Sustainability of Urban Freight and Decreasing of Air Pollution: Environmental Ideal of Large Cities

This Article looks at the way urban goods movements are included in transport policies aimed at improving air quality in large cities. The movement of goods in cities is a major contributor to local emissions caused by mobile sources. It seems that there are few policy innovations in freight issues in cities. Nonetheless, responding to public opinion’ increasing concern over health issues and to European standards for urban air quality, some European cities have started to serve access to city centers to new, ‘clean’ or ‘fully loaded ‘ trucks. By doing so, they have engaged in a more environmentally oriented urban freight strategy.