Learning from the Implementation of Urban Logistics Pilots in European Cities: Insights from Domien Stubbe of VIL
An interview with Domien Stubbe – Vlaams Instituut Voor de Logistick VZW (VIL) Domien Stubbe, a Project Leader at VIL, shares his insights on the implementation of urban logistics pilots in the ULaaDS Lighthouse cities. He details how the pilots in Mechelen, Bremen, and Groningen …
Two Urban Logistics solutions for the last-mile delivery problem
By Anna Keim (Miebach Consulting), and Nacho Sarrió & Víctor Ferran (Bax & Company). The rapid growth of e-commerce, the on-demand economy, and the associated surge in shipments, are escalating traffic and environmental pollution in cities. This reinforces the need for new and effective urban …
Towards zero-emission last-mile deliveries: Bremen in the spotlight
Wednesday March 15th @ 10:30-12:00 CET | Online Join us for the third webinar of our series exploring sustainable urban logistics solutions in the ULaaDS lighthouse cities. During this event you will have the chance to discover the measures that Bremen is taking to make …
Business models for consolidation hubs
Tuesday February 15th @ 10:00 – 12:00 CET | Online Consolidation hubs are intermediate nodes in distribution networks that help optimise delivery processes. What models of consolidation deliver the best results? And which types of hubs help urban nodes in delivering their sustainability objectives? How are …
Low and zero-carbon vehicles for urban last-mile deliveries
By Melanie Troppe & Günther Illek (IFZ), and Lorena Axinte & Nacho Sarrió (Bax & Company). Low and zero-carbon vehicles are a key element of most sustainable urban last-mile logistics solutions today and are gaining more and more presence and relevance. In this ULaaDS insight, …
Towards zero-emission last-mile deliveries: Groningen in the spotlight
Wednesday September 28th @ 10:30-12:00 CET | Online Join us for the second webinar in our series exploring sustainable urban logistics solutions in the ULaaDS lighthouse cities. During this event, discover the measures that Groningen is taking to make urban logistics more sustainable in partnership …
Urban Mobility Days 2022
The 2022 Urban Mobility Days will be held on 20-22 September in the city of Brno, Czech Republic. This year’s theme is ‘Moving people and goods more sustainably’ and, across three days, the event will traverse the length and breadth of sustainable urban mobility, examining the latest challenges and solutions. ULaaDS will be …
Business and Operating Models for Sustainable Urban Freight Transport
By Paul Buijs (University of Groningen), and Lorena Axinte & Nacho Sarrió (Bax & Company). Research and development in urban freight transport is generating vast amounts of new on-demand and sustainable solutions. These include new types of urban freight facilities, vehicle technology, and ICT. Without …
Logistics stakeholder engagement – Civitas FastTrack Capacity Building Week
Our ULaaDS stakeholder engagement experts – Melanie Troppe and Günther Illek from IFZ – took part in the Civitas FastTrack Capacity Building Week. The session focused on Setting up logistics fora, an approach for stakeholder engagement developed and tested in the 3 ULaaDS lighthouse cities …
Meet our first Follower Cities: Milan, Gdynia, Leuven & Helmond
The ULaaDS team is excited to reveal the four selected Follower cities that will join our first study visit in Mechelen on May 16-17! Milan (Italy), Gdynia (Poland), Leuven (Belgium) and Helmond (The Netherlands) applied to join the study visit as part of the recently …
