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 …
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 …
Bike-based solutions in urban logistics
By Rosa van Gestel, Lorena Axinte (Bax & Company) Cycle logistics offer promising solutions in urban environments, as a sustainable response to the rising on-demand economy and its impact on last mile deliveries. A variety of smaller, light vehicles and mobility hubs (more info here) …
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 …
Collaborative Urban Logistics including collaborative transport and logistics hubs for last mile delivery
Monday May 23rd @ 14:00-15:30 CEST | Online Cooperation between suppliers, customers and the public administration is essential to implement new business models, effective both for cities and industry players. More sustainable urban logistics can be achieved with reduced costs through smart consolidation of logistics …
Data-driven decision support tools for Urban Freight Transport (UFT) planning
By Philipp Müller, Daniela Kirsch, & Sandra Jankowski (Fraunhofer IML), and Nacho Sarrió & Lorena Axinte (Bax & Company). Urban areas are melting pots of a multitude of interests. If we look at Urban Freight Transport (UFT), it’s clear that many different stakeholder demands need …
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 …
