C-DISPATCH LIFE05 ENV/IT/000839 - Clean-Distribution of goods in Specimen Areas at the last mile of the intermodal Transport Chain
Overview
Background & policy context:
Traffic and traffic congestion is a major cause of pollution in European cities. It produces noxious gas emissions, generates high levels of noise and consumes large amounts of energy. These factors can impact negatively on the natural environment as well as the historical and artistic heritage of the urban spaces and citizens’ quality of life.
Many European cities have carried out measures to tackle traffic congestion, including restricting access to city centres and developing urban public transport networks. However, little attention has been paid to the urban goods distribution process, which is one of the major contributors to traffic congestion. Efficient and sustainable urban freight management has become one of the priorities of European sustainable transport policy.
Though a number of feasibility and pre-feasibility studies on sustainable urban freight management exist in Italy, these have rarely been supported by actions. At the start of the project, there were just a few existing initiatives in Italy - in Vicenza, Padova, Ferrara, and Parma - and all in their preliminary phase.
Objectives:
The C-DISPATCH project aimed to develop a sustainable business model for increasing the efficiency of door-to-door goods transport in the urban area of Frosinone. This, in turn, would achieve the ultimate objective of reducing the flow of commercial traffic and consequent noise and air pollution.
The specific objectives of the project included the:
- Implementation of an effective, integrated urban logistic system. This would provide an up-to-the-minute supply and demand-side information to enable efficient urban delivery planning;
- Creation of an independent ‘City Logistic Agency’ for integrated control of sustainable production and transport processes in Frosinone;
- Creation of a toolbox for system implementation and management;
- Development of standards for IT solutions for environmental monitoring and evaluation and
- Creation of a communication network at local, national and international level.
The project specifically aimed to:
- reduce commercial vehicle traffic flow by 14%, resulting in a decrease of about 10% of their gas emissions;
- reduce noise emissions by 30%;
- measure estimated quality of life increases through ex-ante and ex-post surveys of citizens living in the pilot area.
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