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• SpotlightonCityLog&CityMove page1-2

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Dear Readers,

am very proud to present the first edition of the clean, safe and sustainable city logistics newsletter.

This has been made possible thanks to the fruitful collaboration between two EU funded projects that aim to develop innovative solutions to improve city logistics: CityLog and CityMove.

In a recent Green Paper for Urban Mobility, adopted in 2007, the European Union has highlighted the important role that city logistics can play in the improvement of urban mobility.

European cities face a permanent increase of freight transport movements, and we believe that Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) can help manage and

controlling traffic efficiently.

Concretely, more efficient and “intelligent” interfaces are needed between long haul transport and short distance distributions in city hubs. Indeed, smaller, smarter, cleaner and efficient vehicles should be used for local distribution in urban areas.

Spotlight on CityLogIncreasing Sustainability And Efficiency Of City Logistics

he CityLog project aims at increasing the sustainability and the efficiency

of urban delivery of goods through an adaptive and integrated mission management and innovative vehicle solutions. Three action domains have been identified to improve today’s city logistic system:

• Logistic-orientedtelematic services are expected to make a decisive contribution to improving mission planning

processes through an optimised routing and drivers’ support systems. For final final

customers, tracking and

communication capabilities should be deployed to reduce the number of unsuccessful deliveries;

• Vehicletechnologies will

represent a key factor in

increasing the operational

flexibility of lorries and vans. It means that the vehicles shall be requested to support different mission profiles, and this will

allow their number to be

reduced. In other words, what should be achieved is the inter operability among the vehicles, especially in terms of load unit handling;

• Innovativeloadunits shall be carefully designed to operate, like the vehicles, in different

missions. Therefore, a

re-configurable internal layout will enable different uses either simple container or mobile pack

station (BentoBox concept).

In the latter case, the goal is the

de-synchronisation of the

delivery process between operators and final customers in order to reduce the

unsuccessful deliveries.

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Both the CityLog and CityMove project will address these issues, developing new concepts for city logistics, making use of state of the art ITS technologies and new vehicle solutions.

Both projects gather key city logistics players from across Europe, amongst them vehicle manufacturers, automotive

suppliers, freight operators, cities,regions and research centres.

I wish them good luck and I am thrilled to see the results!

Enjoy your reading, Patrycja Kulesza

Research Programme Officer

European Commission- Directorate General for Research

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One vehicle, one mission? CityLog is going beyond the traditional logistics models

Spotlight On CityMoveDeveloping Multi-Role Vehicle To Optimise Urban Freight Distribution

The innovative approach of CITYLOG will lead to decreasing the number and optimising the use of delivery trucks in urban areas, while bringing an increased quality of services. From the logistics operators’ point of view the groundbreaking CITYLOG solutions and technologies are of highest interest due to the increased energy efficiency and quality of services.

Today, commercial vehicles leave their hubs for their delivery missions. The paradigm is: one vehicle, one mission. In the CityLog vision, the freight will be moved from the hub to the city centre by a “freight bus”, a vehicle able to carry several load units. The load unit shall be then transferred on a van for the last mile delivery. These innovative and compact load units will have several configurations, for example the “bento box” concept, a sort of mobile pack station.

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CityLog mission support• Optimisedtripplanner

• Adhocmapattributesfor commercialvehicles

• Dynamicnavigationservices

• Lastmileparceltracking

CityLog benefits

• Optimisedroutingforcommercialvehicles,lessimpactonurbanmobility

• Loweremissions,CO2andnoise

• Flexiblesolutionsandhigherefficiencyofthefreightdistribution

• Reductionofunsuccessfuldeliveries

• Increasedsafetyforroadvulnerableusers

• Closertothestakeholdersneeds(operators,drivers,cityauthorities,endusers)

New vehicles for optimised city logistics

ityMove aims at developing an innovative commercial vehicle designed to improve mobility with the objective of secure,

flexible, reliable, clean, energy efficient and safe transportation of goods in European cities. The vehicle will also contribute to reducing CO2 emissions, to increasing road safety and drivers’ security.

The CityMove concept is based on on three main principles:

Efficient - Reduced weight (more capacity) - Reduced dimension - Modularity - Integration in the logistic chain

- Load optimisation

CleanAndQuiet - Hybrid power line - Smart energy management - Electrical auxiliaries - Innovative refrigerating gas - Innovative solutions for noise reduction

Safe - Vulnerable road use protection - Collision avoidance systems - Antirollover protection

Benefits - Optimised vehicle for freight distribution, improved ratio between vehicle dimensions and freight volume. Less impact on urban mobility - Lower emissions, CO2 and noise - More flexibility, same benefits in different applications

- More safety, for drivers and vulnerable road users

- More efficiency, better integration in the logistic chain

- Closer to the stakeholders needs (operators, drivers, city authority, and end users)

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ecently urban freight transport has become an important

social issue. Freight transport is an essential component of mobility, but this transport mode causes many negative side effects; traffic congestion, environmental pollution, accidents as well as increased energy consumption.

The situation is made worse by current trends in supply chain organisation (e.g. just in time delivery, fragmentation of loads) which lead to an exponential increase in freight emissions, especially for small parcels that are often carried by empty transport vehicles.

On one hand, EU policy and legislation relevant to urban mobility has been developed with significant funding provided through the Structural and Cohesion Funds. On the other hand, city authorities and municipalities try to solve the problems by managing urban freight delivery operations by different measures.

The concepts of city access restrictions have gained importance. These measures can help protect city centres against the negative effects of urban freight transport. Cities have introduced different types of access control schemes. The London Congestion charge or the environmental Zone schemes in Scandinavia are the better known ones. Access control schemes aim to restrict certain types of traffic from entering predefined areas during specific time periods (time restrictions / time delivery windows, weight and size regulations, environmental zones, night deliveries and lorry lanes).

In Lyon, two administrative levels (Ville de Lyon and Grand Lyon) are working together to improve air quality and management of traffic, especially targeting heavy duty vehicles. This is done by various means: The Plan Climat (Climate Plan),

Congestion caused by goods vehicles con-tribute to air pollution, noise and vibrations in living areas

Just in time delivery and fragmentation of loads lead to an exponential increase in freight emissions

Trends of urban logistics in Europe

on Grand Lyon and The Plan Bruit (Noise Plan), on Grand Lyon. There are many other cities following.

In many countries, urban freight logistics are dealt at a local or regional level, resulting in a lack of consistency among local or regional measures. The EU can stimulate authorities at local, regional and national level to adopt long-term integrated policies that are very much needed in complex urban environments. Agreement among all stakeholders, especially support from the private sector, is necessary in developing a feasible a practical policy vision.

It is obvious that all of these key stakeholders (shippers, freight carriers, residents, administrators) follow different goals and have therefore different user needs and requirements.

For example, local authorities and residents are targeting externalities like accidents, congestion, noise, air pollution, vibrations, etc caused by lorries and small delivery vehicles. These impacts of road (freight) transport reduce substantially the quality of life in an urban environment.

Shippers and freight carriers have a different point of view. The latter have the goal to deliver/receive goods as cheaply as possible, to maximise their own profits within a given regulatory framework and a given transport infrastructure. Their priorities are therefore to remove costly obstacles, which hinder them delivering faster and cheaper without taking into consideration externalities.

The congestion caused by goods vehicles often contribute to increased air pollution, noise and vibrations in urban living areas. Trucks and van accidents have often serious consequences on human life and cause damage to transported goods.

Therefore, a policy measure has a positive (or negative) effect for one part of the transport chain, but also a negative (or positive) one for the other part. The general effect (positive or negative) is not always clear. Policy makers should consider the impact of a policy measure on all stakeholders.

A cost benefit analysis could clarify the general effect of a policy measure. Ultimately, there is a lot at stake concerning the organisation of urban transport. Structural decisions are needed, which avoid jeopardising the economic future of cities.

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CityLog&CityMoveTowards clean, safe and sustainable city logistics

Jointworkshoponuserneeds,usecasesandsystemsrequirements

Brussels,16June2010

Find practical information and the registration form HERE!

Dear Colleague,

Towards clean, safe and sustainable city logistics! This is the shared aim of the two European projects CityLog & CityMove. And you are invited to their first public workshop, on 16 June in Brussels.

The CityLog project’s goal is to develop adaptive and integrated mission management and innovative vehicle and transport solutions, leading to increased sustainability and efficiency of urban goods delivery.

The project CityMove is developing an innovative vehicle for urban freight distribution: fewer emissions, greater safety for drivers and vulnerable road users, more flexibility and more efficiency for freight operators.

To ensure that the solutions developed in these two projects meet the real needs of users, operators, suppliers and other stakeholders, and actually lead to deployment, the project teams would like to involve these groups in the definition and validation of user needs, use cases and system requirements.

We therefore invite you to join our workshop on 16 June 2010 in Brussels. The agenda includes a presentation of the two projects, a chance to see and validate early results, and feedback sessions where you will be able to give your views.

The workshop is open to all users - and will be of particular interest for local authorities, freight operators, vehicle manufacturers and suppliers, ITS industry - and other stakeholders interested in these topics.

We warmly invite you to join us and learn about these exiting projects!

We want to hear your experience, your needs, and your visions!

Best regards and we look forward to seeing you on 16 June.

The CITYLOG & CityMove coordinator

In spite of the many different factors three different solutions can be distinguished that, if they are combined in the right way, can improve the sustainability and efficiency of city logistics. These are:

• Logistical solutions: requires cooperation between companies, routing improvements, con-solidation centres, load units, and intermodal/modes of transport/underground systems

• Policy solutions aimed at reducing nuisance caused by or experienced by urban freight transport

• Technological solutions: vehi-cle technology solutions and IT solutions.

Technological innovation is one of the most exciting aspects of urban freight movement. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) will play an increasingly important role in improving traffic flow and managing the logistics of urban goods movement.

This is precisely what CityLog and CityMove will achieve.

EU policy framework related to

Urban Mobility• Interregional co-operation programme INTERREG IVC

• Urban transport in FP7,which is organised in four programmes: Cooperation, Ideas, People, Capacities and Energy

• LIFE+

• URBAN II Programme

• Intelligent Transport System action plan

• Freight Transport Logistics action plan

• CIVITAS Initiative

• Road Pricing for Heavy Goods Vehicles

• BESTUFS

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Projectcoordinator: Centro Ricerche Fiat

Contact: Saverio Zuccotti

saverio.zuccotti@crf.it

Partners:

• Centro Ricerche Fiat

• IVECO

• Volvo Technology

• TNT Express Italy

• NAVTEQ

• TNO

• PTV Planung Transport Verkehr

• Mizar Automazione

• Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik

• Europlatforms

• Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Berlin

• Communauté Urbaine de Lyon

• Regione Piemonte

• ERTICO - ITS EUROPE

• ICOOR - Interuniversity Consortium for Optimization and Operation Research

• Interface Transport

• RE:LAB

• LogisticNetwork Consultants

Startdate:1 January 2010

Enddate: 31 December 2012

Want to know more?

www.city-log.eu

Projectcoordinator:Centro Ricerche Fiat

Gianfranco Burzio

Gianfranco.burzio@crf.it

Partners:

• Centro Ricerche Fiat

• IVECO

• Volvo Technology

• Cold Car

• Statens Vag- Och Transportforskiningsinstitut (VTI)

• CNRS-LET

• FIT Consutling

• Schenker

• Danone

• POLIS

• JEAN CHEREAU SAS

• Plastic Omnium Auto Exterieur Services

• Continental Automotive

Startdate:1 January 2010

Enddate:31 December 2012

Want to know more?

www.citymoveproject.eu

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Goods vehicles, more respectful of cities and citi-zens - we take up the challange!

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n order to evaluate the proper city logistics measures and manufactures

to be undertaken, it is necessary to consider the needs of the various stakeholders which are involved in the urban freight transport. The collection and the analysis of the stakeholders’ needs will enable the refinement of the CityLog/CityMove urban freight delivery concept and also represent an important input for their design phase.

The questionnaire aims at gathering information concerning their needs, operations and applications related to the urban freight delivery.

OverallObjectiveofpreliminaryuserneedscollection

he primary goal of the user needs assessment is to maximise the

usability of the truck system of the future by means of user-centred model design and evaluation. Therefore the relevant analytical investigation is based on both users and experts’ suggestions. The design of the user-centred system can be combined, adapted and extended to the concept of the trucks system on the future as well.

According to your expertise, we kindly ask you to fill in the attached questionnaire. All information collected by the working team – your contribution included - will then be processed, consolidated and presented to the two Projects’ Consortiums in order to help in the following definition of the technical specification of the urban freight delivery of the future.

User Needs QuestionnaireCityLogandCityMove:Helpushelpyou!

ccording to the above graphic, we kindly ask you to define which

category you belong to, and fill the related questionnaire to be found on the CityLog and CityMove websites:

www.city-log.eu www.citymoveproject.eu

The questionnaire is specific to each category by clicking on the chosen category, you will be redirected to the appropriate questionnaire

1. SHIPPERS

2. RESIDENTS

3. ADMINISTRATORS

4. FREIGHT CARRIERS

5. VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS

Thank you for your collaboration!

UrbanTransportStakeholdersThese are the stakeholders in urban transport:

Send us your views on city logistics...

... and express your needs...

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