodal freight in France and Japan, focusing on urban zones. This comparison puts into perspective two spatial situations linked with land pressure. It helps us identify opportunities for knowledge transfer of best practices for the promotion of modal shift and for land use and planning policies that favor intermodal freight. Research works have been carried out on intermodal logistic policies at national scales. However, in urban areas, the use of intermodal services has specific characteristics. Intermodal services are difficult to implement for last mile deliveries, as waterways and railways are used for high volume flows. Nevertheless, during the last decade, an increasing number of projects including intermodal services for the “mile before last” have been set up. Document type: Conference object

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9th International Conference on City Logistics, Tenerife, ESPAGNE, 17-/06/2015 - 19/06/2015; In this article, we present efforts towards building a city-wide freight delivery rounds optimization system aimed at leveraging city traffic information to optimize professional vehicle rounds. This project, called SmartDeliveries, has been developed as part of the OptimodLyon project. We present the system's architecture and general objective. Then we present early evaluations which have led us to identify three main technical challenges to address, but also to quantify the potential productivity gains for its users: 18% in distance savings and 11% in time. This could lead, if the system were to be generalized at the scale of the city, to a reduction in as much as 5% in traffic, and to corresponding savings in emissions, which are the primary motivation of the project leaders. Finally we discuss the remaining challenges to address, from a technical as well as an organizational standpoint, to introduce real life implementation of the system. Document type: Conference object

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Cet article est consacré à l’analyse du choix modal pour le transport de fret. L’analyse est fondée sur le concept de “coûts logistiques totaux” .Ceci implique une attention particulière à tous les coûts dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement, ces derniers étant influencés par le choix du mode de transport. Après une revue de littérature concernant le choix du mode de transport en fonction des coûts logistiques totaux, une étude de cas est présentée pour illustrer le concept. Une comparaison est faite entre le transport routier et la navigation intérieure pour le transport de marchandises en vrac. La compensation entre les coûts de transport et les coûts de stockage est montrée: la navigation intérieure a des coûts de transport inférieurs à ceux du transport routier, mais ses coûts de stockage sont plus élevés. Étant donné que les marchandises sont d’une valeur relativement élevée, la navigation intérieure s’avère être plus onéreuse que le transport routier. Cependant, il est montré qu’il serait préférable d'avoir recours à la navigation intérieure lorsque l’on utilise un type de navire avec une capacité inférieure à celle des navires actuellement utilisés. info:eu-repo/semantics/published