ULaaDS - Urban Logistics as an on-Demand Service - Similar companies

#ULaaDS is a project under the CIVITAS Initiative, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme. ULaaDS sets out to offer a new appro ... ach to system innovation in urban logistics. Our vision is to develop sustainable and liveable cities through re-localisation of logistics activities and re-configuration of freight flows at different scales, allowing people and local businesses to easily use alternative modes of shopping and delivery. More specifically, ULaaDS will use a combination of innovative technology solutions (vehicles, equipment & infrastructure), new schemes for horizontal collaboration (driven by the sharing economy) and policy measures and interventions as catalysts for systemic change in urban and peri-urban service infrastructure. This aims to support cities in the path of integrating sustainable and cooperative logistics systems into their SUMPs/SULPs. ULaaDS will deliver a novel framework to support urban logistics planning aligning industry, market and government needs - following an intensive multi-stakeholder collaboration process. This will create favourable conditions for the private sector to adopt sustainable principles for urban logistics, while enhancing cities’ adaptive capacity to respond to rapidly changing needs. To materialise this vision, ULaaDS will create 5 new urban logistics business models and schemes (Containerised Last Mile, Marketplace for City Logistics, City-Wide UFT Platform, and Location, Infrastructure and Vehicle Capacity Sharing) within 3 “lighthouse” pilot cities: Bremen, Mechelen, Groningen – plus 4 “satellite” cities: Alba Iulia, Bergen, Edinburgh, Rome - and assess their social, environmental and economic impact. read more