Francesco Russo

Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria | UNIRC · Department of Information Engineering, Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy

Cities are facing challenges to increase sustainability in the current and future scenarios. Smart city is a possible solution for facing these challenges. This paper has the main objective to investigate the level of advancements of the smart city paradigm at European level. A specific focus is on the Urban Transport, which is one of the three pil...

The realization of High Speed Rail (HSR) lines generates different type of effects that have been observed and studied in the scientific literature in last decades. The paper focuses on the travel demand models to estimate the effects of HSR on passenger mobility. The HSR travel demand may be segmented into three main components: diverted demand fr...

Ports are a key element of the economic development of a country but have to face with many problems of different nature, above all, linked to the governance process. In particular, some ports, due to a slow and complex bureaucracy, find difficult to become competitive on a European and international level. The paper investigates the critical issue...

Container ports were born with the container revolution in the last decades of the 20th century. Their evolution is represented by the third-generation ports, playing a crucial role in the global supply chain, becoming generators of value added. One of the measures that facilitates the increase of value added in a third-generation ports is the Spec...

The issue of city logistics has historically been addressed as a problem for improving the generalized efficiency of the delivery routes under different operating conditions. The remarkable development of supplies for purchases in store and on line has posed different problems for the society in terms of the impacts produced. On the other hand, the...

The issue of industrial areas with specific rules and incentives, identified as Special Economic Zones has become increasingly important for undeveloped European regions. On a world level, the SEZs have allowed the significant development of the territories concerned. The main experiences are in the area of ports. It is possible to model some main...

Urban areas constitute one of the main issues of sustainability as defined by the United Nations with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The recent smart city concept represents a way for achieving the urban sustainability goals. The European Commission (EC) bases the smart city concept on three pillars: energy, transport and Information and...

Emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs) were identified as the main pillar of the fifth-generation ports. Ports’ issues were solved with stand-alone ICT solutions adopted by each stakeholder. Today new benefits and challenges are connected with the introduction of shared emerging ICTs among port stakeholders, generating efficienc...

The maritime transport of goods has always been the crucial element of international trade. The two pillars of maritime transport are: the sea routes and the port systems. The main characteristic that represents the performance of the ports, in sea side, is the time of the ship in port from the arrival and entrance in the port, to the departure fro...

Nautical tourism sector has a strong impact on European GVA (Gross Value Added) and employment. For this sector, there are interesting works in the literature, some of which propose demand modelling in relation to the characteristics of users. These models are disaggregated and specific to territorial realities, they are interesting for the prepara...

Growth trends in passenger transport demand and gross domestic product have so far been similar. The increase in mobility in one area is connected with the increase in GDP in the same area. This increase is representative of the economic and social development of the area. At the same time, the increase in mobility produces one of the most negative...

Recently, the evolution of emerging information and communication technologies (e-ICTs) has opened the road for developing and implementing new integrated and dynamic city logistics solutions and subsequently for identifying new frontiers of intelligent transport systems (ITSs). The study evolves pointing out the different city logistics groups of...

The freight transport is essential to the functioning of cities, but impacts on sustainability and its effects negatively affecting urban development. In more cities, this problem has motivated public administrators to plan, program and executed a process to realize integrated interventions of urban logistics by CO2 free zones. The aim is to reduce...

Geographical location, infrastructures, and services are traditionally the pillars of a port. In the last years, emerging Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) were identified as a new pillar. Today new benefits and challenges are connected with the introduction of shared emerging ICTs among decision-makers inside ports. The crucial iss...

The Regional Transportation Plan of the Calabria was approved in 2016; it address the choices for the transport and logistic system in the medium and long term and aims to define unitary actions at regional level by means of a vision articulated in 4 goals: economic development, internal accessibility, external accessibility and sustainability. Thi...

This paper investigates the contribution of emerging technologies (i.e., internet of things and big data) for providing route advice to goods vehicles driving within cities. More precisely, the implementation and application issues related to the introduction of opportunities offered by emerging technologies in gathering real-time data, in obtainin...

The issue of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has become increasingly important for underdeveloped European regions. On a world level, the SEZs have allowed the significant development of the territories concerned. The main experiences of SEZs are in the areas of ports. The SEZs became the future of the ports in the underdeveloped regions. It is possi...

Sustainable development is one of the great challenges for the future of cities. The public authorities have the role of accompanying cities towards sustainable development and should promote territorial policies that guarantee both economic growth and environmental protection. In this way, they assume a central role in the glo-cal process from glo...

Today, local administrations are faced with the presence of greater constraints in terms of the use of space and time. At the same time, large amount of data is available to fleet managers that can be used for controlling their fleets. This work is set in the context defined by sustainable city logistics, and information and communication technolog...

Main factors change the international freight transport alimenting (and being alimented by) the increasing of globalization. In this scenario, the role of ports also changes. The single port cannot compete in the new global economic scenario. The port system arises from the alliance, or merge, of several ports to optimize the resources of the indiv...

Maritime transport is a complex system that plays a relevant role in the supply chain. Commercial ports are strategic nodes that facilitate international interchanges of goods at the global level. The port's efficiency influences the choices on the entire transport system. By considering the strategic role played by ports, it is necessary to define...

The nodes of the TENT network are characterized by being reference places within the territories. High-speed stations, airports and international ports are increasingly becoming places of trade and therefore of added value production. In this sense, in addition to the primary functions for which they were born, they tend to assume others. The full...

Geographical location, infrastructures, and services are the main consolidated pillars of a port in terms of its capacity to compete and cooperate with other ports. In the last years, a new pillar was identified: emerging technologies. Ports' issues were initially solved with individual ICT solutions adopted by each decision-maker, which generated...

This paper concerns transportation planning with a specific focus on the regional level. In the context of spatial and transport integrated planning, the paper proposes a structured and systematic identification of the plans. At the European level, specific indications, prescriptive communications, and finalized funds are given to the national infr...

Of the approximately 100,000 km of High-Speed Rail (HSR) lines in the world today, half are in operation and half are planned or under construction. The implementation of HSRs are planned in various countries with different characteristics to pursue different objectives. Today, the results are known, and therefore, the differences between the plann...

Demand models allow to estimate the choices made by users on different alternatives. Demand models depend on the characteristic attributes of the users and transport networks, as well as on parameters. Their significance translates into the reliability of the model in reproducing users’ choices as demand values. Traffic counts are aggregated data t...

The traffic around the schools is one of the worst events for sustainability. The effects are heavy for pollution, for safety deriving from multiplied walk-car cross, for autonomy reduced for student. This paper discusses on Green and Safety School program that realizes Limited Traffic Zones (LTZ) around the schools. Calabria Region has made politi...

Several classifications of ports were proposed in the literature, but there is no single established or accepted framework or taxonomy due to the complexity and diversity of the port entities. In 1990s, UNCTA D introduced a new classification based on the definition of port-generation, according to which some prevalent ports’ characteristics could...

The paper deals with economic effects due to city logistics implementations. An analysis framework is proposed and the results of a survey, consisting of interviews with experts in city logistics, are presented. The survey was carried out to point out the level of benefits or costs expected by city logistics measure implementation. The results show...

This paper presents an advancement on the calibration of a model system for estimating goods attracted within urban and metropolitan areas. In particular, the models for simulating freight required by end consumers are reviewed and the main variables affecting purchasing behaviour in relation to quantity bought are investigated through data from an...

The paper analyses the process that should guide the definition of a city logistics plan moving from the indications provided by the large literature on this topic. Moving from several literature findings that pushed to defined city logistics theories, the process to follow for designing city logistics plans is investigated focusing on a real test...

This chapter analyzes the process that should guide the definition of a city logistics plan according to the indications provided by the large literature on this topic. Moving from several literature findings that push to define city logistics theories, the process to follow for designing city logistics plans has been investigated focusing on a rea...

Dalla fine della Cassa per il Mezzogiorno per le regioni meridionali i numerosi tentativi di ridurre i divari economici e sociali fra le regioni meridionali e il resto dell’Italia hanno avuto modesti successi. Negli ultimi 15 anni, in particolare, la crisi economica generale ha avuto riflessi immediati per il Sud con una forte riduzione di trasferi...

PurposeWithin the field of goods vehicles mobility, the paper points out the road safety that has impacts on both social and economic sustainability spheres. The contribution of goods vehicles is investigated and the results obtained for the larger European countries are discussed. Methods The used methodology is statistic-descriptive, extracting f...

The paper examines urban activity restocking process. The proposed models aim at examining how city logistics measures could modify the restocking process of retailers and ho.re.ca. managers located within the urban area. The process is considered in terms of distribution channel: pull or push movements to bring freight to the economic activities....

City evolution is connected to social, economic and technological evolutions. New technologies induce further changes, which are highly innovative, which again affect the urban and territorial systems. The city once again adjusts to new opportunities in relation to information and communications technologies, energy and mobility. In this paper, sma...

This study focuses on risk management and specifically the exposure component. The exposure may be reduced by means of evacuation. This measure allows people and goods to be rescued from the area where the calamitous effects are announced. In the past years, many models have been proposed to simulate and design transport system under evacuation con...

This paper reviews the ex-post assessment of city logistics measures implemented in some European cities and, in a “what if” framework, proposes an analysis of tested environmental effects which may be useful in defining city logistics scenarios to be evaluated ex ante by simulation models. The analysis is performed in relation to the goals of envi...

A relevant portion of the scientific literature focuses on the competition of short sea shipping (SSS) with land transport in presence of international programmes that provide financial support to SSS services (e.g. Motorway-of-the-Sea). The paper analyses the competition inside themaritime SSS market, comparing roll on–roll off (ro–ro) vs. lift on...

In this paper, the problem to the provisioning of an industrial area in the center of the Europe by means of long distance transport is focused. Different modes of transport and relative models to estimate principal attributes (times, costs and prices) are simulated. The aim of this paper is to compare different route alternatives for internationa...

This paper focuses on the provisioning of goods which come from a long distance to a city. A city logistics system introduced in an urban area is studied. The arriving freight, from national origins, is investigated, considering different modal alternatives. Different transport mode services and relative models to estimate principal attributes (tim...

This paper presents a macro-architecture for simulating goods movements in an urban area. Urban goods supply is analysed when the retailer is the decision-maker and chooses to supply his/her shop. Two components are considered: demand in terms of goods supply and vehicle routing with constraints to simulate goods movements. To analyse demand we con...

The chapter discusses specific challenges and applications for modelling urban distribution. In fact, the analyses of urban freight transport traditionally focus only on restocking flows and usually neglect shopping flows. But the end-consumer choices in relation to type of purchasing undoubtedly impact on freight distribution flows and the end-con...

The object of this paper is the statistical study of some variables of the cycle of a road-rail intermodal terminal. The variables considered are the total average time of the terminal cycle, relative to the truck vehicle, and the number of vehicles entering the terminal. The study of the variables was carried out at the terminal of Verona, Quadran...

Diffusion and availability of new technologies has influenced the evolution and organization of cities. New technologies and services, in particular in the areas of transport, energy and ICT, are requirements to transform a city into a smart city contributing towards reaching a high level of urban sustainable development. The purpose of this paper...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse training activities implemented to reduce risks related to natural or man-made dangerous events in an urban area. Evacuation contributes to reduce the exposure risk component; training activities and, in particular, exercises to test evacuation are focused. The principal aim of this work is to evaluate exposu...

Since 9/11, the Indian Ocean tsunami and hurricane Katrina, the number of papers that are being published related to mobility simulation in evacuation conditions has significantly increased. Though several topics have been developed, they tend to be implemented with an isolated and non-system approach and for specific kinds of dangerous events. Thi...

The paper proposes an integrated procedure for the estimation of containerised OD flows at international scale. The procedure combines two different systems of models: (1) a meso-aggregated system of models for estimation of OD flows by means of a specification-calibration-validation process and (2) a macro-aggregated system of models for estimatio...

The paper proposes an analysis of the contribution of goods vehicles at urban road safety with an in-depth analysis at road junctions. The analysis is detailed for pedestrians and for three European countries, for which more disaggregated data are available: Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom (section 2). Subsequently, the estimate of road netwo...

The paper, within the field of city sustainability, points out the road safety that can have impacts on both social and economic sustainability spheres. In particular, the methods and models for aggregate and disaggregate analysis of road safety are reviewed and the contribution of shopping and restocking vehicles is investigated.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze some measures of risk occurrence relative to Dangerous Goods Transport (DGT) in the context of Transportation Risk Analysis (TRA). An index is proposed starting from the international classification of DGT and uses some specific parameters to weight the distances traveled by DGT. Keywords: dangerous goods, ro...

This paper proposes the advancements of a general model developed by the authors in multi-year research in order to simulate the urban freight transport and logistics. The advancements mainly concern: the modeling framework and calibration. In fact, the previous studies mainly investigated the pull movements of retailers and end consumers, while no...

Demand variables of maritime container transport (throughput, transhipment and origin-destination flows) may be estimated with freight demand models. As their parameters generally vary both in time and space, models may not be transferable to geographical areas and time periods differing from that for which they are calibrated.The model parameters...

The ex-ante assessment of the impacts generated by city logistics measures cannot be separated by the use of simulation models able to reproduce the process of distribution of final products. The paper reports the use of urban freight demand models and proposes an aggregate simulation approach to support the ex-ante assessment of a specific distrib...

The purpose of this paper is to propose a standard process for training and certification to identify at European level a civil risk manager, with a common background. An analysis of possible training and education activities in emergency planning at an international level is shown. Among preparedness activities, in this paper we consider activitie...

An experiment carried out on stated preferences (SP) data highlights the role of the informer in the user choice process during evacuation conditions. Starting from the SP data, in this paper we propose a prototypal experimentation of choice models simulating the choice to evacuate or not in different evacuation conditions: calibrated models focus...

The presence of transhipment services in a region has previously been analyzed relative to ports and shippers with no consideration to the geographical factors of the sea basin serving the region. We hypothesize that attributes related to basin morphology also should be considered, as the processes involved in the maritime container freight market...

The paper, within the field of city logistics sustainability, recalls the overview of measures to be implemented, in a “what if” framework, with strong references to the ex-post assessment of environmental impacts. It provides a tool for supporting the definition of city logistics scenarios that should have to be evaluated ex-ante by simulation mod...

This paper presents advancement on the calibration of a models system allowing us to estimate the goods attracted within urban and metropolitan areas. It is a component of a general modelling framework proposed by authors developed in order to support ex-ante assessment of city logistics measures. The primary characteristic of this general framewor...

Evacuation planning is finalized to reduce exposure risk; it comprises a set of different activities. In this paper a focus on non-material training activities is presented. These activities improve capability in evacuation planning and implementation. A classification training activities is proposed. In particular European Union (EU) and United St...

Evacuation planning is finalized to reduce exposure risk; it comprises a set of different activities. In this paper a focus on non-material training activities is presented. These activities improve capability in evacuation planning and implementation. A classification training activities is proposed. In particular European Union (EU) and United St...

The analysis of the transport sector in Italy highlights serious deficiencies in infrastructure, management and organization and, in general, inadequate quality and competitiveness of the service offered. In order to support the solving of these critical issues, under the European ITS framework, as executor of the Italian Ministry of Transport, UIR...

Much effort has been expended in the last decades in developing modelling frameworks to simulate the so-called Spatial Economic Transport Interaction (SETI) process. Models have been originated according to autonomous bodies of knowledge connected to the analysis and interpretation of each reference spatial scale: urban and national. However, there...

Emergency logistics is a process to organize and distribute resources during emergency conditions in the area affected by a disastrous event. By means of emergency logistics is possible to reduce disaster impacts that are natural or anthropic, after an event has occurred. During emergency conditions planning is needed to continue evacuation activit...

In this paper a statistical analysis of stated behaviour in emergency conditions is proposed. The analyzed sample is extracted by people participating in a planning transport seminar in June 2011. The analysis is finalized to evaluate user behaviour in evacuation conditions in relation to formal transportation decisions and in respect of the type o...

In this paper an evaluation of methods to compare evacuation plans is proposed. The method is based on the assumption that an evacuation is represented by means of a production process fed by a set of inputs that are combined to obtain a set of outputs. A non-parametric method and, in particular, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), is presented. The...

This paper proposes a model system developed in order to support ex-ante assessment of city logistics measures. The model system allows us to simulate the choices of each decision-maker involved in the urban freight transport and logistics and to investigate how the policies and the following measures can influence her/his choices. The model system...

In the literature, various models and procedures have been proposed for calibrating parameters of demand models or updating the demand values from traffic counts. Different models in terms of theoretical approaches have been used for congested and uncongested networks. Also for supply, models have been proposed for calibrating parameters of link co...

Port's performances depend on infrastructural and service characteristics. It is possible to adopt different evaluation methods to compare these performances. In this work a state of the art evaluation method to compare container ports is reported. Non-parametric methods are analysed and in particular applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)...

In this work we present a model to simulate container service of maritime transport on an international scale, considering the alternatives hub and spoke and point-to-point. Given the alternative hub and spoke, the choice of hub port is simulated. Several model specifications are proposed. An experimentation according to the independency of the two...

The paper presents a procedure for an aggregate estimation of demand variables of the containerized maritime freight market. The procedure is specified in different steps and a preliminary application is executed to forecast the throughput and transhipment variables in the Mediterranean area, according to expectations before the crisis and then to...

This paper presents a model to simulate the freight demand flow of containers on an international scale, considering as a reference area the Mediterranean basin. The models specified and calibrated represent a development of models used in the literature and they are applied to assess the effects of modifications on the configuration of the nationa...

The international literature related to evacuation conditions proposes many studies which focus on the hurricane emergency case and consider revealed preference (RP) surveys for demand model estimation. As RP data are not available for all dangerous events, such models, derived from observation of past evacuation behaviour, cannot be directly appli...

In this paper the Internal Planning Process (IPP) and Logical Framework Approach (LFA) are analyzed with a view to proposing a coherent vision between the two processes. Elements representing processes and mutual interactions are defined. The Internal Planning Process is represented in explicit form by means of production functions (from resources...

Around the world, interest in urban and metropolitan goods movements is increasing because they account for a substantial share of traffic in urban and metropolitan areas. In this context, many city administrators have implemented measures to mitigate the negative effects of freight transportation. Starting from an analysis of existing studies rela...

Transportation planning concerns ordinary and emergency conditions. Emergency planning aims to reduce risk and relative components (occurrence; vulnerability; exposure). In this paper we consider internal transportation planning for a system in emergency conditions, with specific focus on the exposure component. One of the main macro-activities to...

After 9/11, the Indian Ocean tsunami and Katrina, the production of papers related to mobility simulation in evacuation conditions has significantly increased. Several topics have been developed, but in most cases these are implemented considering an isolated and non-system approach. The aim of this work is to present the major contributions which...

In this paper we present a descriptive framework of the present and planned organization of infrastructures of transport services in the Mezzogiorno. The analysis concerns the supply of infrastructures, services to meet the mobility needs and critical issues related to these exigencies. The analysis shows a lack of supply compared to the Italian an...

This paper presents a model to simulate the freight demand flow of containers on an international scale, considering as a reference area the Mediterranean basin. The models specified and calibrated represent a development of models used in the literature and they are applied to assess the effects of modifications on the configuration of the nationa...

Around the world, interest in urban and metropolitan goods movements is increasing since they account for a substantial share of traffic in urban/metropolitan areas. In this context, many city administrators have implemented measures to mitigate the negative effects of freight transport. Starting from an analysis of existing studies relative to fre...