A significant growth in population has been observed in cities worldwide since 1950.
In 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will live in urban agglomerations (OECD 2012).
The demand pressure on the transport infrastructure and traffic contributions of freight transport rises with the size of a metropolitan area.
Thereby, the key emerging trends are the increased use of e-commerce by private households and the replacement of storage in the industrial and retail through flexible and small-scale delivery of goods.
Furthermore, the increasingly smaller parcels show another trend in freight transport in the CEP sector.