Project description
Making digital cities a reality
Sprawling cities need smart urban logistics to become more environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. It is important for today’s tech-savvy city planners to generate simulations that can help guide their future plans. This is why it is necessary for them to make maximum use of the latest computer-aided design (CAD) technology. The EU-funded LEAD project is designing digital twins of urban logistics to support experimentation and decision making in public–private urban settings. Specifically, the project’s long-term goal is to develop an open physical internet-inspired framework for smart city logistics. Headed by a large consortium, the project will test its solutions in six cities: Madrid, The Hague, Budapest, Lyon, Oslo and Porto.
Objective
LEAD will create Digital Twins of urban logistics networks in six cities, to support experimentation and decision making with on-demand logistics operations in a public-private urban setting. Innovative solutions for city logistics will be represented by a set of value case scenarios, that address the requirements of the on-demand economy while aligning competing interests and creating value for all different stakeholders. Each value case will combine a number of measures (LEAD Strategies):
a) innovative business models,
b) agile urban freight storage and last-mile distribution schemes,
c) low emission, automated, electric or hybrid delivery vehicles, and
d) smart logistics solutions.
Scenarios will incorporate opportunities for shared, connected and low-emission logistics operations by considering four innovation drivers: Sustainability - Zero Emission Logistics, the Sharing Economy, Technology Advancements and the emerging Physical Internet (PI) paradigm.
Cost, environmental and operational efficiencies for value cases will be measured in 6 Living Labs (Madrid, The Hague, Budapest, Lyon, Oslo, Porto). Evidence-proven value cases and associated logistics solutions will be delivered in the form of exploitable Digital Twins (TRL-7), incorporating the models that support adaptation to different contexts and that provide incentives for PPPs. The long-term vision of LEAD is to design an Open PI-inspired framework for Smart City Logistics that incorporates the Digital Twins created in the project, thus setting the foundations for the development of large-scale city Digital Twins.
The LEAD consortium comprises 22 partners, all of whom are involved in the Living Labs, supported by 5 international partners for knowledge transfer. This incentivises the co-creation of solutions by city authorities, logistics industry leaders, start-ups and research experts in freight modelling, complex simulation and logistics optimisation.
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28007 Madrid
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Participants (30)
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77840 College Station
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4811 CA Breda
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1075 Budapest
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1118 LD Schiphol
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28046 Madrid
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2511 BT Den Haag
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6411 Molde
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145 61 Athina
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91120 Palaiseau
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28522 Rivas Vaciamadrid
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69002 Lyon
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69003 Lyon
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105 52 Athina
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0167 Oslo
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22525 Hamburg
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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0037 Oslo
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4470-177 Maia
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4451-801 Leca Da Palmeira
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4464-503 Senhora Da Hora
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9026 Gyor
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2628 CN Delft
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28040 Madrid
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3527 Miskolc
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50018 Zaragoza
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518000 SHENZHEN
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518000 SHENZHEN
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518036 SHENZHEN
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518000 SHEN ZHEN
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1066 EP Amsterdam
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