In the paper the authors presented correlation between city logistics and quality of life as an assumption for referential model. The paper is divided into three main parts. The first part presents a theoretical discussion about the relation between city logistics and quality of life. The second part presents assumptions for referential model of city logistics. In the last section of the paper auth ors describe selected results of survey research conducted among residents of medium sized city in Poland. The paper presents results of the second step of the research project 鈥淩eference Model of City Logistics versus Quality of Life of Citizens鈥?financed from funds for science in the years 2010-2013.