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Core Topics: Urban logistics

Green Dash

The Green Dash project aims to address the challenges faced by European cities and delivery companies in terms of air and noise pollution, congestion, and road accidents; caused by the rapid increase in e-commerce and last-mile deliveries. The parcel and e-commerce market needs delivery vehicle options which are sustainable, efficient, affordable and easy to use. […]

Wolt’s Better Cities Fund: Driving the shift towards sustainable last-mile logistics

On 18 January, Wolt, a major urban delivery company and a partner of EIT Urban Mobility, launched its Better Cities fund in Copenhagen. The fund, which is worth €400,000, will help accelerate the decarbonisation of last-mile logistics by offering financial support for Wolt’s courier partners to rent electric bicycles and mopeds. “80 percent of Wolt’s […]

LogiCYCLE

Since COVID-19 the volume of delivered and returned goods has been growing, leading to increased emissions and congestion in cities. The LogiCYCLE project aims to create delivery ecosystems in city centers and low emissions zones which include not only first-mile or last-mile delivery, but also reverse logistics for commercial product returns. The project optimises courier […]

Mobility Talks episode 15: How far is local?

Accessible and inclusive places are central to liveable cities and sustainable mobility. In recent years planning concepts have been developed to improve citizens’ access to amenities that matter to them. Several such concepts have been acclaimed internationally, like the Piazze Aperte in Milan or the 15mn-city in Paris. The implementation of these concepts has been […]

Mobility Talks episode 14: Multimodal digital mobility services

Multimodal digital mobility services make shared mobility more accessible to users by bundling different modes and mobility providers in a single booking experience. Rolling out such services across European cities has the potential to significantly increase the attractiveness of shared mobility services – from public transport to micromobility – so they can compete with private […]

Mobility Talks episode 12: Sustainable city logistics

Urban logistics is going through a major shift. The complexity of forthcoming changes will have an impact on all value chain players involved in the process, as overall activities connecting with the deliveries are expected to become more sustainable with minimal carbon footprint. The desired goal in the medium- and long-term perspective, is to set […]

Hubs for Last Mile Delivery Solutions

The HALLO project is creating shared urban consolidation and distribution centres (UCDCs) through a series of pilots in Barcelona and Stockholm. In Barcelona, the centres are being implemented in municipalities bordering the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB). In Stockholm, the pilots are demonstrating complementary activities including implementing fossil-fuel free delivery logistics in the district of Södermalm; testing innovative delivery solutions across Stockholm; planning and testing a micro-terminal for logistics and other […]

Safely Connected: Sustainable Common Accessibility of Lively Downtowns for Healthy People

Safely Connected collaboratively develops and tests the relaunch of local economy and urban life, with the pedestrianisation of the city-centres and the strengthening of the community sense as vectors of urban resilience.  A series of flexible physical and digital tools will be developed in this frame, allowing the safe resumption of economy and urban life […]