Defining and evaluating a reliable collaborative scheme for mixed mobility of passengers and goods using public transportation

Background: The urban plans that consider transport schemes separately weaken sustainability and rationalization of resources. Integrative schemes, from a flow point of view, could bridge this gap, but they rely on large-scale pooling. The Shared Freight-Public Transportation (SFPT) is a sample mode that has been widely discussed recently. It has been noticed that such a system has been often coupled with consolidation networks and light vehicles to deal with the last mile distribution. Contribution: This research is based on an agent-based model to assess the potential impacts of implementing the SFPT. It overcomes the other papers by evaluating the importance of consolidation and/or light vehicles to ensure the well-functioning of the SFPT in urban areas. The evaluation of the SFPT has been based on the total demand covered, the time required to find an empty space in Public Transportation (PT) vehicles, and the number of accidents generated. Results: Based on a case study of the city of Casablanca, the results obtained have shown that the combined use of consolidation and light vehicles remains efficient to improve the performance of the SFPT. From a temporal point of view, it can be concluded that the SFPT is less disruptive and more effective during the time slots 6am-8am, 6pm-10pm and 10pm-6pm.