This page has only limited features, please log in for full access.
An “island formation” is a region within the hinterland of a port which is served by another port. Some regions of southern Europe, although located within the hinterland of some Mediterranean ports, are “island formations” of northern range ports (namely, northern European ports between Le Havre and Hamburg): an example is the Padan Plain, in northern Italy, which is currently, although only partially, an “island formation” of northern range ports. Actually, a relevant number of TEUs, which have origin or destination in the Padan Plain, and have been unloaded from ships operating deep-sea routes or will be loaded on them, cross northern range ports. Several sources report this number of TEUs, but there is disagreement among them. In this paper, firstly, this number of TEUs is estimated, according to scheduled rail connections between northern range ports and Italian intermodal centres/freight villages. Afterwards, an analysis of transport costs and travel times is carried out in order to determine the advantage of unloading containers (having origin in the Far East or North America and destination in the Padan Plain) through northern range ports instead of Italian ports.
Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Federico Campi; Andrea Ceccotti; Alessandro Farina. The “Island Formation” within the Hinterland of a Port System: The Case of the Padan Plain in Italy. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4819 .
AMA StyleMarino Lupi, Antonio Pratelli, Federico Campi, Andrea Ceccotti, Alessandro Farina. The “Island Formation” within the Hinterland of a Port System: The Case of the Padan Plain in Italy. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4819.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Federico Campi; Andrea Ceccotti; Alessandro Farina. 2021. "The “Island Formation” within the Hinterland of a Port System: The Case of the Padan Plain in Italy." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4819.
A new freight delivery system based on automated vans is presented. Vans travel in platoons, whose first vehicle is driven and the others are driverless, during large part of their delivery routes. Each platoon moves from the Urban Distribution Centre (UDC) to a dedicated location close to the city centre, where the platoon is split up. At the split up location, the driver gets off the first van and each van of the platoon, independently from the others, carries out the last part of its delivery route moving without any driver. Meanwhile, the driver moves to another split up location or to the UDC, where a driver is needed. After completing their deliveries, vans return to the same split up location and gather again in a platoon; a driver accesses the first vehicle, then the platoon returns to the UDC. A methodology to design the proposed transport system has been developed. The methodology comprises two routing algorithms to optimise: platoon routes from the UDC to split up locations; single van routes from split up locations to receivers and return; and a microsimulator to assess, heuristically, the number of vehicles needed to operate the system and the schedule of driver activities.
Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Alessandro Farina. Modelling and simulation of a new urban freight distribution system based on automatic van platooning and fixed split up locations. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2020, 14, 1034 -1047.
AMA StyleMarino Lupi, Antonio Pratelli, Alessandro Farina. Modelling and simulation of a new urban freight distribution system based on automatic van platooning and fixed split up locations. IET Intelligent Transport Systems. 2020; 14 (9):1034-1047.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Alessandro Farina. 2020. "Modelling and simulation of a new urban freight distribution system based on automatic van platooning and fixed split up locations." IET Intelligent Transport Systems 14, no. 9: 1034-1047.
In this paper, the usage of railway lines across the Alps is evaluated, both at present and after the new lines and base tunnels will be in operation. The railway network of a large part of Europe has been modelled through a graph, and the best routes between some of the most important origin/destination pairs in Italy and Europe have been determined. A new cost function has been developed for the links of the network. The proposed cost function is an improvement of those existing in the literature, because all cost components are taken into account in detail, while the traction cost and the number of locomotives utilized explicitly depend on the geometrical characteristics of rail lines. This last aspect is crucial in analyzing the rail lines across the Alps, as they are often operated in double or triple traction. The results of the study show the importance of new Alpine rail lines and base tunnels: the Ceneri base tunnel will remove a bottleneck on the Gotthard line, while the Brenner and Frejus base tunnels will take up a quota of demand currently served by other lines. Moreover, the new Alpine lines will create an east–west rail connection, through the Italian Padan Plain, alternative to the rail route which currently bypasses the Alps to the north.
Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Daniele Conte; Alessandro Farina. Railway Lines across the Alps: Analysis of Their Usage through a New Railway Link Cost Function. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 3120 .
AMA StyleMarino Lupi, Antonio Pratelli, Daniele Conte, Alessandro Farina. Railway Lines across the Alps: Analysis of Their Usage through a New Railway Link Cost Function. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (9):3120.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Daniele Conte; Alessandro Farina. 2020. "Railway Lines across the Alps: Analysis of Their Usage through a New Railway Link Cost Function." Applied Sciences 10, no. 9: 3120.
Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Cecilia Licandro; Alessandro Farina. THE EVOLUTION OF DEEP SEA CONTAINER ROUTES: THE ITALIAN CASE. Transport Problems 2019, 14, 69 -80.
AMA StyleMarino Lupi, Antonio Pratelli, Cecilia Licandro, Alessandro Farina. THE EVOLUTION OF DEEP SEA CONTAINER ROUTES: THE ITALIAN CASE. Transport Problems. 2019; 14 (1):69-80.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Cecilia Licandro; Alessandro Farina. 2019. "THE EVOLUTION OF DEEP SEA CONTAINER ROUTES: THE ITALIAN CASE." Transport Problems 14, no. 1: 69-80.
In this paper, the potential hinterland of the new container terminal of the port of Leghorn (Livorno in Italian) is studied. The study actually analyses the competitiveness of major European ports with respect to some of the most contestable regions in Europe. Travel time and monetary costs of railway paths, connecting ports to their hinterland, have been determined. The rail network of a large part of Europe was modelled using a graph. To each link, which represents a portion of the rail line, a cost function is associated. The travel time on the link is determined from the average speed, which has been determined from the maximum speed via formulae obtained through linear regression. The few cost functions that exist in current literature for the computation of the cost of a rail link are not detailed enough. Therefore, a new cost function has been developed. All cost components were determined in detail: the staff cost, the amortisation, maintenance, and insurance costs of locomotives and wagons, the cost of the usage of rail track, the traction cost. The traction cost was calculated in detail from all resistances to motion. Moreover, for each rail link, the number of locomotives needed to operate the train and the maximum towable weight were determined. The monetary value of time in freight transport registers a high variability; therefore, three different optimisations of the paths—by travel times, monetary costs, and generalised costs—between each origin–destination pair were carried out. The rates of competitiveness of the ports with respect to the examined European contestable regions were analysed.
Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Mattia Canessa; Andrea Lorenzini; Alessandro Farina. A Study on Contestable Regions in Europe through the Use of a New Rail Cost Function: An Application to the Hinterland of the New Container Terminal of Leghorn Port. Journal of Advanced Transportation 2019, 2019, 1 -35.
AMA StyleMarino Lupi, Antonio Pratelli, Mattia Canessa, Andrea Lorenzini, Alessandro Farina. A Study on Contestable Regions in Europe through the Use of a New Rail Cost Function: An Application to the Hinterland of the New Container Terminal of Leghorn Port. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2019; 2019 ():1-35.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Mattia Canessa; Andrea Lorenzini; Alessandro Farina. 2019. "A Study on Contestable Regions in Europe through the Use of a New Rail Cost Function: An Application to the Hinterland of the New Container Terminal of Leghorn Port." Journal of Advanced Transportation 2019, no. : 1-35.
Tomislav Letnik; Alessandro Farina; Matej Mencinger; Marino Lupi; Stane Božičnik. Dynamic management of loading bays for energy efficient urban freight deliveries. Energy 2018, 159, 916 -928.
AMA StyleTomislav Letnik, Alessandro Farina, Matej Mencinger, Marino Lupi, Stane Božičnik. Dynamic management of loading bays for energy efficient urban freight deliveries. Energy. 2018; 159 ():916-928.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTomislav Letnik; Alessandro Farina; Matej Mencinger; Marino Lupi; Stane Božičnik. 2018. "Dynamic management of loading bays for energy efficient urban freight deliveries." Energy 159, no. : 916-928.
Marino Lupi; Alessandro Farina; Antonio Pratelli; Letizia Bellucci. AN ANALYSIS OF THE ITALIAN RO-RO AND RO-PAX NETWORK IN THE YEARS 2008-2015. Transport Problems 2018, 12, 127 -140.
AMA StyleMarino Lupi, Alessandro Farina, Antonio Pratelli, Letizia Bellucci. AN ANALYSIS OF THE ITALIAN RO-RO AND RO-PAX NETWORK IN THE YEARS 2008-2015. Transport Problems. 2018; 12 (SE):127-140.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarino Lupi; Alessandro Farina; Antonio Pratelli; Letizia Bellucci. 2018. "AN ANALYSIS OF THE ITALIAN RO-RO AND RO-PAX NETWORK IN THE YEARS 2008-2015." Transport Problems 12, no. SE: 127-140.
This paper describes some ITS solutions and rewarding policies to increase the use of sustainable transport means in urban areas. Firstly, existing policies are described, and the advantages of rewarding systems are presented. Afterwards, the ITS technologies application to monitor mobility modes is described. In this context, the paper presents the SaveMyBike prototypical project and its solutions. SaveMyBike is an anti-theft monitoring system, based on RFID technologies and made of three modules. The first module creates secure urban areas through installed alarms where owners can leave their bike safely. The second module uses fixed RFID gates to monitor journeys and detect stolen bikes. The third module uses portable RFID readers that, during the parking and street control, read in-bike tags, detecting: the stolen bikes, and origins/destinations of bicycle trips. The system is based on rewarding policies, to incentivize people to use their private bikes and public transport modes.
Antonio Pratelli; Massimiliano Petri; Alessandro Farina; Marino Lupi. Improving Bicycle Mobility in Urban Areas Through ITS Technologies: The SaveMyBike Project. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 2017, 219 -227.
AMA StyleAntonio Pratelli, Massimiliano Petri, Alessandro Farina, Marino Lupi. Improving Bicycle Mobility in Urban Areas Through ITS Technologies: The SaveMyBike Project. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 2017; ():219-227.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Pratelli; Massimiliano Petri; Alessandro Farina; Marino Lupi. 2017. "Improving Bicycle Mobility in Urban Areas Through ITS Technologies: The SaveMyBike Project." Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing , no. : 219-227.
Welcome to the WIT Press eLibrary - the home of the Transactions of the Wessex Institute collection, providing on-line access to papers presented at the Institute's prestigious international conferences and from its State-of-the-Art in Science & Engineering publications.
Antonio Pratelli; Simona Casella; Alessandro Farina; Marino Lupi. Conventional and unconventional roundabouts: A review of geometric features and capacity models. International Journal of Transport Development and Integration 2017, 2, 1 .
AMA StyleAntonio Pratelli, Simona Casella, Alessandro Farina, Marino Lupi. Conventional and unconventional roundabouts: A review of geometric features and capacity models. International Journal of Transport Development and Integration. 2017; 2 (3):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Pratelli; Simona Casella; Alessandro Farina; Marino Lupi. 2017. "Conventional and unconventional roundabouts: A review of geometric features and capacity models." International Journal of Transport Development and Integration 2, no. 3: 1.
The paper deals with a quantitative analysis on the competitiveness of intermodal transport, based on Motorways of the Sea (MoS), in comparison with all-road transport. This analysis is applied to MoS routes connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily. The study involves: a detailed intermodal network model which compares monetary costs and travel times from all relevant origins in the mainland to all relevant destinations in Sicily; and a survey carried out at some representative trucking firms operating to/from Sicily. The aim of the interviews has been: on one side to make a comparison between the theoretical and actual mode of transport and routes taken, and in case they are different, to understand the reasons of the discrepancy; on the other side to determine what are the main aspects taken into account by trucking companies in their modal choice, in order to understand how the competiveness of MoS against road transport can be improved. The results of the analysis show that the modal choice is affected by several elements: monetary costs and travel times; reliability of MoS routes; availability of MoS routes; MoS routes frequencies; but it resulted from the interviews that monetary costs and travel times are the most important factors considered by trucking companies in the modal and route choice. This study has also shown that an improvement of MoS routes on the Italian Adriatic side is necessary: actually, a strong reason for which in Italy MoS traffic is still a small percentage of road traffic is the low number of MoS routes currently in operation and their low frequency. This analysis could help decision makers, and maritime operators, to efficiently invest in the improvement of MoS routes. Moreover, this analysis, developed for an Italian case study, can be applied to other European and Mediterranean scenarios.
Marino Lupi; Alessandro Farina; Denise Orsi; Antonio Pratelli. The capability of Motorways of the Sea of being competitive against road transport. The case of the Italian mainland and Sicily. Journal of Transport Geography 2017, 58, 9 -21.
AMA StyleMarino Lupi, Alessandro Farina, Denise Orsi, Antonio Pratelli. The capability of Motorways of the Sea of being competitive against road transport. The case of the Italian mainland and Sicily. Journal of Transport Geography. 2017; 58 ():9-21.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarino Lupi; Alessandro Farina; Denise Orsi; Antonio Pratelli. 2017. "The capability of Motorways of the Sea of being competitive against road transport. The case of the Italian mainland and Sicily." Journal of Transport Geography 58, no. : 9-21.
The general objective of the research is to increase the use of sustainable means of transport in urban areas, to improve air quality through good mobility practice rewarding or of mobility demand management systems (credit market mobility-tradable mobility credit) made by monitoring individual trips. After a first analysis of the existing mobility demand management systems, it is described the use of rewards/incentive as one of the possible solutions. The use of ITS to monitor all available mobility modes is analyzed and the lack of ITS to monitor daily bicycle mobility is underlined. Behind this problem, the paper presents the SaveMyBike project and its solutions.
Massimiliano Petri; Marco Frosolini; Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli. ITS to change behaviour: A focus about bike mobility monitoring and incentive — The SaveMyBike system. 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) 2016, 1 -6.
AMA StyleMassimiliano Petri, Marco Frosolini, Marino Lupi, Antonio Pratelli. ITS to change behaviour: A focus about bike mobility monitoring and incentive — The SaveMyBike system. 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC). 2016; ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMassimiliano Petri; Marco Frosolini; Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli. 2016. "ITS to change behaviour: A focus about bike mobility monitoring and incentive — The SaveMyBike system." 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) , no. : 1-6.