STRAIGHTSOL - STRAtegies and measures for smarter urban freIGHT SOLutions
Overview
Background & policy context:
Urban areas represent particular challenges for freight transport, both in terms of logistical performance and environmental impact. A range of regulatory, technological and logistical measures have been applied, most of them suffering from a lack of systematic evaluation and assessment related to their short and long term effects, which impedes knowledge transfer and the adoption of best practice. As a consequence, large scale adaptations do often not come off, although many initiatives seemed successful in pilots and demonstrations. There is a clear need for a comprehensive approach to urban freight solutions, particularly linking urban to interurban freight movements.
Objectives:
The objectives of STRAIGHTSOL are threefold:
- Develop a new impact assessment framework for measures applied to urban-interurban freight transport interfaces;
- Support a set of innovative field demonstrations showcasing improved urban-interurban freight operations in Europe;
- Apply the impact assessment framework to the live demonstrations and develop specific recommendations for future freight policies and measures.
Methodology:
The demonstrations represent cutting edge initiatives from leading stakeholders like DHL, Kuehne+Nagel and TNT, and cover Brussels,Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Utrecht, Lisbon, Oslo and the south of England. STRAIGHTSOL will contribute to the Commissions research agenda through:
- an implementation of sustainable urban-interurban freight transport solutions;
- widely disseminating the experiences and effects from the demonstrations amongst the logistics community;
- demonstrating the added value of the evaluation tool framework for assessing last mile distribution and urban-interurban freight activities.
The STRAIGHTSOL demonstrations and deliverables will give policy makers and transport industry players input for future measures in the field of last mile distribution and urban-interurban freight transport interfaces at the European, country, region, city and local levels.
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