a political debate & workshop · presentation on urban freight issues in their cities. themes...

Sustainable Urban Freight

A Political Debate & Workshop

CIVITAS MIMOSA - EUROCITIES CIVITAS CATALIST

Draft Programme

Utrecht, the Netherlands 25-29 October 2010 version 140910

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Programme

Tuesday 26 October 2010

“Political session”

Open to all CIVITAS, EUROCITIES members, EC and other invitees

T IME LOCATION: Utrechts Archief, Hamburgerstraat 28, room: Auditorium

POLITICAL DEBATE1

15:00 – 17:00

Political debate with the vice Mayors of Utrecht, Bologna, Funchal, Gdansk and Tallinn,

experts and other interested politicians

(with professional moderation)

SIGNING OF POLICY STATEMENT

17:00 – 18:00

Official signing and hand-over of a Policy Statement on Urban Freight

to the European Commission, followed by a reception

(including press briefing)

18:00 – 19:00 Optional informal technical activity – only for politicians

18:00 – Optional informal cultural activity open to everyone:

“Trajectum Lumen” - see Utrecht in a different light!

“Official Dinner”

Open to all CIVITAS, EUROCITIES members, EC and other invitees

T I ME LOCATION: Academiegebouw, Domplein 29, Room: Maskeradezaal

2 0 : 0 0 Official Dinner

1 See Annex I for details

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Wednesday 27 October 2010

“Workshop on Sustainable Urban Freight Transport”

Open to CIVITAS, EUROCITIES members, EC and other invitees

T IME LOCATION: Mammoni, Mariaplaats 14

TECHNICAL & PROMOTION WORKSHOP – 1ST

PART2

08:45 – 09:15 Coffee and tea

09:15 – 09:25 Introduction and welcome by the Vice Mayor of Utrecht

09:25 – 09:40 Key Note Speech by the Dutch Ambassador for City Distribution

Mr. Eric Janse de Jonge

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Discussions in “Q&A” format. Questions by the cities. Answers by invited experts

The five CIVITAS MIMOSA cities Bologna, Funchal, Gdansk, Tallinn and Utrecht will each give a short

presentation on urban freight issues in their cities. Themes are freight transport routing and

involvement of private stakeholders. A panel of experts will respond to these presentations.

Experts:

Babiche van de Loo, Transport & Logistics Netherlands. TLN is the largest Dutch advocate in its

field, with over 6000 members;

Håkan Perslow, CIVITAS CATALIST Freight Coordinator, Göteborg, Sweden;

Peter Colon, Buck Consultants, The Netherlands

(name tbc), NEA Transport research and training is an independent, international institute in the

field of transport, traffic, infrastructure and logistics (tbc);

Laetitia Dablanc, French National Institute for Transport Research and Safety (INRETS),

participated in BESTUFS II 1 and SUGAR (tbc)

11:25 – 11:45 Coffee Break

TECHNICAL& PROMOTION WORKSHOP – 2ND

PART

During three parallel creative sessions, more in-depth knowledge will be obtained and shared on

three specific aspects of urban freight distribution. Each session will be introduced by a few short

presentations. Based on questions raised in these presentations, a discussion will be held.

11:45 – 12:30

Parallel Workshop 1: Construction logistics

Speakers:

Frans Solleveld, City of Amsterdam;

Stuttgard / Deutsche Bahn (tbc);

Transport for London (tbc);

Moderator: tbc

11:45 – 12:30

Parallel Workshop 2: Urban goods consolidation concepts at the fringe of the city

Speakers:

Newcastle, UK (tbc);

Dutch Chamber of Commerce Utrecht;

2 See Annex II for details

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T IME LOCATION: Mammoni, Mariaplaats 14

tbc

Moderator: tbc

11:45 – 12:30

Parallel Workshop 3: Goods flow to consumers

Speakers:

Kevin Ratnasingam, West London freight quality partnership, Borough of Hounslow, London,

United Kingdom;

City of Riga, Latvia (tbc);

NEA Transport research and training (tbc).

Moderator: tbc

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

TECHNICAL& PROMOTION WORKSHOP – 3RD

PART

13:30 – 14:30 Continuation of Parallel Workshop 1: Construction logistics

13:30 – 14:30 Continuation of Parallel Workshop 2: Urban goods consolidation concepts

13:30 – 14:30 Continuation of Parallel Workshop 3: Goods flow to consumers

14:30 – 15:00 Summary of discussions and conclusions from the workshops (including coffee, tea & refreshments)

15:00 – 15:20 Interested in funding opportunities for Urban Freight and other Sustainable Mobility Policies?

Presentation of the Activity Fund of CIVITAS CATALIST

SITE VISITS

15:20 – 17:20 Parallel Site Visit 1: Emission-free goods transport with prize-winning Cargohopper

and Beer Boat (on foot)

15:20 – 18:00 Parallel Site Visit 2: Innovative central Distribution Centre of HEMA department

store chain (by bus)

Informal Dinner

Open to CIVITAS, EUROCITIES members, EC

T I ME LOCATION: Restaurant Aal, Oudegracht aan de Werf 159

19 :30 Informal Dinner

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Cleaner and better transport in cities

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Annex I Political debate

CIVITAS MIMOSA and EUROCITIES invite you to participate in a thought provoking and insightful debate on urban freight transport issues.

The configuration of the event calls for the discussion of three motions, with participants splitting up in three groups. One group defends the motion, one group

opposes it and the last group asks questions and reflects on to the proposed motion. This last group will consist of politicians.

Participants do not take position based upon their own opinion, as the positions are imposed. Participants’ knowledge and expertise on the subject is stimulated as

they are asked to put forward their arguments. This method is expected to bring the debate to a higher level and allows all participants to be at the heart of the

discussion. The aim is to discuss important issues in the field of freight & distribution in Europe.

Politicians (the last group) get the opportunity to assess the issues arising, ask questions, and, at the end of each motion, present their viewpoint. This way opinions

and argumentations can be reviewed and put into an European perspective.

After the official debate, participants jointly discuss the statements arisen on the theme of the day.

After the end of the event, the politicians of CIVITAS MIMOSA (and possibly their political colleagues from EUROCITIES), sign their political statement on

sustainable urban freight transport, which will be later relayed to a representative of the European Commission.

Key Note Speech - Dutch Ambassador for City Distribution

Eric Janse de Jonge is the Dutch Ambassador for Urban freight distribution. He has been appointed by the Minister of Transport to improve the awareness of urban

freight distribution at local and regional governments and stimulate consultation between businesses and governments. The ambassador gives independent advices,

based on the needs of all users of city centres: inhabitants, shoppers, retailers, shippers, transporters and the municipality. At the moment the Ambassador is

working on a National Framework for urban distribution.


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Annex II Workshop CIVITAS MIMOSA, CIVITAS CATALIST and EUROCITIES invite you to share practices and thoughts on:

1: Construction logistics

Freight transport related to construction works can account for more than half of all freight traffic in cities. But construction logistics, including traffic caused by the

construction work, often gets no specific attention in transport planning. Next to this, other measures are needed than for normal distribution traffic. Construction

companies often see logistics as a problem they solve ad hoc at the construction site. Only in very big construction projects is it common to make some kind of

logistics plan. However in smaller construction projects logistical inefficiencies can cause a lot of inconvenience. They can also add substantial cost to the builder

due to unnecessary transportation and inefficient construction processes. Specific attention to construction logistics in cit ies should therefore turn out positive for all

parties.

How can cities give construction logistics a place in their policies and what can cities do to stimulate efficient construction logistics?

2: Urban goods consolidation concepts at the fringe of the city

Shipping and transport companies already bundle their own goods flows as efficiently as possible within the constraints set by the cities, such as time windows and

vehicle restrictions. However, this does not always lead to an optimal freight transport situation in cities, where minimization of freight traffic can be reached by

bundling at a neighbourhood level. Furthermore, freight vehicles that are best suited for the highways are of a different type than those desired within the city centre.

Therefore, cities often aim at implementing freight distribution concepts based on transhipment at the fringes of the city. However it is often difficult to create a sound

business case, without disturbing the transport market. It is also difficult to get all stakeholders - shippers, transporters and especially retailers - involved.

How can we get closer to the optimal situation for cities, taking into account the needs of all stakeholders? What are the success and failure factors and how can

cities stimulate businesses to implement these concepts themselves?

3: Goods flow to consumers

Freight transport does not end with distribution of goods to shops: the goods also have to go to the consumers. This part of the transport chain is becoming of

increasing importance in freight transport policy. First of all, the need to transport their purchases is one of the reasons for consumers to use the car to go to city

centres and shopping malls. If cities want to reduce car traffic related to shopping, solutions for the transport of these purchases have to be found. Also, e-commerce


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(shopping on the internet) is growing rapidly. This leads to an increase in freight transport directly to the consumer. If not organized well, this can lead to many more

freight vehicles in residential areas. Several solutions have been created already, like pick-up points, but often they are not known by the general public or the offer

is not suited to the consumers' needs.

What can be done to improve the organization of good flows to consumers and what role can cities play?

Site Visits

Site Visit 1: Emission-free goods transport with prize-winning Cargohopper and Beer Boat (on foot)

In Utrecht, both private companies and the municipality have implemented innovative freight transport concepts, making best use of the opportunities and limitations

of a medieval inner city. The municipality has run electric powered boat services since 2010, to transport beverages, fresh, cooled and frozen goods to bars and

restaurants along the canals. These are called Beer Boats. In road transport, the municipality encourages companies to innovate, by implementing stimulating

regulations such as exemption from time windows. One of the resulting innovations is Cargohopper: an urban distribution centre making use of narrow road trains to

transport goods to shops. The Cargohopper runs on electricity generated by solar panels located on the roofs of the vehicles. Both Beer Boat and Cargohopper will

be visited during this site visit.

Site Visit 2: Innovative HEMA Distribution Centre (by bus)

HEMA is a chain of 500 department stores throughout north-western Europe (mainly The Netherlands and Belgium). All stores are supplied from the impressive,

recently renewed central distribution centre in Utrecht. This centre recently won the Dutch Logistics Award. The distribution centre consists of high-rise buildings (31

meters) that contain fully automated order picking systems for fashion and hardware. More than 300 million articles per year are being handled here, on an area the

size of over 100 football pitches. During the site visit, the distribution centre will be shown. HEMA will also present its vision on the future of urban goods distribution.


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Annex III Venues, Dinners & Hotels

Hotels Address On city map

Telephone website Single room incl. breakfast

Double room incl. breakfast

Apollo Hotel Utrecht City Centre ****

Vredenburg 14 C1 T 0031 30 233 12 32 www.apollohotelsresorts.com

€96,- (Special price until 1 October 2010)

€113,- (Special price until 1 October 2010)

Court Hotel **** Korte Nieuwstraat 14 D2/E2 T 0031 30 233 00 33 www.courthotel.nl 130 150

NH Centre Utrecht Hotel *** Janskerkhof 10 D1 T 0031 30 231 31 69 www.nh-hotels.com 105 150

Hotel De Admiraal ** Admiraal van Gentstraat 11

Not on map

T 0031 30 275 85 00 www.hoteldeadmiraal.nl 90 110

Hotel Oorsprongpark ** F.C. Dondersstraat 12 Not on map

T 0031 30 271 63 03 www.oorsprongpark.nl 95 115

Meeting venues

City hall Korte minrebroederstraat 2

D2 T 0031 30 286 10 00 www.utrecht.nl

Utrecht archives Hamburgerstraat 28 E2 T 0031 30 286 66 11 www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl

University museum Lange Nieuwstraat 106 E3 T 0031 30 253 80 08 www.uu.nl/NL/universiteitsmuseum

DMO Kaatstraat 1 C1 T 0031 30 286 00 00 www.utrecht.nl/dmo

Mammoni Mariaplaats 14 D2 T 0031 30 214 55 52 www.mammoni.nl

Court hotel Korte Nieuwstraat 14 E2 T 0031 30 233 00 33 www.courthotel.nl

Academie gebouw Domplein 29 D2 T 0031 30 253 82 52 www.uu.nl


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Restaurants

Restaurant Broers Janskerkhof 9 D1 T 0031 30 234 34 06 www.stadscafe-broers.nl

Restaurant De Ommekeer Voorstraat 14 D1 T 0031 30 240 00 90 www.ommekeer.info/index.php

Restaurant Aal Oudegracht aan de werf 159

D1/D2 T 0031 30 233 48 26 www.aalrestaurant.nl

Restaurant Court Korte Nieuwstraat E2 T 0031 30 233 00 30 www.de-rechtbank.nl

Restaurant Le Bibelot Oude gracht 118 D2 T 0031 30 231 33 53 www.lebibelot.nl

Note: to receive the special price at the Apollo Hotel, please make a reservation of your room(s) before 1 October 2010 and mention the name CIVITAS or EUROCITIES. For a reservation after 1 October, standard prices will be charged.


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