PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG Karlsruhe The BESTUFS project. Results and solutions to improve urban freight transport

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1 PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG Karlsruhe The BESTUFS project Results and solutions to improve urban freight transport Dieter Wild, BESTUFS Coordinator BESTUFS Conference, Amsterdam, 23/24 June 2005

2 Role Prior results Working fields Final remarks Urban commercial transport a problem in EU cities and regions? Urban commercial transport - Causes accidents - Aggravates congestion - Occupies urban space - Causes noise and air pollution Should neither be seen, heard nor smelled!?

3 Role Prior results Working fields Final remarks Urban commercial transport a problem in EU cities and regions? Urban commercial transport - Is part and expression of our commercial life - Guarantees goods supply of citizens and enterprises (compare with water and energy supply) - Represents very often the Last Mile of transport chains - Is essential for the cities How to maintain this function and to reduce the negative external effects at the same time?

4 Role Prior results Working fields Final remarks BESTUFS prior workshops: Results on noise and air pollution City access, parking regulations and access time restrictions (September 2000, Brussels) Example Stockholm Environmental zones - The inner city (except few main through fares) is barred to certain vehicles - Special demands are imposed on diesel powered vehicles (> 3.5 t) Results observed: - Decrease in particle emissions by %, - Decrease in hydrocarbon emissions by 5 20 % - Decrease in nitric oxides by 1 8 % Access restrictions are powerful but a careful implementation is needed.

5 BESTUFS prior workshops: Results on noise and air pollution Optimised city distribution vehicles (January 2001, Turin) - Low emission vehicles are developed and improved by the automotive industry - Political decisions and incentives play a major role Example ELCIDIS Electric vehicle city distribution systems - No predominant objections from company managers, drivers or authorities side to the use of hybrid and electric vehicles in urban distribution - Price performance ratio, reliability, maintenance and servicing must be set at the same (high) standard as for currently operating fleets - Future use of renewable/sustainable energy sources must be leading to a far better energy/environmental balance for these vehicles than calculated in ELCIDIS New vehicle concepts show effects in the medium to the long term.

6 BESTUFS prior workshops: Results on noise and air pollution Night delivery: a further option in urban distribution (January 2003, Budapest) Compare lecture tomorrow: PIEK - Reduction of the congestion in peak hours - Attractive city for both the inhabitants and the tradesmen - Optimisation (cost reduction) - Reduction of the noise emissions is most important task! - Technologies for unattended deliveries - safety, legislation, supply chains Results from IVECO study: Shift of 10% of the daily transports leads to - Fuel consumption: - 2 to 6% - Travel speed: + 20% -CO 2 : - 4 to 5% Night delivery offers a win-win situation and potential for cities.

7 BESTUFS working fields: Best Practices Access restrictions, E-Commerce, Intelligent transport systems, Public private partnership, Road-pricing, Urban distribution centres, Waste, BESTUFS focuses on themes and measures which help to improve urban freight transport. Effects and results of measures are often evaluated with regard to emission reductions.

8 BESTUFS working fields: Modelling of urban commercial transport Single measurements need to be fostered and extrapolated by model calculations - O/D-matrices - Vehicle flows for different vehicle types - Main transport relations - As-is analysis / Effects of measures -Etc. Transport models allow a quantitative analysis of effects of measures on the transport system.

9 BESTUFS working fields: Modelling of urban commercial transport Transport model Noise model Total number of vehicles Cars Small delivery vehicle Medium delivery vehicle HGV Link number Link type Total number of vehicles/ Vehicles over 3,5 tons in % Full (incl. freight) urban transport models deliver basis input for dedicated models in the area of noise assessment...

10 BESTUFS working fields: Modelling of urban commercial transport E.g. tool-box for the Lagrange simulation of aerosol transport (LASAT) Other emitters Total number of vehicles Cars Small delivery vehicle Medium delivery vehicle HGV Link number Link type Total number of vehicles/ Vehicles over 3,5 tons in % Transport model Air pollution model and the assessment of air pollution (NO 2, PM10).

11 BESTUFS working fields: Quantification of effects and urban freight transport guides Facts and effects with regard to urban freight transport - Role of urban freight transport in the context of the whole urban traffic - External effects of urban freight transport: noise, air pollution, accidents, etc. - Contributions to EC policy objectives of changes in urban freight transport - Expectable average impacts of typical best practice scenarios - 6,0% VMTL - Maßnahmen Anzahl Fahrzeuge - 6,0% Fahrleistung (km) Stadt City Ville Città Ciudad Stad By Πόλη Cidade Kaupunki Város Pilsēta Miestas Suurlinn Ciutat... Urban freight transport guides are translated in various languages.

12 Final remarks Particulate sources at highly occupied inner-urban roads 35% 25% Transport inside and outside the city Abrasion } Technical solutions are on the way, additional organisational solutions are needed! 15% 25% Combustion of industry and households Import from agriculture, industry / trade } Technical solutions are on the way! Source: German federal government, printing 15/5290, May 2005

13 Final remarks Percentage of German inhabitants disturbed by noise from [%] Source: Media archive, no. 229/04, July Road transport Air transport Rail transport Industry/trade For all emitters: Legislation is on the way! Technical and organisational solutions are needed!

14 Final remarks - Summary - 1/2 of the particles at highly occupied inner-urban roads are transport related (study in Germany) - 2/3 of the citizens feel disturbed by the noise from road transport (study in Germany) - 1/3 of the whole transport is due to urban commercial transport (study in Stuttgart city + region) Urban commercial transport is one important source of emissions - Legislation is in force and/or on the way - Besides the technical solutions especially organisational solutions are needed BESTUFS focuses on themes and measures which help to improve urban freight transport.

15 Final remarks Next BESTUFS Workshop Freight logistics in small and medium cities: Approaches, solutions and success factors 29/30 September 2005 Kaposvár, Hungary

16 Thank you! BESTUFS administration centre P.O. Box DZ Rijswijk The Netherlands Tel: Fax: