Objective
Goods, waste and service trips in urban areas impose negative traffic and environmental impacts, and there is a need for further roll-out of cost-effective and sustainable solutions. The CITYLAB objective is to develop knowledge and solutions that result in roll-out, up-scaling and further implementation of cost effective strategies, measures and tools for emission free city logistics in urban centres by 2030. The project focuses on four axes for intervention due to their present and future relevance and impact related to topic MG-5.2 objectives: 1) Highly fragmented last-mile deliveries in city centres; 2) Large freight attractors and public administrations; 3) Urban waste, return trips and recycling; 4) Logistics facilities and warehouses. CITYLAB will i) improve basic knowledge and understanding on areas of freight distribution and service trips in urban areas that have received too little attention; ii) test and implement 7 innovative solutions that are promising in terms of impact on traffic, externalities and business profitability and have a high potential for future growth; and iii) provide a platform for replication and spreading supported solutions. The core of CITYLAB is a set of living laboratories, where cities work as contexts for innovation and implementation processes for public and private measures contributing to increased efficiency and sustainable urban logistics. Linkages will be established between the different living labs for exchange of experiences and to develop methodologies for transfer of implementations between cities and between companies. This process will be supported by a strong research team. The outputs from the living labs will include best practice guidance on innovative approaches and how to replicate them. CITYLAB will lay the ground for roll-out, up-scaling and transfer of cost-effective policies and implementations that lead to increased load factors and reduced vehicle movements of freight and service trips in urban areas.
Fields of science
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- social sciencessocial geographytransportfreight transport
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- social sciencespolitical sciencespublic administration
Call for proposal
H2020-MG-2014_TwoStages
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
0349 Oslo
Norway
Participants (24)
0037 Oslo
0250 Oslo
00154 Roma
00144 Roma
00144 Roma
00186 Roma
W1B 2UW London
SW1H 0TL London
SE1 0HS London
BL8 9BF Bury
1050 Brussel
1853 Strombeek Bever
1060 Brussels
2595 DA Den Haag
2595 AK S Gravenhage
3011 AD Rotterdam
1050 Bruxelles
77454 Marne-la-vallee
75004 Paris
51147 Koln
SO17 1BJ Southampton
SO14 7LT Southampton
SO16 0YS Southampton
405 30 Goeteborg