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Article

Factors Affecting the Choice of Urban Freight Vehicles: Issues Related to Brazilian Companies

by
Leise Kelli de Oliveira
1,*,
Bruno Vieira Bertoncini
2,
Carla de Oliveira Leite Nascimento
1,
Lara Braide Rocha
2,
Larissa Almeida Matias de Lima Batista
2 and
Leonardo Ventorim Cellin
1
1
Department of Transport and Geotechnical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31.270-901, Brazil
2
Transportation Engineering Department, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza 60.440-554, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2019, 11(24), 7010; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11247010
Submission received: 27 September 2019 / Revised: 20 November 2019 / Accepted: 5 December 2019 / Published: 8 December 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue City Logistics)
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Abstract

In this paper, we present the attributes that influence the choice of an urban freight vehicle by using a systematic literature review and a survey conducted with logistics operators that perform urban deliveries in some of the biggest cities in Brazil. The results obtained facilitate the analysis and determination of the main attributes of vehicle selection in some cities of Brazil. Descriptive statistics are used to describe the characteristics of the companies, and a principal component analysis identifies the dependent variables, in order to evaluate the importance of each attribute. Also, an ordered logistic regression model is used to identify if the characteristics of the companies influence the choice of an urban freight vehicle. The results of this analysis indirectly indicate the dependence of the decision-making process on the logistics policies implemented in a given city. These attributes agree with those in the literature review. These results, despite of being evident, are different from the present selection criteria, which depend on local city policies.
Keywords: city logistics; urban freight transport; freight vehicles; attributes of choice; statistical analysis; ordered logistics regression model city logistics; urban freight transport; freight vehicles; attributes of choice; statistical analysis; ordered logistics regression model

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Oliveira, L.K.d.; Bertoncini, B.V.; Nascimento, C.d.O.L.; Rocha, L.B.; Batista, L.A.M.d.L.; Cellin, L.V. Factors Affecting the Choice of Urban Freight Vehicles: Issues Related to Brazilian Companies. Sustainability 2019, 11, 7010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11247010

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Oliveira LKd, Bertoncini BV, Nascimento CdOL, Rocha LB, Batista LAMdL, Cellin LV. Factors Affecting the Choice of Urban Freight Vehicles: Issues Related to Brazilian Companies. Sustainability. 2019; 11(24):7010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11247010

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Oliveira, Leise Kelli de, Bruno Vieira Bertoncini, Carla de Oliveira Leite Nascimento, Lara Braide Rocha, Larissa Almeida Matias de Lima Batista, and Leonardo Ventorim Cellin. 2019. "Factors Affecting the Choice of Urban Freight Vehicles: Issues Related to Brazilian Companies" Sustainability 11, no. 24: 7010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11247010

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Oliveira, L. K. d., Bertoncini, B. V., Nascimento, C. d. O. L., Rocha, L. B., Batista, L. A. M. d. L., & Cellin, L. V. (2019). Factors Affecting the Choice of Urban Freight Vehicles: Issues Related to Brazilian Companies. Sustainability, 11(24), 7010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11247010

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