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City Logistics. Technical workshop "Urban Mobility Package" Brussels, 13 th June 2013 Mark MAJOR DG MOVE Unit C1 : Clean Transport and Sustainable Urban Mobility. Conclusions of review of measures
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City Logistics Technical workshop "Urban Mobility Package" Brussels, 13thJune 2013 Mark MAJOR DG MOVE Unit C1 : Clean Transport and SustainableUrbanMobility
Conclusions of review of measures • Many examples of measures aimed at mitigating negative effects of urban logistics are available, mainly from previous EU funded projects • Several plans have not materialized • Objective of measures may differ: • Air quality • Safety • Noise pollution • Efficiency/congestion • Mix of these objectives
Conclusions of review of measures (2) • Measures may be grouped as follows: • Land use planning measures • Infrastructure measures • Consolidation (construction materials, general cargo, e-commerce deliveries) • Regulatory measures (LEZ, routing etc) • Speeding up introduction of clean and low noise equipment • Each group has it’s specific characteristics with respect to size of investments, lead time, barriers, impacts on various indicators • In most cases no systematic evaluation data available
Conclusions • Problem analysis and solution differper city • Choice of efficientmeasuresdepend on the specificcircumstances • Knowledge, capabilities, stakeholder processandfinance are important elements
Various policy options: • Knowledge sharing on urban freight problems and solutions • Capacity development at city level for urban logistics strategies • Technology development for clean and quiet development • Infrastructuredevelopmentformultimodalmovements • Regulatory measures, like pricing, low emission zones Possible policy options EU
How can the EU support or encourage cities to provide a better policy framework to improve urban logistics? • What other actions should the EU undertake to improve urban logistics? • Is urban logistics a necessary element to be addressed in the SUMP framework? Policy questions: