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To aid a fuller understanding of the costs and benefits of these distribution strategies in diverse delivery environments, this work develops a multi-echelon last-mile distribution model using Continuous Approximation (CA) techniques. The model results suggest that traditional last-mile delivery with diesel trucks is a good fit for e-retailers delivering in dense environments with lenient temporal constraints (parcel service), a strategy that allows for demand consolidation and thus low-cost low-emission distribution.

This brief discusses studies highlighting the institutional challenges the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach face while working with a multitude of stakeholders and regulatory bodies to address both environmental sustainability and economic competitiveness.