by Walther Ploos van Amstel
Almost all global trade originates from, traverses or is destined for a metropolitan area. However, very few cities and countries addressed the issues related to urban freight. There is a need for accelerated development and adoption of sustainable technology solutions (electric vehicles, shift to urban rail, boat, cargo bikes). But it is equally important that …
CLOSER and the Swedish Transport Administration organize a lunch-to-lunch conference on 29-30 October at Lindholmen, Gothenburg. Within the framework of the projects DenCity and Attractive and climate-smart transport in cities, both with a focus on climate-smart and sustainable mobility in the dense city, we want to invite you to a two-day conference that will be characterized …
While many postal companies are reducing the number of mailboxes on the streets, Royal Mail is converting theirs for parcels. Royal Mail is introducing the UK’s first ever parcel postboxes in 1.400 locations across the country after a successful trial.
A new plan by the Amsterdam’s city authorities, announced this week, aims to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030. The ban is part of the Actieplan Schone Lucht, or Clean Air Action Plan, and covers cars, trucks, mass transit and boats within a large zero-emission zone.
Fast, reliable, efficient and sustainable. The automotive industry has discovered the advantages of in night distribution 25 years ago. Items ordered at the end of the day will be delivered before the next working day. This enables dealers to provide excellent service to their customers. what potential is there for deliveries to service engineers in cities?
Walmart’s US supply chain grew from a garage and pickup truck to more than 150 warehouses and 8,000 drivers. Chris Sultemeier, former executive vice president of logistics says the most dramatic industry change is still to come, he said in an interview with MIT.
Recently Internodz launched a new service that makes it possible to view all deliveries coming around your location and add your orders into them. The concept behind Internodz is based on the idea that there are lots of deliveries roaming in your city and some of them are already going to come to your location. Users …
For many European cities today, addressing traffic congestion and reducing transport related emissions of CO2, noise and harmful local pollutants, is a key priority. Cities are looking to reduce the number of motorised vehicle trips in the urban area, encourage a modal shift towards cleaner forms of transportation, such as walking, cycling and public transportation …
The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) and the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) are launching the Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport programme. In light of the importance of building bridges with young people, VREF and the SLoCaT Partnership seek to establish a program for engaging Young Leaders in knowledge generation, policy making …
Electric Assisted Vehicle (EAV) has launched a cargo bike which it says has been “engineered down” from a light commercial vehicle rather than “engineered up” from a bicycle. The EAV quadracycle can carry 150 kilos of parcels is peddled and steered like a traditional bike.