Stakeholders exchange on better urban freight delivery at the CityLog-CityMove workshop, on the 20th February in Brussels
On the 20th of February in Brussels, the CityMove-CityLog workshop brought together 23 persons from various groups of stakeholders including local authorities,industry (freight operators, OEMs), and research organisations to discuss vehicles development to increase the efficiency of urban freight delivery operations in European cities.
Participants to the workshop also discussed developments of the CityMove project which aims to develop an innovative vehicle for urban freight delivery. It reconsiders logistics operations, the whole vehicle architecture, its propulsion (considering hybrid and full electric options), and various benefits from technology.
The city of Stockholm presented its efforts to deploy a fleet of clean vehicles and led a discussion on the challenge of defining criteria’s for cleaner vehicles for urban freight delivery for public procurement.
Citymove progresses towards cleaner, safer and more efficient vehicles for better urban freight operations were debated. The cities of Trondheim and Birmingham among others exchanged on challenges and expectations for improving urban logistics operations.
Presentations can be downloaded here in .pdf format:
City distribution in Stockholm
CityMove Urban Vehicle Efficiency
For more information about CityMove, visit the project's web page: http://www.citymoveproject.eu.