Planning for efficient and
sustainable urban freight
Breakout session at the VREF conference
19 October 2016
Introduction by Jardar Andersen
Institute of Transport Economics, Norway
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Program
• Discuss current planning practices in urban freight transport
• Identify learning points for future urban freight planning
Time
Contents
By
10.35
Prepared introductions
Urban freight planning in Stockholm
Elin Skogens, City of Stockholm
Promotion and support of sustainable
urban freight initiatives in Copenhagen
Tanja Ballhorn, City of
Copenhagen
The role of national authorities and
interaction between planning levels
Toril Presttun, Norwegian Public
Road Administration
11.20
Discussion
Presenters /all
11.55
Wrap up and conclusions
Astrid Bjørgen Sund, SINTEF
12.00
End of session
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Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
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NORSULP project
• Develop guidelines for
Sustainable Urban Logistics
Plans for Norwegian cities
• Learn from international
experiences
• Integrate user needs
• Validate in 9 cities
• Capacity building
• Financing 2 Ph.D’s
www.norsulp.no
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Topics for discussion
Process and
involvement
Integration with
general mobility
planning
Support
sustainable private
sector initiatives
Specific
topics/measures
Across institutions
and planning levels
Geographial level /
regional dimension
How to obtain
interest?
From overall
strategy to
everyday
municipal planning
Locally developed
vs harmonised
approach
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Thank you!
Jardar Andersen
[email protected]
+47 997 00 804
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The Traffic
Administration
PLANNING FOR EFFICIENT AND
SUSTAINABLE URBAN FREIGHT NEW LOGISTICS CONCEPTS
Project Manager Tanja Ballhorn,
The Technical and Environmental Administration
City Development
OVERALL AMBITION
CO2 NEUTRAL IN 2025
TRAFFIC ACCOUNTS
ACCIDENTS
TRUCK
OBJECTIVES:
The number of
people killed or
seriously injured to
be halved in the
period 2013-2020,
based on the
average of the total
figures for the years
2009-2011
ACCIDENTS
VANS
WHAT HAVE
BEEN DONE?

• Strategy for Heavy Goods Vehicles in Copenhagen
• Low Emission Zone in Copenhagen (2007+2010)
• Concept development City Logistics (UCC)
• Pilots, off hour deliveries
WHAT DO
WE WANT?
• Congestion Charging Zone
• Low Emission Zone in Copenhagen (2014)
PRESENT
TASKS

• Freight Network
• Public Private Partnerships with companies
• Data
• Best Practise Guide
• ECO-driving
• OHD
FREIGHT
NETWORK
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP
S WITH
COMPANIES
DATA
BEST
PRACTISE
GUIDE
ECO DRIVING
POTENTIALE:
13% REDUCTION
OF CO2
OFF-HOUR DELIVERIES –
FROM PILOT TO
IMPLEMENTATION
CO-ORDINATED
ROADWORKS
?
THANK YOU
Contact info:
Tanja Ballhorn Provstgaard
City of Copenhagen
The Technical and Environmetal
Administration City Development
[email protected]
Mobil: 27642974
The role of national authorities
and interaction between
planning levels
Toril Presttun
Norwegian Public Road
Administration
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Norwegian Public Roads Administration
• Manage national road network, vehicles and
drivers
• “Sector responsibility” for road transport issues
• Manage regional roads – 19 counties
• Municipalities is responsible for land use and local
roads and streets
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Definintions
Urban logistics
● “The movement of goods, equipment and waste into, out
from, within or through an urban area.” EU-white paper
● «Urban logistics covers all activities involved in the
transport of goods in a city. It lies at the crossroads
between urban development issues, economic dynamics
and quality of life; it is an increasingly important
consideration in the overall functioning of the city and its
management requires an efficient rationalization of its
components.» (RunGIS, 2015)
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Planning urban logistics
Challenges
● Basically the same main challenge as other planning related
to transport
– Land use and transport infrastructure
– Regulations and enforcement
– Rapid development in technology
● Freight is complex and it is hard to get the overview – the
common understanding is less developed than passenger
transport
● Stakeholders in private sector is a combination of some
very large firms and many small firms – how do we secure
fruitful interaction
● Change the focus from freight traffic to what is inside the
vehicle – all the way from shipper to receiver
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Challenges and interaction between planning levels
Land use and infrastructure
● National and international level
● Focus on main flows through, to and from urban areas –
motorways, rail terminals and ports
● Less focus on distribution centres and mega-warehouses
● Regional level
● Make the location and design of national infrastructure
match the regional need
● Additional meshed infrastructure
● Make the local land use decisions fit regional needs
● Local level
● Reject or attract national /regional infrastructure and
warehouses
● Concerned by environmental impacts from major
transport infrastructure
● Inner city problems
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Challenges – Freight facilities and land use
Terminals as part of infrastructure
● Ports and rail-terminals are normally considered as public
infrastructure
● Terminals involving only road transport is not - but the
location and network of terminals is important for the
economy and the amount of freight traffic
● What should be the public sector responsibility for an
optimal terminal structure?
– Large logistic sites, city terminals, depots in city, goods
receipt facilities in buildings and loading bays
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Challenges
Regulation and technology
● Use of infrastructure
– Restrictions and regulations about noise, emissions,
congestion
– Standards and traditions
– Autonomous vehicles
– Electric vehicles and electrified roads
– ITS and dynamic traffic management
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Challenges
including stakeholders
● How do we do it and who do we meet?
– National level: Sea and rail are dominating the
discussion, cost of first and last mile are often
underestimated
– Road infrastructure – passenger transport and large
freight actors are dominating stakeholders
– Local level and inner city: Real-estate owners and
retailers are dominating stakeholders, transport
companies, mobile service providers and drivers are less
involved
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New Research program 2016 - 2021
Urban Logistics
● Main objective: Urban logistics should contribute to
attractive cities, low carbon emissions, effective solutions
for business and industry and high quality of life
● Establish academic and professional environment on urban
logistics /city logistics in Norway
● Improve the knowledge base, provide better data
● Encourage cities to work out Sustainable Urban Logistic
Plans
● Identify rules and regulations that hinder environmental
friendly urban logistics
● Evaluate measures and pilots
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Freight vehicles – belong in urban life
Thank you for your attention!
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