Impacts of Information and Communication Technology on Urban Logistics System

One scenario is that e-commerce would make it easy for the consumer to purchase products from his home and then have them delivered right to his door. This would result to an increased number of direct home deliveries with tight time schedules. The increased volume of freight vehicles required to fulfill strict delivery requirements would aggravate traffic congestion and environmental problems in urban areas. Therefore, the general public would want to restrict the movement of freight vehicles, which may become one of the causes of bottlenecks for the further development of e-commerce.