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Development of a Digital Platform to Better Facilitate On-Demand Delivery
This research focuses on "instant deliveries", defined as those deliveries occurring within two hours or less after order. This is usually done with the aid of a digital platform connecting shippers, couriers, and customers. The team is collecting data on courier activities related to instant delivery platforms in use in several major cities around the world, though interviews and surveys are completed in Paris. Though consumer demand is growing for instant deliveries, the instant delivery companies' business models are not yet stabilized, and many of them depend on investors to be able to develop. It is a highly competitive market that brings traffic and urban planning impacts to city governments.
An instant delivery courier operating in Paris.
Source: IFSTTAR University of Paris-East.
Project Type
Research.
Period of Performance
December 2016 - present.
Project Sites
Paris, France; and other large cities around the world.
Contact
Laetitia Dablanc
Professor
French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport (IFSTTAR) University Paris-East
Paris, France
Laetitia.Dablanc@ifsttar.fr
+ 33 181668886
Topics Addressed
- Economic competitiveness.
- Livability/quality of life.
- Mobility/congestion.
- Modeling.
- Safety.
Expected Outcomes
The results of this study are ongoing, and a few scholarly articles and a research report have already been published. Self-employed instant delivery couriers represent thousands of new delivery jobs in cities.
Stakeholder Involvement
VREF and IFSTTAR have partnered to carry out this effort.
