Original Paper Open access Published: 20 June 2019 European Transport Research Review volume 11, Article number: 30 (2019) Cite this article 72k Accesses 241 Citations 175 Altmetric Metrics details AbstractRapid technological developments in autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV or drones) and an evolving legislation may soon open the way for their large-scale implementation in the last mile delivery of products. The use of drones could drastically decrease labour costs and has been hyped as ...