by Walther Ploos van Amstel
Small transport companies who want to go electric? They’ll never succeed. But should we want them to? That was an exciting question at a workshop on grid congestion with companies offering renewable energy. The Dutch National Charging Infrastructure Agenda has found numerous solutions to grid congestion. But, those measures cost money and take up scarce …
Local authorities have five roles in city logistics: regulate and enforce, facilitate, stimulate, coordinate, and experiment. What eight elements should be in every city logistics plan? Those plans should provide clear guidance for companies in, for example, construction, facilities, parcel, service logistics, and circular flows; what is in store for them? What problems do you …
Though less than 4% of vehicles on the road are trucks, it is estimated that they are responsible for 27% of road transport’s CO2 emissions. As urbanization grows, absolute population numbers and population density continue to rise in cities. Consequently, urban commercial transport is also increasing, exacerbating congestion and harmful emissions. Action is needed to …
A lot of bullshit is written about air quality and traffic. But, unfortunately, lazy media blindly take over the screaming press releases about the hundreds of thousands of deaths without delving into the different types of air pollution and the causes; fake news. A new report by the lobby organization CleanCities on traffic and NO2 …
Shipping, aviation, and road transport will face profound changes in fuels, electrification, and infrastructure over the next three decades. DNV has quantified this in the annual Energy Transition Outlook. The Transport in Transition is a deep-dive into availability, technology development, costs, policy drivers, and likely uptake of sustainable energy sources in transport sectors through to 2050. …
A decisive factor for ensuring the rapid market ramp-up of heavy-duty vehicles (>12 t) with climate-friendly alternative drivetrains is the deployment of refueling and charging infrastructures in line with the demand and synchronized with the ramp-up of the vehicles. Therefore, information on the vehicle ramp-up in the coming years can be obtained from the projected …
New York City will begin testing local delivery hubs this summer to reduce truck traffic and emissions in favor of more sustainable transportation options. Microhubs in the city will provide designated curbside or off-street locations for trucks to unload items onto low-emissions transportation modes, like electric vehicles or cargo bikes, for last-mile delivery. More than …
Battery electric trucks could start delivering more of the UK’s goods much earlier than previously thought, according to new research published today. The study, commissioned from industry experts Element Energy by Transport & Environment UK, shows that battery electric trucks can already start to replace diesel trucks for most uses in the next few years. City, urban …
Over 96% of the urban population is exposed to exceeding air pollution. Freight transport daily engenders over €60.000 of air pollution health costs in the Brussels-Capital Region (BCR), of which vulnerable population segments incur 60%. The construction sector is responsible for over 25% of truck traffic in the BCR. A recent paper examines the exposure …
The Logistics City Chair team published the digital version of the handbook n°3 of the “Welcome to Logistics City” series dedicated to urban and periurban logistics real estate. The development of logistics real estate adapted to professionals and respectful of the requirements of cities has gradually emerged as an adequate response. It allows for mobility optimization and the accelerated decarbonization …