The purpose of this paper is to re-clarify and redefine the position relationship between transportation and logistics systems through collecting and analysing various application cases and practices in logistics from literatures. It is to provide a general framework and expect to be referred for further development and researches. The paper started from introducing the development of logistics and transport-related sectors based on a historical review. Afterwards it discussed the interrelationships of transportation and logistics. It expresses the benefits that transportation brings to logistics activities and vice versa. For instance the increase of the efficiency of logistics also would bestead to release traffic load in the urban areas. Furthermore, some major logistics activities and concepts were also discussed in this paper. It especially presents City Logistics independently due to it is considered as a main tendency and an available method of future integration of transport and logistics in the urban areas. Finally, this paper will discuss and conclude the potential further development of logistics systems.