1. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ TRAILBLAZER Final Conference 25 th April 2013 Prague, Czech Republic WP5 – Evaluation

2. Content Trailblazer objectives Objectives of the evaluation Evaluation approach Overview of the project measures Key Facts and Figures Main conclusions „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“

3. Trailblazer objectives 1. Implement the actions contained in the Delivery and Servicing Plans produced by the four PATHFINDER cities 2. Evidence reduced energy use by freight transport in PATHFINDER cities following production of Delivery and Servicing Plans. 3. Transfer knowledge and exchange experience between experienced and less experienced municipalities, private sector organisations, freight transport operators and project stakeholders. 4. Promote best practice in freight energy efficiency amongst local and regional authorities in Europe.

4. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ http://www.trailblazer.eu/ 4 TRAILBLAZERs: TTR, Borlänge, Sutton, DHL 4 Pathfinders: Zagreb, Vercelli, Eskilstuna, Växjö 5 organisations: ICLEI, EIGSI, CDV, CPAS

5. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Objective of the evaluation To evaluate the evidence reduced energy use by freight transport in PATHFINDER cities following production of Delivery and Servicing Plans. The key tasks are:  Support and co-ordinate the evaluation activities  Develop the evaluation framework  Local Adaptation of Framework  Generation of the “do-nothing scenario”  Generation of the “project scenario”, through collection of before and after impact data.  Analysis, recommendations and modifications  Prepare an intermediate and final evaluation report of the project.

6. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Evaluation approach

7. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Access and parking management in the Municipality of Vercelli Objectives:  High level/long term: o Freight Consolidation/Distribution Centre o ‘Logistics culture’ at the local level  Strategic level / medium term o Involvement of stakeholders – creation of technical working groups o Encourage the use of clean freight vehicles  Measure level / short term o New parking bays for delivery services and accessibility regulation in LTZ o Automatic license plate recognition system

8. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Access and parking management in the Municipality of Vercelli Exemples of Chosen indicators: N° Evaluation area Indicator 1TransportGoods vehicle movements 2TransportType of vehicles 3TransportKilometres per delivery 4TransportTotal kilometres 6TransportEmpty running 7TransportDelivery of goods 8TransportNumber of stops 9TransportType of delivery 10TransportTime and duration 11TransportDelivery frequency 12TransportWeight per delivery 13TransportLoad factor 14TransportPerformance 15TransportEfficiency of freight transport 16TransportEfficiency of freight transport per vehicle 17EnergyConsumption of fuel 18EnergyVehicle fuel efficiency 19EnvironmentCO2 emissions 20Parking LTZParking spaces 21Parking LTZVehicle driving & loading/unloading facility 22 Accessibility LTZ Permissions 23 Accessibility LTZ Exceptions 24AcceptanceAcceptance level

9. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Access and parking management in the Municipality of Vercelli Evaluation methodology:  Before-after design  Questionnaire study submitted to different groups: o 121establishments survey (public & private) o Freight operators o Driver survey  Direct observation, counting and historical records  Site visit

10. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Time and parking management in the City of Zagreb Objectives:  High level/long term: o To reduce the number of delivery vehicles  Strategic level/ medium term : o Increase the regulation of freight delivery transportation o Active communication between different stakeholders  Measure level/ short term : o To reduce the number of the delivery vehicles in the Ilica street area o New parking bays for delivery services

11. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Time and parking management in the City of Zagreb Exemples of Chosen indicators: N° Evaluation Area Indicators 1Environment Number of freight vehicles 2EnvironmentFuel consumption 3EnvironmentTotal kilometres 4EconomyEmpty running 5EconomyLoad factor 6 Parking and accessibility Unloading time 7Acceptance N° of filled questionnaires

12. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Evaluation methodology:  Before-BAU-After design  Questionnaire study submitted to different groups: o Businesses o Freight carriers  Direct observation, counting (15 identified intersections) and historical records  Site visit Time and parking management in the City of Zagreb

13. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Coordinate the distribution of goods to all municipal entities in the Växjö Objectives:  High level/long term  All freight transport done by biogas vehicles  Co-ordination of whole countries goods  Strategic leve/medium term : o Increase traffic safty in school yards and elderly homes o Reduced delivery costs o Possibilities for smaller companies to complate the public procurement o Less noise and intrusion  Measure level/ short term : o Minimized the transporting kilometres o Reduce emissions

14. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Coordinate the distribution of goods to all municipal entities in the Växjö N° Evaluation area Indicators 1TransportType of vehicles 2TransportTons delivered/day/year 3TransportDelivery frequency 4EnergyFuel consumption 5EnvironmentCO2 emissions Exemples of Chosen indicators: Evaluation methodology: o Before-BAU-After design o Questionnaire study o Simulation tools o Site visit

15. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Consolidation of municipality deliveries in Eskilstuna Objectives:  High level/long term: o Use of renewable fuels o Reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions by at least 50% o Reduce the level of nitrogen oxide emissions by at least 25% o Reduce noise o Increase the number of local suppliers.  Strategic level/ medium term: o Reduce energy consumption and environmental impact. o Increase road safety o Maintain delivery quality o Limit the number of delivery times.  Measure level/ short term : o Implement a transportation contract under certain specified conditions o Plan, prepare and implement an operational situation o Manage the urban goods deliveries following the ‘Just-in- Time’ principle

16. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Overview of the project measures Consolidation of municipality deliveries in Eskilstuna N° Evaluation area Indicators 1EconomyShipping costs 2TransportType of vehicles 3TransportKilometres/ year 4TransportTons delivered/day/year 5TransportDelivery frequency 6EnergyFuel consumption 7EnvironmentCO2 emissions Exemples of Chosen indicators: Evaluation methodology: o Before-BAU-After design o Questionnaire study After situation is estimated

17. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Impacts : Key results N°N°TargetRating VercelliZagrebVäxjöEskilstuna 110% reduction in the fuel used by freight transport *** *** 2Reduced emissions for freight flows involved *** 3Less freight traffic in the road ****** 4Improving parking and accesibility regulation ***** NA 5Improving the delivery of goods *** 6Increase the satisfaction of the citizens * NA ** 7Increase the satisfaction of freight operators ** NA NA=Not Assessed O= Not achieved *= Sustantially achieved (at least 50%) ** = Achieved in full *** = Exceeded

18. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Main conclusions Some problems in practice  Difficult to collect After data, planned implementation changed during the course of the projects  Need more explanation of the “effect”  Timing problems in evaluation (e.g. to late implementation)

19. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Main conclusions Recommendations DSP implementation:  Political, city and municipality administration and experts support  Participation and the information of the citizens through meeting or media  Open dialog between the various parties involved  Clear project funding (feasibility and implementation phases)  Take into consideration the users needs  Systematic data collection  A good synergy between the different management tools

20. „The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.“ Thank you! Tatiana Graindorge Research Associate tatiana.graindorge@eigsi.fr tatiana.graindorge@eigsi.fr