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Köpa mat online?: effekter av ökad e-handel för person- och godstransporter i ett växande e-handelssamhälle
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Mobility, actors and planning processes.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8074-3634
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Mobility, actors and planning processes.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2488-1685
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Traffic analysis and logistics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7364-3520
SSPA.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6029-806X
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2018 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)Alternative title
Buying food online? : the impact of increased e-commerce for passenger and freight transport in an increasing e-commerce society (English)
Abstract [sv]

De senaste åren har e-handel av livsmedel ökat starkt. Idag bygger beräkningar om e-handelns energieffekt på uppskattningar och antaganden snarare än på kunskap om branschen och dess kunder. Den här studien genererar fördjupad kunskap om vad det ur ett transportperspektiv innebär att företag istället för individer ansvarar för att matvaror transporteras till hemmet. Huvudsyftet med projektet är att analysera effekter till följd av ökad e-handel av livsmedel samt synliggöra faktorer som möjliggör en realisering av eventuell energibesparing. Detta görs ur ett regionalt perspektiv och i en svensk kontext. Syftet har uppnåtts genom en studie av energieffektiva distributionslösningar för e-handelserbjudanden, och genom en intervjustudie om potentiella och befintliga e-handelskunders preferenser, erfarenheter och beteende samt genom framtagandet av en regional modell för persontransporter.

Resultaten pekar på att e-handel har betydande teoretisk potential givet att effektiva rutter ersätter inköpsresor med privat bil. Idag innebär många kompletteringsresor med bil att e-handeln inte i någon högre grad ersätter inköpsresorna, vilket innebär att energibesparingen idag sannolikt är begränsad. För att potentialen ska kunna uppnås behövs ett utökat kundunderlag, en medveten stadsplanering som prioriterar gång-, cykel- och kollektivtrafik, som lyfter godstransporter som en strategisk fråga och som lokaliserar livsmedelsbutiker nära människors hem.

Abstract [en]

In recent years, e-commerce of food has increased substantially. Today, calculations of e-commerce’s energy efficiency potential build on estimates and assumptions rather than knowledge of the industry and its customers. This study generates in-depth knowledge of what it means from a transport perspective that companies instead of individuals are responsible for transporting food to the home. The main purpose of this project is to analyze effects as a result of increased online food shopping and to identify factors that enable realization of potential energy savings potential. This is done from a regional perspective and in a Swedish context. The purpose has been achieved through a review of the prerequisites for energy-efficient distribution solutions for e-commerce offers, and through interviews with existing and potential e-commerce customers’ preferences, experiences and behaviors.

The results indicate that e-commerce has a significant theoretical potential. However, this require that effective routes replace purchase trips with private cars. Today, due to continued frequent car trips to food stores, e-commerce does not replace purchase trips sufficiently enough. In order for the potential to be achieved, there is a need for an expanded customer base and urban planning that prioritizes walking, biking and public transport, and that raises city logistics as a strategic issue and finally that locates food stores close to people’s homes.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2018. , p. 71
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VTI rapport, ISSN 0347-6030 ; 977
Keywords [en]
E commerce, Impact study (environment), Journey, Freight transport, Delivery, Fuel consumption, Emission, Carbon dioxide, Energy efficiency
National Category
Transport Systems and Logistics
Research subject
10 Road: Transport, society, policy and planning, 11 Road: Personal transport; 10 Road: Transport, society, policy and planning, 12 Road: Freight transport; 10 Road: Transport, society, policy and planning, 15 Road: Environment
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-13107OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-13107DiVA, id: diva2:1220039
Available from: 2018-06-18 Created: 2018-06-18 Last updated: 2024-02-26Bibliographically approved

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