Freight Logistics in Utrecht

Freight Logistics in Utrecht

Approach, solutions and success factors

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Content

• General introduction Station area • Introduction on Bestufs

• Utrecht city freight distribution

• Problem analysis and basic approach • Solutions

• Success Factors in Utrecht

• Goods distribution in the future station area • Walking tour (10.30h)

• station area • inner city

P.O. Box 1969

2280 DZ Rijswijk E-Mail: [email protected]: +31 70 3988 356

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Cities - Passenger transport has priority

- Minor interest + few experts with regard to UCT - Minor observation of trends and innovation

- No financial sources

- Responsible for measures

Sustainability questions

Transport operators - Open towards innovation

- Own benefit is expected (win-win-solutions - Other priorities

Commercial activities

Vehicle / Equipment industry - High competition leads to innovation

Technology provision

Universities, Research institutes - Original interest in innovation

Scientific progress

BESTUFS aims at bringing together

Thematic network in the 5th FP

• Bringing together of experts, projects, research results and stakeholders within the theme urban commercial transport • Connecting European and national research and

establishing and maintaining a network of expertise

• Identification and collection of good practices (8 themes) • Dissemination of good practices

• Clustering of projects, activities and results • No deep research efforts

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BESTUFS

Coordination Action in the 6th FP

• Continuing the process of networking and the dissemination of best practices

• New working fields

• Urban commercial transport models & data harmonisation (network of modelling experts, best practices)

• Quantification of urban commercial activities (relevance) • Urban commercial transport guides (in 17 European

languages)

• National seminars

BESTUFS themes addressed

• Statistical data, data acquisition and data analysis regarding urban freight

• City access, parking regulations and access time restrictions and enforcement support

• E-Commerce (home shopping) • Road pricing and urban freight • Urban distribution centres

• Public private partnership • Intelligent transport systems

• Waste transport logistics in urban areas

8 • Newsletters • Workshops • Conferences • National seminars • Helpdesk

• Best practice material and guides

www.bestufs.net

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Utrecht

Utrecht expansion

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Facts about Utrecht

(4th largest city in NL);

320.000 inhabitants in 2015 • 206.000 jobs

• Until 2015:

• 600.000 m² new office space • 130 ha new industrial area

What is the problem?

• Internal transport in NL from/to G4 cities, 2000 (x1.000t)

• More than 10% of internal transport is related to Utrecht (through transport excluded)

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What is the problem?

• Medieval city centre (canals: problem AND opportunity) • Expansions, new second city centre

• Main city in region

• Part of Randstad area (quarter of NL area, half of NL population)

• Central position in national road, rail and water system: through traffic, but also many opportunities for

What is the problem?

• Traffic and transport division: 35 people • 8 policy advisors

• 1 part time policy advisor on freight transport • 2001: few money, lack of knowledge

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Approach to freight transport

• Short term priority: physical measures in city centre distribution

• Long term: knowledge collection, all freight transport, stimulating organisational changes, regional/national perspective

• Organisation

• Condition: private partners should do their share

• More budget and benefits through co-operation in G4 and Randstad

City distribution: starting point

Existing measures in inner city • Loading / unloading zones • One way traffic, small streets

• Time window in main shopping area

• CABU (advising committee on city distribution) • Bierboot (waterbound city distribution)

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Bierboot

Urban distribution centres

• Demands: Avg. # of addresses / day: > 100 (Avg. # of addresses / tour: > 25)

• Benefits: Use of bus lane

No time window in pedestrian area • Currently 2 recognised UDC’s

• Part of bigger companies (DHL and GLS) • Not self-supporting

• Market share of these companies: 15-16% • Pure share of UDC-transport: 2% (decreasing)

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Urban distribution centres

Stadsvracht:

Vervoerd gewicht van en naar binnenstad

0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 20-2002 40-2002 20-2003 40-2003 20-2004 40-2004 21-2005 Te lw e e k Ge wic h t (k g ) p e r we e k 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Ge wic h t (k g ) p e r r it

eigen' goederen bestemd voor of afkomstig uit binnenstad, in gewicht (kg) per week

extra' goederen overgenomen van derden bestemd voor / afkomstig uit binnenstad, in gewicht (kg) per week eigen' goederen bestemd voor of afkomstig uit binnenstad, in gewicht (kg) ritgemiddelde

extra' goederen overgenomen van derden bestemd voor / afkomstig uit binnenstad, in gewicht (kg) ritgemiddelde

SDC Utrecht:

Vervoerd gewicht van en naar binnenstad

0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 20-2002 40-2002 20-2003 40-2003 20-2004 40-2004 21-2005 Te lw e e k Ge wic h t ( k g ) p e r w e e k 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Ge wic h t ( k g ) p e r ri t

eigen' goederen bestemd voor of afkomstig uit binnenstad, in gewicht (kg) per week

extra' goederen overgenomen van derden bestemd voor / afkomstig uit binnenstad, in gewicht (kg) per week eigen' goederen bestemd voor of afkomstig uit binnenstad, in gewicht (kg) ritgemiddelde

extra' goederen overgenomen van derden bestemd voor / afkomstig uit binnenstad, in gewicht (kg) ritgemiddelde Stadsvracht:

Gemiddeld aantal aflever-/afhaaladressen per dag (ma-vr) in binnenstad (criterium vanaf 2004: minimaal 100)

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 20-2002 40-2002 20-2003 40-2003 20-2004 40-2004 21-2005 Te lw ee k Aan tal a d re ss en Aantal afhaaladressen in de binnenstad Aantal afleveradressen in de binnenstad SDC Utrecht:

Gemiddeld aantal aflever-/afhaaladressen per dag (ma-vr) in binnenstad (criterium vanaf 2004: minimaal 100)

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 20-2002 40-2002 20-2003 40-2003 20-2004 40-2004 21-2005 Te lw e e k A a n ta l ad re ss en Aantal afhaaladressen in de binnenstad Aantal afleveradressen in de binnenstad

(“Bevoorradingsplan”)

• Optimising existing measures

• Creating cohesion between existing measures • Supplementary measures

• Role of private partners

• Plan was wish of private partners, therefore alderman asked for financial support

• Direct support impossible, but indirect support was possible: co-producing the plan

• Has led to more understanding and realistic proposals from both sides

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Inner city Distribution Plan

(“Bevoorradingsplan”)

Results

• Total investment €265.000 • 6 new (un)loading locations

(now more than 60) • New road signs

• Check list design (un)loading zones

(“Bevoorradingsplan”)

• Information and awareness campaign:

• Measures from Bevoorradingsplan • Maps

• Explanation about UDC (incl. tariffs) and Bierboot

• Tips for durable distribution (co-operation with neighbours, earlier deliveries, etc)

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Regional co-ordination

(“Samen Goed Geregeld”)

• Public Private partnership (10 parties)

• Financial contribution also by private parties • Integral approach

• National example project

• Finalisation: December 2005

• Filling in the loose ends of, and strengthening the role of the “Bevoorradingsplan” like logistic routes and co-ordination with neighbouring municipalities

(“Samen Goed Geregeld”)

• Quality network for freight transport

• Regional tuning of regulations (time windows, vehicle constraints, environmental regulations)

• “Street management” (improving local organisation and co-operation)

• Very important for Utrecht: biggest interests • Challenge: involving smaller retailers and small

municipalities (although small municipalities can take advantage); ultimately implementation

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A. Freight transport quality network

• Facilitating freight traffic with less hindrance

• Connecting the main freight generating locations in the

Utrecht region with: - each other

- Randstad / international networks; and - multimodal terminals / nodes

• Quality standards for road layout, accessibility, livability

and safety

Legenda

GOVERA Net BRU-Regio

Logistieke routes I Logistieke routes II

Selected roads Utrecht region

Criteria for selecting roads:

• freight traffic intensity

• complete network

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B. Regional tuning of regulations

• Allowing silent freight traffic at time

• regional uniform length constraint (10 m;)

• Central digital information point

• Better distribution

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• Underlying goal: less freight traffic

C. Street management

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Sharing Knowledge

• G4-cities have same problems

• Participating in GOVERA (PPP in Randstad on the broad field of freight transport)

• Revenues

• Vision on freight transport system in Randstad • Randstad-wide Quality network

• Innovative projects

• Knowledge of GOVERA incorporated in our local transport plan (considered as an example of a short, yet complete freight chapter)

• Financial “returns”

Success Factors

As a small/medium sized city:

• Take advantage of knowledge of others (region, private parties, other cities)

• Involve private parties as much and as soon as possible; recognise their interests, trust them and dare to share responsibilities

• Show that you care and invest in spite of small budget: interesting and innovative projects (and money) will come at you “automatically” (as long as only few cities pay attention to freight transport!)

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Goods distribution

Station Area

• Existing inner city

• New or extended functions

• Theatre • Shops • Offices • Cinema

• Many users, lack of space • Smart distribution solutions

• “underground”?