Public transportation offers a promising opportunity for freight transportation in urban areas. Through the sharing of infrastructure, vehicles, or even space inside wagons, synergies can be realized which can lead to a more efficient and environmentally-friendly transportation of goods in cities. This paper conducts a comprehensive investigation of the state-of-the-art of freight on public transportation by means of a systematic literature review. We start by giving an overview of the various ways in which freight on public transportation can be realized. Then we analyze the identified references, classified into qualitative and quantitative approaches, regarding methodology, mode of transportation, shared aspects, underlying network, and utilized data. We find that freight on urban public transportation is a highly dynamic and diverse research field. Finally, we describe opportunities and barriers for freight on public transportation and identify the main fields for future research, among others the further inclusion of external costs and the more frequent application of stochastic and real-time data.

Ralf Elbert

Johannes Rentschler

Research in Transportation Business & Management

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Research in Transportation Business & Management (RTBM) publishes research on international aspects of transport management, including business strategy, communication, sustainability, finance, human resource management, law, logistics, marketing, franchising, privatization, and commercialization. The journal welcomes proposals for themed volumes from management scholars related to all modes of transport. We encourage cross-disciplinary issues for one mode or single-disciplinary issues for all modes. We are particularly interested in proposals that combine and integrate theories and concepts from different disciplines or lessons learned from various modes and approaches. By facilitating the development of interdisciplinary or intermodal concepts, theories, and ideas, and synthesizing these for our audience, we aim to contribute to both the scholarly advancement of knowledge and the enhancement of managerial practice. Potential volume themes include: Sustainability and Transportation Management, Transport Management and the Reduction of Transport's Carbon Footprint, Marketing Transport/Branding Transportation, Benchmarking, Performance Measurement and Best Practices in Transport Operations, Franchising, Concessions and Alternate Governance Mechanisms for Transport Organizations, Logistics and the Integration of Transportation into Freight Supply Chains, Risk Management (or Asset Management or Transportation Finance or ...): Lessons from Multiple Modes, Engaging the Stakeholder in Transportation Governance, Reliability in the Freight Sector.

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Research in Transportation Business and Management

Freight on urban public transportation: A systematic literature review

It is found that freight on urban public transportation is a highly dynamic and diverse research field and the main fields for future research are the further inclusion of external costs and the more frequent application of stochastic and real-time data.

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工程技术	2
工程技术, 交通运输	3
工程技术, 商业管理	4
工程技术, 管理学	4

Freight on urban public transportation: A systematic literature review

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