CityLog & CityMove Newsletter - July 2012

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The Newsletter Of Clean, Safe And Sustainable City Logistics

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Testing in Turin for sustainable city logistics

Dear Readers, he CityLog and CityMove projects are now in their final steps. Prototypes of the vehicles and logistics solutions are ready and tests are now running or planned in the next months. The first completed tests in the CityLog project have been very successful: the BentoBox concept is very well accepted and always gives rise to interest from operators, public authorities and, last but not least, final users, citizens or companies.

Tests have been done in Lyon, Berlin and Turin, other are planned again in Turin, in Uppsala and Bucharest.

Results will be analysed and shown, together with the vehicle demonstration, at the final event, planned in December in Turin.

Enjoy your reading!

Alessio Corongiu (CityLog) and Gianfranco Burzio (CityMove)

In this Issue: • CityLog - project news page 1-2 • i-Mobility Network Webinar

page 2 • CityMove: solutions under development page 3 • News from Europe: Commission High Level Group for Transport & logistics

page 4 • First Smart Mobility Challenge

page 5 • New ELTIS database page 5 • Electromobility pilot page 6 • eCall becomes Mandatory

page 8 • C-LIEGE Workshop page 8 • Do the right mix: Commission Campaign

page 9 • CityLog-CityMove Workshop

page 9 • TRA Event

page 10 • Conference on Urban Mobility

page 10 • CityLog-CityMove Participations

page 11 • Next Events page 11

The CITYLOG project aims at increasing the sustainability and the efficiency of urban delivery of goods through adaptive and integrated mission management and innovative vehicle solutions. ogistic oriented telematic services for optimised routing and mission management, automotive technologies to enable operational interoperability among the vehicles, especially in terms of load unit handling, and innovative load units are the elements of the CITYLOG logistic model depicted in the picture to the right: Continued on next page

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three test sites with good feedbacks from final users, either customers and logistic operators. The pictures below depict the deployment in Turin.

From design to deployment Two types of complementary and interoperable vehicles for load unit handling have been developed and are now fully validated. The prototypes are based on a 16-ton Volvo truck and two 3.5 Iveco Daily vans that can share and tranship new compact containers.

The logistics model enabled by these solutions allows the carrying of several load units close to the city centre by just one high-capacity truck working as a “freight bus”, and then to ensure final delivery using the vans.

Current activities Currently under testing in Turin is the telematic platform implementing the logistic planner.

In all the three sites hosting the trials, local partners are promoting concept and results of the project through public demonstrations and press conferences with the involvement of local authorities and stakeholders, journalists and media targeting a very wide audience.

The innovative load units have been designed to have extensible legs for easy trans-shipment operations, which means no cranes or complex actuators on the vehicles, no special equipment in the depots or in the public areas. The figures below depict the two delivery vans carrying the load units in the transhipment area.

Next steps The last phase of the project will see the consortium fully committed in the evaluation of the outcomes from the trials, the assessment of business aspects and socio-economic impact, the collection of exploitation perspectives from stakeholders and the dissemination of achieved results.

A complementary approach represented by the BentoBox, a modular pack station with removable trolleys, has been tested in all the

The i-Mobility Network webinar 2011 autumn timetable kicked off with a webinar on new concepts for sustainable city logistics.

ecently urban freight transport has become an important social issue in terms of the increasing level of traffic congestion, negative impacts on the environment, traffic safety and accidents as well energy consumption.

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

The webinar explained new concepts for sustainable city logistics, taking advantage of the state of the art ITS technologies and new vehicles solutions. The first part focused on the problems facing cities today in terms of increasing level of traffic congestion, negative impacts on the environment, traffic safety issues as well energy consumption.

The second and third part of the webinar examined the latest telematic solutions (in the framework of the CityLog project) and the vehicle solutions (in the framework of the CityMove project).

Speakers ◊ Sylvain Haon, POLIS ◊ Saverio Zuccotti, CRF ◊ Marco Aimo Boot, IVECO Each presentation was followed by a question and answer session. The webinar was followed up with a short summary of questions, discussions and conclusions.

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CityMove aims at developing an innovative integrated vehicle solution fitting with the integrated city transport solution approach for a secure, flexible, reliable, clean, energy efficient and safe road transport of goods across European cities, having also a significant impact on reduction of CO2 emissions and improvement in terms of safety and security. ctivities in the last months have been focused in the development and test of the prototypes developed and in the preparation of the tests to evaluate the impacts of the solutions.

Prototype development and tests The images below show the prototypes during safety function test. First is showing the anti-rollover and second the vulnerable road user protection.

Validation plan CityMove objectives are numerous and consider almost all the issues related to freight transport in urban areas: safety, environmental impact (pollution and noise), traffic, operator costs, transport efficiency, etc. Then there are a large number of aspects to be considered in terms of impact.

The project team has analysed all these aspects and defined a method, for each of them, to evaluate the impact of the developed solutions.

The table below shows the aspects considered. For each factor one or more indicators have been identified. The methods to evaluate such indicators are also identified: estimation based on the performance of the solution, modelling (based on real data measurements), calculation based on real time data acquisition, survey with questionnaires.

Final event The final event will be a joint CityLog and CityMove effort. The location will be the Centro Ricerche FIAT, close to Turin in Italy. The date is not yet finalised but will be in December.

A test truck close to the location will be used for dynamic demonstration of the developed prototypes.

Figures below show the location and the map of the area.

A final workshop with the user group it is also planned but it is still in discussion if it will be together with the final event or with another event, like the POLIS annual conference, in order to have a larger participation.

Safety City Move project is developing solutions for: Predictive anti-rollover functionality for Urban Trucks Pedestrian / vulnerable-user protection Collision avoidance - Driver assistance

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European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas responsible for transport met today with top-level representatives of the European transport and logistics sector. The occasion was the launch meeting of the High Level Group on Logistics (HLGL), set up to provide strategic advice on the future transport policy measures with impact on logistics. ice President Kallas said: “Logistics is a crucial business for the EU, providing 11 million jobs in the EU and representing 4.9% of our economy in terms of added value. It is an inseparable part of the European transport policy and major contributor to business success. It is therefore paramount that we discuss the challenges ahead together with the stakeholders in order to fully unlock the potential of the European logistics and freight transport sector”.

The importance of the sector for the EU economy has been recognised by the Commission in the White Paper on Transport. Data show that logistics sector is an important contributor to the EU economy. Six countries out of the global top-10 logistic performers are from the EU in 20121. Thus the European Commission has a vital role to play in creating appropriate framework conditions for this sector.

With the goal of identifying synergies between the Commission and the industry, and to build a sound business environment for this sector, the High Level group met in Brussels today. It comprises top-level representatives of logistics service providers, customers of logistics

companies, transport operators, ports/ terminal operators, academics, IT companies and social partners.

The discussion focused on the main bottlenecks that hinder freight logistics and transport. The members of the Group also discussed possible solutions that are expected to bring the desired improvements.

The creation of the group was very welcome by its participants who consider it a means to engage in a constructive dialogue with the Commission on the challenges for logistics.

For the Commission it is a unique platform to consider actions targeted to enhance further the logistics sectors’ competitiveness and performance while at the same time contributing to the achievement of the European transport policy objectives.

Members of the High Level Group on Logistics Mr Alan Mckinnon, Professor and Head of Logistics, the Kühne Logistics UNIVERSITY of HAMBURG Mr Lauri Ojala, Professor, Turku School of Economics, UNIVERSITY of TURKU

Mr Robert-Jan Zimmerman, CEO, MERCURIUS Shipping Group Ms Kerstin Geiger, Global Head Industry Solutions, SAP Mr Frank Appel, CEO, DEUTSCHE POST DHL Ms Marie-Christine Lombard, CEO, TNT Express Mr Laurent Freixe, Executive VicePresident, NESTLE Mr Clemence Cheng, Managing Director, HUTCHISON Port Holdings Central Europe Division Mr Rafael Aznar Garrigues, Chairman of the Port Authority of Valencia Ms Myriam Chaffart, Political Secretary Inland Waterways and Logistics, European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) Mr Rodolphe Saadé, Executive Officer, CMA CGM Mr Niels Smedegaard, CEO, DFDS Mr Christian Kern, CEO, ÖBB Group AG Ms Hjoerdis Stahl, Executive VicePresident, LUXAIR Cargo

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Brussels, 12 March 2012 - Vice-President Siim Kallas, Commissioner for mobility and transport, announced today the winners of the first Smart Mobility Challenge on European multi-modal journey planners. In the category of ‘operational journey planners’ the two winners are Idos and Trenitalia, and in the category of ‘innovative ideas’ the winners are Penelope Ventures GmbH and SNCF. The initiative aimed to promote the development of all-in-one journey planners, going beyond national borders and offering travel options combining different transport modes. ommenting on the results of the vote, Vice-President Kallas said: “I strongly believe that these winners, but also all other participating projects, will help to widen the choice of multi-modal travel for all Europeans. This contest has also confirmed the remaining challenges ahead, and most notably the need for opening up access to travel data”.

The number and quality of submitted projects and ideas were impressive.

So was the participation in the e-vote that helped selecting winners in the ‘operational journey planners’ category. The two best entries in this category are Idos (from the Czech Republic, provided by Chaps spol. s r.o.) and Trenitalia journey planner (from Italy, provided by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA).

In the category of ‘innovative ideas’ the following winners were selected: Penelope Ventures GmbH, for its idea of Byebyehello journey planner, and SNCF for its idea of Mytripset journey planner.

Europe by bus and train. It has 66 million online views per month.

Trenitalia’s journey planner – SIPAX – provides train, bus and ferry connections in Italy and a number of its neighbouring countries. It is complemented by the Viaggiatreno tool for real-time traffic monitoring. It has 3 million daily visits.

The winners in the ‘innovative ideas’ category caught the jury’s attention by their acute understanding of the nature of the challenge and development of projects that cover all prospective needs of travellers, including services such as ticketing: The journey planner idea Byebyehello, presented by Penelope Ventures GmbH, convinced the jury with its many innovative elements and a strong team of stakeholders that could make this vision a reality. The company intends to launch the planner in May 2012, starting in Germany.

The winners in the ‘operational journey planner’ category received the highest number of votes out of the 12 planners that participated in the e-vote:

The journey planner idea Mytripset, presented by SNCF, appealed to the jury with an innovative use of social networks to provide content and traffic updates. It also relies on a strong team of partners. The launch is planned in autumn 2012, starting in France.

Idos is a door-to-door journey planner for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It also provides other crossborder travel connections around

The winners of the first Smart Mobility Challenge will be invited by the Commission to present their ideas and solutions at a meeting of the European

n 15 March 2011, the European Commission unveiled the Eltis web portal, which features a brand-new look and is now available in eleven languages. The website - http://www.eltis.org/ - is aimed at European professionals working in the field of urban transport, environment, energy and health. The new web portal acts as an urban mobility observatory by facilitating the exchange of information and good practice in the field of urban mobility in Europe.

Parliament’s TRAN Committee on 26 March 2012. They will also be invited to the upcoming ITS World Congress in Vienna (22–26 October 2012), in order to foster further discussion about the opportunities and challenges of European-wide multimodal travel solutions.

The promotion of innovative, multimodal journey planners is a priority.

In 2011, the Commission conducted a study “Towards a European Multimodal Journey Planner”. Its final report is also published today: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/its/ studies/index_en.htm.

The challenge, launched by VicePresident Kallas on 6 June 2011, invited industry stakeholders and European citizens to submit either solutions of European (at least crossborder) multi-modal journey planners, or innovative ideas that would allow the development of such truly European and multimodal tools.

In the first category, 28 journey planners were proposed out of which the 12 most promising were put to an electronic public vote between 5 December 2011 and 13 January 2012.

In parallel, an expert jury evaluated the 22 submitted ‘innovative ideas’.

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Smart Connected ElectroMobility holds the potential to fundamentally change today’s transport system and patterns and make a quantum leap towards sustainable mobility. Four European “eMobility” pilot projects (SmartCEM, ICT4EVU, MOBI.Europe, and MOLECULES) joined forces for their launch in the European Parliament on 8 February 2012. he four pilot projects, run under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP), strive to facilitate and enhance user experience and acceptance of electric vehicles by offering various ICT services for urban and interurban mobility. These services will be tested and evaluated on test sites in EU Member States all over Europe.

To view all podcasts from the event, click here MEP Malcolm Harbour, Chair of the IMCO Committee, and host of the event, opened the session by introducing the programme speakers.

Mr Harbour underlined his conviction of the importance of sustainable mobility. He further explained that: • Mobility and especially

integrated mobility is vital for the cities • Vehicles can deliver ElectroMobility solutions

• It is of vital importance to engage all stakeholders but especially municipalities in order to integrate these technologies in transport systems Click here for Mr Harbour’s podcast.

Roadmap to a Single European

Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system - White paper 2011 MEP Bernd Lange, co-Chair of the Forum for the Automobile and Society The first speaker MEP Bernd Lange confirmed that the European parliament is closely following policy developments in ElectroMobility. He reminded the audience of predicted changes in urbanisation, demographics and climate. He further explained that ElectroMobilityis a part of the solution – especially integrated mobility and the combination of vehicles and ICT as a solution of the future. He especially mentioned the integration of ElectroMobility as an alternative urban mobility solution for local authorities.

He also stated that the 4 projects need a solid basis, that the EP is on their side and he wished them success in their future work.

Click here for Mr Lange’s podcast Mr Zoran Stančič, Deputy DirectorGeneral, European Commission DG INFSO Mr Zoran Stančič, explained the EU policy framework behind the CIP pilots (Research and Innovation Programme, EC transport policy 2020 and beyond, Digital Agenda for Europe). He further mentioned the importance of the CIP pilots which provide opportunities to work with different stakeholders.

Click here for Mr Stančič’s podcast.

Zoran Stančič (left), Deputy DirectorGeneral, European Commission DG INFSO

(above) MEP Malcolm Harbour, Chair of the IMCO Committee

ICT 4 EVEU, MOBI.Europe, MOLECULES, Sm@rtCEM (Presentations by the four CIP projects on smart ElectroMobility)

ICT 4 EVEU is a project aiming at the deployment of an innovative set of ICT services for electric vehicles (EV) in complementary pilots across Europe. The focus of the services in question is the integration of different management systems operating on the existing EV infrastructures of the pilot cities. ICT 4 EVEU will then deploy interoperable ElectroMobility services on these interconnected infrastructures. The three pilots will cover different areas.

The first one will run in Bristol, UK, and its commuter belt. The second one will join the Spanish towns of Vitoria and Pamplona, creating a common corridor of 100 km. Finally, the Slovenian pilot will connect the most important cities of the country, Ljubljana and Maribor, and have an international aspect as there will be observers from the Austrian region of Styria, which has shown a big interest in this pilot.

MOBI.Europe will promote the full integration and interoperability of available, currently tested ICT ElectroMobility applications. It is built on the ElectroMobility initiatives of Portugal, Ireland, the Spanish region of Galicia and the Dutch city of Amsterdam. For the benefit of the EV user, the project aims to integrate these four areas by ensuring full interoperability of the standards and mobility services already in use there.

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The aim of MOLECULES is to contribute to the pre-deployment and wider uptake of smart connected ElectroMobility as a radical departure from today’s transport system, leading to reductions in carbon emissions and less congested urban areas. The pilot actions will test urban and interurban ICT services that facilitate and enhance the user experience of electric vehicles. They will support real-time interaction between the driver, the vehicle and the transport and energy infrastructures. Services comprise for instance pre-trip and on-trip planning and optimisation including EV energy use and charging, as well as vehicle to grid connectivity.

Four European cities/regions, Barcelona (ES), Gipuzkoa-San Sebastian (ES), Newcastle (UK) and Turin (IT), have joined forces to demonstrate the role of ICT solutions in addressing shortcomings of ElectroMobility. As the potential of EV is under-used due to their limitations and lack of confidence, the smartCEM project aims to minimise the current EV limitations, by applying advanced mobility services (EV-navigation, EV-efficient driving, EV-trip and charging station management).

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Speeches by high level representatives followed on:The users’ perspective Werner Kraus, President of FIA Region I (which represents 104 Automobile and Touring Clubs across Europe, the Middle East and Africa), commented on the SmartCEM pilot project of which the FIA is a partner: “Raising consumer awareness is key for the adoption of new technologies and the FIA and its member clubs are best placed to play this role. That’s why the FIA fully supports the SmartCEM initiative and the demonstration of eMobility as a real alternative for our day-to-day mobility.

Click here for Mr Kraus’ podcast.

National plan to promote ElectroMobility Antonio Bob Santos spoke on behalf of the Deputy Minister of Innovation, highlighting Portugal’s new public and private programme (PPP) on ElectroMobility. This programme covers energy and renewable sources, environment, transport and research and innovation. Twentyfive municipalities are testing these innovative solutions.

The importance of ElectroMobility for sustainable urban mobility Pere Ferrer Sastre praised these 4 initiatives, “without them is difficult to meet transport goals”. The city council has installed 191 new electric vehicle batterycharging points in Barcelona.

The Movele electric vehicle plan is not the only action up to now to have been promoted by the city council for furthering the use of electric vehicles in the city, in order to achieve more sustainable mobility.

ElectroMobility and renewable energies: a win-win situation for a sustainable low carbon economy Carlos Lopez presented MODERNA, the new economic development model for Navarra: a medium and long term strategic regional plan promoted by the Government of Navarre (Unión del Pueblo Navarro - UPN) together with other stakeholders. The MODERNA TREE plan includes particular emphasis to sustainable vehicles and renewable energies.

Click here for Mr Lopez’s podcast.

A further podcast by Jacob Bangsgaard, FIA Region I Director General available here

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All new cars must be fitted by 2015 with eCall devices to alert the rescue services automatically to road crashes through the public 112 emergency call system, say MEPs in a resolution adopted jointly by the Internal Market and Transport Committees on Tuesday. This system would speed up the arrival of the emergency services, saving lives and reducing injuries, adds the non-binding resolution. ur report sends a clear signal of the European Parliament’s support for the introduction of eCall.

It is my wish that it will serve as a model for a legislative proposal by the Commission in 2012”, said Internal Market co-rapporteur Olga Sehnalova (S&D, CZ) on Monday. Her counterpart from the Transport Committee, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (EPP, DE), gave a recent example of a road accident in Germany that was only spotted later, in a routine patrol by emergency services. “That is a strong message in support of eCalls”, he said.

The resolution, adopted by 58 votes to 4, with 8 abstentions, regrets the delays in the voluntary deployment of eCall to date and the small proportion of cars fitted with it (only 0.4%) and urges the Commission to table legislation to make the eCall system mandatory by 2015.

Golden hour The aim of the in-vehicle eCall system (based on the 112 call platform) is to ensure that the emergency services are alerted automatically to serious road accidents, says the resolution.

This should save lives and reduce the severity of injuries as qualified and equipped assistance would get to the scene of the accident earlier – according to the “golden hour” principle.

According to estimates, the eCall system would save up to 2500 lives a year and reduce the severity of injuries by 10 % to 15 %, the resolution states.

Technology is ready MEPs point out that the necessary technology is available and common EUwide standards have been agreed. They therefore call on the Commission to table legislation requiring the Member States to upgrade their emergency

response services infrastructure so that it can handle eCalls by 2015.

Data protection The resolution stresses that the eCall service cannot be used to monitor a person’s movements or determine his or her location unless that person has been involved in an accident.

The main purpose of the system is to improve incident management, the text adds.

Next steps The non-legislative resolution will be voted in plenary in Strasbourg in July. The Commission is expected to table a legislative proposal on eCall by the end of 2012.

Source: European Parliament

- Clean Last Mile transport and logistics management for smart efficient local governments in Europe financed by the Intelligent Energy Europe.

The C-LIEGE overall approach will be based on integrated and shared framework for energy-efficient urban freight transport (UFT) demand management and planning by a novel set of integrated solutions and “push-and-pull” demand-oriented measures through a cooperative approach between public and private stakeholders addressed to the reduction of energetic and environmental impacts of freight transport in EU. utput of C-Liege: Toolbox oriented to local authorities in order to enable them to implement combined soft and hard policy measures. The Toolbox will provide a road map for the establishment of City Logistics Manager, analyzing principles and procedures with the role of supporting City Administration in the development of energyefficient and integrated urban freight mobility plan, selecting most suitable

policies and measures. C-LIEGE will pilot 7 public private partnerships on urban freight distribution in 7 cities (Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, Germany and Malta) Summary: Workshop hosted by EU regions for Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN). Cities would like to have a toolbox to use. A combined set of soft, hard policy measures with ITS is needed. Which set set of best

practices to use to be accepted by all stakeholders? At the moment there are more than 60 best practices. The workshops focus was to validate the 15 best practices and identify those that are acceptable by all the different stakeholders.

www.c-liege.eu

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The European Commission’s Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign was launched today and represents a three-year initiative aiming to support sustainable urban mobility campaigners in 31 countries. Activities began today with the opening of a registration system to support outstanding actions for fostering positive change in attitudes and behaviour. he central objective of this new campaign is to promote the advantages of combining different modes of transportation. Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport, said: “We want to encourage people to vary the way they move around the city – so our slogan invites people to “Do the Right Mix”. This campaign will give a boost to the local, regional, and national awareness-raising actions that play a crucial role in creating and promoting this 21st century culture of urban mobility. It is vital to promote diversity in our daily mobility choices.”

An award fund of EUR 500 000 will support actions demonstrating significant networking and multiplication effects at the local,

regional and/or national, or even EU level. Individuals, non-commercial entities (schools, NGOs, public administrations, etc.) and commercial entities are eligible to apply for up to EUR 7000 in financial support from the European Commission by participating in the campaign. Applicants may register their actions promoting sustainable urban mobility on http:// www.dotherightmix.eu In addition, the campaign includes initiatives such as an award for European cities based on their sustainable urban mobility plans; and coordinated awareness-raising activities and events in 31 participating countries: EU Membe States, EEA Member States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and Croatia.

The European Commission’s Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign is linked to the European Mobility Week, which runs from 16 to 22 September every year and culminates in the ’In Town Without My Car!’ day.

The campaign is managed by the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport and funded through the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme – the EU’s support programme for non-technological actions in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.

To find out more about the Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign or to register an action, visit the campaign website: http://www. dotherightmix.eu

On 20 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. articipants 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, 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 criterias for cleaner vehicles for urban freight delivery for public procurement.

CityMove progresstowards cleaner, safer and more efficient vehicles for better urban freight operations were debated. The cities of Trondheim and Birmingham among others exchanged views on challenges and expectations for improving urban logistics operations.

Presentations can be downloaded here.

For more information about CityMove, visit the project’s web page: http:// www.citymoveproject.eu.

Participants at the workshop, 20th February 2012

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Organisation:

Centro Ricerche Fiat

Address:

Strada Torino, 50

Country:

Italy

10043 Orbassano TO

Contact Name:

Gianfranco Burzio

Telephone:

+390119083 066

Email:

gianfranco.burzio@crf.it

Freight distribution in urban areas is a clear need for the cities but it produces serious impacts in term of traffic, noise, pollution, urban areas occupation, etc. There is a strong interest in new solutions that will reduce these impacts.

The session started with the description of the user needs as emerged during a specific workshop involving several representative of the different stakeholder: city authority, OEMs, fleet managers, delivery companies, suppliers, ...). Then the solutions developed inside the two projects CityMove and CityLog, to reduce

negative impacts of freight transport while maintaining adequate transport efficiency, in term of cost and time of the delivery, were described.

A round table, involving representative of all sectors closed the session, allowing the participants to discuss about the solution developed by the two projects, in particular about their impact on the city.

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Invited Speakers Sylvain Haon (POLIS, executive director) Lina Konstantinopoulou (ERTICO, project manager) Xavier Augros (VOLVO, product support systems) Werner Schoenewolf (Fraunhofer Inst. for Production Syst. & Design Technol. IPK, Berlin)

Moderator: Gianfranco Burzio (CRF, Project Management)

EC Vice-President Siim Kallas invites urban mobility stakeholders to the conference “Towards competitive and resource efficient urban mobility” to take place in Brussels on 17 September. his conference will mark the launch of the public consultation on the EU’s urban mobility activities in the context of the White Paper “Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system”. The event is aimed at institutional stakeholders as well as

local government, transport users and operators, and industry and research representatives.

measures and policies towards sustainable urban mobility.

The event will also take stock of the accomplishments of the CIVITAS initiative.

Launched in 2002, CIVITAS celebrates its 10th anniversary of supporting cities in implementing ambitious transport

More information will be available on the DG Move and CIVITAS websites by mid-July 2012.

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Citylog was also present at: xx Journées Scientifique LUTB – Lyon

o Presentation by Guillaume Vernet

o http://lutb.fr/

xx FITS 2011 – Vienna o Paper and speech by Selini Hadjidimitriou (ICOOR) on CityLog – Sustainability and efficiency of city logistics: the M-BBX (Modular BentoBox System)

o http://www.ieee-fists.org/

xx ETC 2012 – Glasgow o Paper and speech by Hans Quak and Susanne Balm (TNO) on Innovative solutions for city logistics: demonstration and viability results

o http://abstracts.etcproceedings.org

CityLog and CityMove final event (December 2012) - Orbassano (near Turin), Italy Conference on Urban Mobility (17 September 2012) - Brussels, Belgium 19th ITS World Congress - Smarter on the way (22-26 October 2012) - Vienna, Austria For more information on the Preliminary Programme and all other aspects, please visit the Vienna ITS Congress website: www.itsworldcongress.org

For further information on CityLog

For further information on CityMove

please write to:

info@city-log.eu

please visit the website:

or visit website:

www.city-log.eu

www.citymoveproject.eu

Alessio Corongiu, Project coordinator

Gianfranco Burzio, Project coordinator

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CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.p.A.

Strada Torino, 50 - 10043 Orbassano (TO) ITALY

Strada Torino, 50 - 10043 Orbassano (TO) ITALY

tel.: ++39.011.9080.492

tel.: +39.011.9083.066

fax: ++39.011.9083.083

fax: +39.011.9083.083

alessio.corongiu@crf.it

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