Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans in Norway€¦ · §An urban logistics plan can be designed as an independent plan or strategy (theme plan) or form part of another municipal plan,

Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans in NorwayFindings from the NORSULP project

Climate Friendly City Logistics in the NordicsGothenburg, 29.October 2019

Olav Eidhammer, Institute of Transport EconomicsE-mail: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Motivation§Lack of focus and strategy on

urban logistics§An individual authority responsible

for urban logistics is missing§Lack of co-ordination among

parties involved in urban logistics § Insufficient dialogue between city

authorities and private parties§Lack of data and information on

measures§Difficult to improve operational

efficiency and long-term planning

223.10.2019 Climate Friendly City Logistics in the nordics- O Eidhammer, TOI

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NORSULP project (2016-2019)

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Objective:§ To develop user-validated guidelines

for achieving appropriate sustainable urban logistics plans in Norwegian cities and urban areas

§ Identify key needs of various parties in SULP planning

§Develop a harmonised approach for SULP development in Norwegian cities

§Establish guidelines for SULPS in Norwegian cities

Target group: Administration in Norwegian urban municipalities


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Why is logistic plans missing in Norwegian cities?

More questions than answers:§How to plan for urban logistics?§What measures can be included

in an urban logistics plan?§How can the municipality involve

the parties (partnerships, forums, networks, advice, consultation)?

§The focus till now has been on individual measures, but how to choose measures that give more comprehensive solutions?

§ Interest and need are regardless of city size


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MUNICIPALITY

Strategic Level

Operational level

Cross-co-ordination Privateparties

§ Street-level challenges

§ Climate§ Lack of expertise,

data and comprehensive planning

§ High interest in the municipalities


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Results from the Workshops (1/2)§Huge interests for the guidelines, but

awaiting the guidelines seems to be a sleeping pad for the municipalities

§A comprehensive plan for city logistics is missing

§Dialogue with companies happens late in the process and is connected to specific matters, not the overall picture

§Companies have problems to understandthe planning process

§ Important to achieve awareness of the guidelines among politicians.

§ Involve the politicians as a party early in the process


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Results from the Workshops (2/2)

§ Lack of knowledge and expertise of urban logistics in municipalities

§Data for analysis is missing§Cooperation with and between the

parties are challenging§ The process and interaction between

private and public parties § Challenges between agencies (internal

coordination in the municipality)§Knowledge about actual parties are

missing. What they are doing and how they act.

§How to recruit parties and what are the right parties to include in the planning processes

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Foto: Jürg Berger, LUKS


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Challenges

§Contact with individual industries can be perceived as distorting competition

§ It is difficult to recommend a overall template for how to best plan for good city logistics

§ The workshops indicate that it is difficult to pinpoint one measure that generally works well for the delivery of goods

§Every situation have their own measure and different cities need different measures

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Foto: Jürg Berger, LUKS


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Municipal strategy for urban logistics

§ Integrate goals and strategy§Coordinate strategy for land use,

mobility and logistics§Prioritize and allocate resources§Coordinate across sectors and

businesses§Use wide range of roles and

tools


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Scope of actions to be included in a SULP

§Municipal strategy and goal§Planning Authority§Roads, streets, urban spaces and land

use (plant, operation and maintenance)§ Traffic control§Builder and property owner§Charging infrastructure/ hydrogen /

biofuel /Waste§Purchase of goods and services to

municipalities§Partner, innovation player


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Organising of workshops/forums§ Important to have wide

representation. §Those with the most resources

(power) most often participate§Clear and defined roles §Not both planning authority and

partner§Transparency §Results§Binding§Management of the process


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Collaboration with industry and private parties

Challenge:§ To build a better knowledge base, competence

and data for analysis§ Find solutions that are feasible § Urban logistics is largely carried out by private

playersCollaboration with city parties are needed:

§ Consignors, transport and logistics operators and recipients of goods

§ Service industry / craftsmen§ Construction§ Renovation§ House owners, real estate developers, downtown

industry and others§ More parties are heading in the same direction


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SULP guidelinesWhat?§ An urban logistics plan is a comprehensive

plan or strategy, where the aim is to ensure efficient and climate- and environmentally friendly handling of freight transport in an urban area Why?§ Preparation of a city logistics plan can be a

means of gaining knowledge and awareness of the topic. Show that the municipality is focusing on the theme

§ Lifting the theme. In parallel or in the long term, the topic of urban logistics can be integrated into other municipal plansHow?§ An urban logistics plan can be designed as an

independent plan or strategy (theme plan) or form part of another municipal plan, for example as a separate chapter in a mobility or transport plan


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Final reflections

§Guidelines on urban logistics are demanded and demanding

§ In Norway it is a discussion on what kind of a plan it should be

§ It is important to involve politicians early in the planning process

§More parties are supporting a logistic plans

§Common actions for indicators and data collection is needed


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Thank you!

Olav Eidhammer, Institute of Transport [email protected]

http://www.norsulp.no/logistikkplaner-i-by-norsulp/


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.norsulp.no/logistikkplaner-i-by-norsulp/

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