1. Best Practices in urban freight in Europe: Synchro-modal solutions and policy innovations
Jacques Leonardi
BESTFACT Joint Cluster Workshop Synchro-modal Best Practices
Rotterdam, 8-9 October 2015

2. Objectives of ‘Urban Freight’ Best Practices assessment in BESTFACT
To inform on Best Practice cases in urban context
Trials and demonstrations of technical feasibility and economic profitability
Sustainability
Decarbonisation
Profitability
Social acceptance
Impacts estimates or assessments
Sources, references,
Contacts, networking

3. Why was it important to get good case inventories?
Innovation or nothing new?
Feedback on technology feasibility <--> user experience
How to scale-up to industry size
How to transfer to other businesses, other cities
The assessed cases were good, Bestfact was good as well
You (the workshop participants and the partners) provided the key information (on business case and impacts) everybody is waiting for

4. What is a ‘good’ case description?
Focus on the most crucial key questions
Cost-benefits: why are the costs lower or the profit higher or the cost-benefit ratio better?
Why is the solution more efficient ? (cost-, transport-efficient, environmentally/external cost-efficient)
Good and bad experience (warning): not a one-sided praise but a balanced, (market)independent review
Identify candidates for scale-up and transfer  candidates for the in-depth survey
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5. Study: freight decarbonisation opportunities, potential savings at global scale, and estimate of feasibility
Source:
World Economic Forum – Accenture 2009
Background:
Urban freight
in France: about
60% of total freight
ghg emissions of a large operator

6. Synchro-modal in urban freight supply chains?
Modell of Maurice Jansen, Rotterdam and its hinterland; opportunities for synchro-modal transport solutions , 2013
Intermodal Co-modal Synchro- modal

7. Multiple modes at Port of Hamburg Local (<50km) container transport is mainly by road, with few local barge and no local rail use

8. Synchromodal solutions and Best Practices?
Full synchromodal urban freight terminals compliant with the model of Jansen does not exist for now
At best approaching are some large hubs such as port-cities with a high local proportion of final destination
No convincing case study in urban freight for now, but good examples of sustainable and multimodal combination
Modes active in urban freight context:
Trucks and vans
Rail
Barges
Electric freight cycles and other cycles
Pedestrian deliveries
The best we can do now is to show Best Practice cases with multiple modes included

9. Distripolis in French Cities
GEODIS as major logistics provider Fleet of more than >5000 vehicles
83 electric vans and cycles are tested in 5 French cities and about 10 depots out 120. Started 2012.
More than 20 different business cases are trialed with the new vehicles.
About 12% more costs per item
120,000 EUR/van purchase
Technical difficulties BUT No client lost, good image.

10. Interporto Padova: Consolidation and Clean Vehicles
Cityporto transit point is located inside the freight village area of Interporto Padova
2 miles outside the City Centre, close to the major highways
Urban delivery of goods with a fleet of hybrid and CNG vehicles
Savings in:
Mileage: 1200 km/day
Fuel: >30,000 litres/year
Emissions of CO2 and pollutants

11. Zero Emission Boat in Utrecht
Delivery of 4 breweries and 1 catering industry to 65 clients along the canals of Utrecht is performed via an electric zero emission boat Cost efficient, time-efficient (not dependent on time windows) Reducing almost 17 tonnes of CO2/year Preservation of the bridges and roads of Utrecht Publicly owned (small private costs)

12. BentoBox TNT test in Berlin Laboratory Area
Courier parcel services has a vehicle fleet including bikes, cargo bikes and light commercial vehicles. Before the start of the BentoBox pilot, deliveries were made to different customers. The tested solution was used as a consolidation hub or decentralised stock for collecting and delivering the shipments from and to customers. Drivers had a personal access to the BentoBox. This new stop enabled the drivers to extend their range when using (e)bikes, reducing the kilometres driven by conventional vans. Positive impacts on traffic situation and emissions.

14. Supermarkets deliveries using waterways in Paris
80 Franprix stores supplied by a multi-modal chain in 3 legs:
In the warehouse in Chennevières pallets are loaded in containers and transported to the port of Bonneuil-sur-Marne (8 km) by road.
In Bonneuil the containers are transhipped in an inland vessel and carried on the waterway up to the Paris river port of ‘La Bourdonnais’, near the Eiffel Tower (about 20 km)
then unloaded to a truck for delivery to stores in West of Paris.
This multimodal organisation reduces the impacts of the operations: road congestion in Paris, energy use, GHG emissions, noise and accidents.

15. Mokum Mariteam in Amsterdam
Full-electric barge with own crane, operating in Amsterdam 20 m length, 4.25 m width, 85 m3 load capacity Barge is used together with trucks and vans Replication from Utrecht Best Practice

16. Chapelle International, urban rail hub planned in Paris
Full-electric barge with own crane, operating in Amsterdam 20 m length, 4.25 m width, 85 m3 load capacity Barge is used together with trucks and vans Replication from Utrecht Best Practice

17. Key Challenges and outlook
Renaissance of use of multiple modes due to the sustainability debate Renaissance of use of urban ports as urban freight hubs High price of centrally located real estates Receive good before-after data on costs and benefits Transfer good practices to other businesses and countries Up-scale of successful trials Prototype  small-scale  large scale  industry scale More projects and trials needed

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J.Leonardi[at]Westminster.ac.uk