by Walther Ploos van Amstel
The DynaLOAD project by the University of Rome Tor Vergata aims at developing methods and tools that supports city planners in planning delivery scenarios and in managing and controlling the occupancy of urban areas for loading and unloading operations. Traditionally, delivery areas are defined in order to answer local problems without knowing the consequences at the global …
The number of light commercial vehicles in cities is growing, which puts increasing pressure on cities in terms of pollution, congestion, accessibility and loss of public space. One of the opportunities for improvement may be found in the use of light electric freight vehicles (LEFVs), including cargo bikes.
Lots of attention has been given in recent years to the “massive” increase in delivery traffic in cities and residential districts. Web stores and the vans that deliver their parcels often get the blame for that. My neighbors wonder if it really can’t all just fit into one delivery van. They see PostNL, DHL, Albert …
A consortium of organisations and businesses have announced plans to develop Low Impact City Logistics and trial an innovative, electric powered cargo bike and walker trailers to deliver packages in the centre of London. Fernhay, Skotkonung and the University of Huddersfield, will design and develop the prototype which Outspoken Delivery will test in Cambridge ahead …
Trucks and delivery vans driving around in circles looking for a place to park, and then double parking when they can’t find one – it’s something you see in every city. It’s inefficient and it’s a nuisance, both to the drivers themselves and to the local residents. Last year, a team of traffic experts from …
Within the Accelerator TKI Dinalog program ten new consortia started to work on new research for knowledge and innovation in logistics in March 2017. One of the projects is ITSLOG. This project examines how real-time traffic data can be used for city logistics. The consortium is led by Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). Scientific …
In 2015 Barcelona introduced regulated areas for Distribució Urbana de Mercaderies (DUM) areas for loading and unloading. Following the success of the pilot scheme in Passeig de Gràcia, the rest of the city got DUMs for the loading and unloading of goods. The designation of 9,000 parking places as DUM areas aims to update and …
Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) are overrepresented in fatal collisions. HGVs make up less than 4% of the miles driven in London, but were involved in 78% of cyclist fatalities and 20% of pedestrian fatalities in 2015. Transport for London (TfL) is looking to improve HGV safety.
As a partner in the FREVUE project, the City of Amsterdam has been actively supporting the uptake of electric freight vehicles (EFVs), using different incentives, from purchase subsidies to encouraging zero emission deliveries in the procurement of its own office supplies. Among the most effective actions are operational incentives for freight companies using EFVs in …
At the request of Connekt, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, EVO and LeanCargo Consultancy conducted research into deliveries in the Oude Pijp from April to August 2016. The City of Amsterdam and Amsterdam District South both collaborated in the project. The purpose of the research was to map the characteristics of the different delivery …