Urban Logistics Projects shined at TRA2024 in Dublin

Several research and innovation projects on urban logistics funded by Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 gathered together at TRA2024 in Dublin, Ireland. A special session, titled ‘Innovation in Urban Logistics: Public and Private Sectors Thriving Together’, was held on 16th April at 9:45 – 11:00. The session invited representatives from the URBANE, DISCO, SENATOR, UNCHAIN, DECARBOMILE, GREEN-LOG, and LEAD project.

Key takeaways from the session are:

• Innovation has brought significant changes in urban logistics, and urban mobility as well city life overall;
• Implementing innovative urban logistics solutions can play a key role in achieving climate action goals of European cities;
• collaboration between public and private sectors is key to deliver expected impacts from those innovative solutions;
• Increased use of light logistics vehicles and cargo bikes require micro-hubs in city centre areas;
• Where to locate micro-hubs and lockers will require re-thinking of use of urban space.

The session was moderated by Octavia Stepan, CINEA, with a short overview of revolutions of urban logistics innovation projects (Urban Logistics_Project_Oerview from FP5 to H2020) and with Speakers:

• Paola Cossu, CEO of FIT Consulting & co-chair of ALICE Urban Logistics Group, Coordinator of DISCO (DISCO presentation)
• Ioanna Fergadiotou, Head of Athen Lab at Inlecom Systems, Coordinator of URBANE  (URBANE presentaiton)
• Manon Levrey, Interface Transport, Coordinator of the Decarbomile project (Decarbomile presentation)
• Angela Nuñez, International Affairs & ESG Deputy-Directorate, Correos (Spanish Postal Company), Coordinator of SENATOR (Senator presentation)
• Sergio Fernández Balaguer, Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid S.A, Coordinator of LEAD and living lab of UNCHAIN project (LEAD_UNCHAIN presentation)
• Raffaele Vergnani, Urban Freight Cluster Lead at POLIS, Innovation in European cities and regions (Green_Log_POLIS presentation)

More information, please check ALICE Urban Logistics