Project description
A closer look at the final stage of the parcel delivery process
Online shopping is convenient and quick. Deliveries are just a click away – for consumers. However, delivering an ever-increasing number of parcels is no easy task. The challenges around urban last mile are particularly pronounced. In this light, the EU-funded GREEN-LOG project will push the gas on economically, environmentally and socially sustainable city logistics. It will develop city platforms and automated delivery concepts to nurture social innovation. On the operational level, GREEN-LOG will use autonomous vehicles and delivery droids as well as innovations based on cargo bikes. Moreover, it will promote the development of harmonised regulatory and policy frameworks and cooperative business models. The approach will be tested in five EU areas (Athens, Barcelona, Flanders, Oxfordshire and Ispra) with more cities to follow.
Objective
GreenLog accelerates systemic changes in last mile delivery ecosystems for economically, environmentally and socially sustainable city logistics. The project establishes city platforms comprising of inclusive stakeholder Urban Living Labs for nurturing social innovation, designing and deploying innovative delivery solutions while allowing the most effective exchange of ideas, the development of robust, harmonized regulatory and policy frameworks, and cooperative business models that build upon effective public/private-sector collaboration and joint investments. The GreenLog approach provides an innovative simulation environment for scenario building combining different solutions that allow the integration of last-mile delivery interventions with the highest possible impact on environmental sustainability and traffic reduction, while considering their financial viability. On the operational level, GreenLog provides cargo-bike based innovations for sustainable micro-consolidation design and deployments, multimodal parcel deliveries integrating public transportation, Logistic as a Service platforms for interconnected city logistics and automated delivery concepts with the use of autonomous vehicles and delivery droids. The solutions are supported by interconnected city logistics dataspaces that feed dynamic services for proactive optimization of the ecosystem, respecting the interests of consumers, businesses and city stakeholders. The approach is deployed and validated in five cities and areas: Athens, Barcelona, Flanders, Oxfordshire and Ispra. Special focus is given on the transferability of the proposed innovation, starting from three follower cities with high interests in tailoring and replicating the GreeLog solutions, and continuing with a pan-European outreach with intensive transfearability accelaration actions, setting the ground for the establishment of multiple city logistics Urban Living Labs.
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111 41 ATTIKIS
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111 41 ATHENS
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11251 Athens
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08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
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81100 Mytilini
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08007 Barcelona
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08005 Barcelona
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4042 LIMASSOL
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2000 Antwerpen
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301 18 Halmstad
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20122 Milano
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08195 Sant Cugat Del Valles
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118 54 ATHENS
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153 43 AGIA PARASKEVI
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08017 Barcelona
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3000 Leuven
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9000 Gent
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2800 Mechelen
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2600 Berchem
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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2900 Arad
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251 89 Helsingborg
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68203 Valga
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08021 Barcelona
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08003 Barcelona
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OX4 1SD Oxford
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OX1 1ND Oxford
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WV1 1LY Wolverhampton
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OX2 0EX Oxford
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