Dr. Julius Menge

1. How could municipalities approach greener deliveries?
- Reflections and Thoughts from a Public Authorities Perspective –
Dr. Julius Menge, Berlin
Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment | Transport Department | Dr. Julius Menge

2. Challenges…
● Noise
● Pollutants
● Greenhouse gases
● Traffic safety / accidents
● Congestion
But…
● Just building new
infrastructure can not cover
problems related to urban
freight
● (Infrastructural) Measures are
difficult to realize within urban
areas
● Question of resources …
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Different cities – different sizes –
different economic environment
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… but we are all facing the same challenges
(with differences in severeness)

3. What is or is there ...
A SINGLE / SIMPLE SOLUTION
Solution
For
Loading /
Unloading
Consolidation
Of
...
Heavy
goods
Cargo Bikes Rail Barge
PM2.5PM10
Land
Use
E-Mobility
Noise
Con-
gestion
...
Dedicated
lanes
Route
Planning
Telematics
Traffic load
on
Arterial
roads
Alternative
fuels
CO2 Nox
Parking
fees and
fines
Night time
delivery
Procure-
ment
Green
Logistics
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4. • Cause of significant negative effects (pollution, congestion, accidents, …)
• “I can’t sleep at night” / “Why in my neighbourhood” / “Dangerous” / “Ban
them from the inner city…”
 Problems create a pressure to react instead of pro-actively shaping the
system together
Result:
• Lack of awareness, lack of general understanding, limited knowledge about
requirements of different stakeholder groups
• Politicians, boroughs, local economy, citizens, authorities, lobby groups:
opponents or partners?
Approaches: …
How is urban freight reflected?
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5. Strategic, politically approved approach is needed
• Freight and urban freight as (key) topic
(part of SUMP?)
• Do we know, what to talk about? Sufficient data
(comparable, frequent data on local level for all modes,
just freight transport?)
• Consultative process (stakeholder involvement)
• Communication of aims and measures (to politicians,
local economy, inhabitants)
• Continuous process including evaluation
• RESSOURCES (!)
• Good examples exist throughout Europe and beyond
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6. It´s a question of space (land use) and distance; part I
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7. The shorter a „last mile“ is,
the more „sustainable“ it can get…
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• Full electric 40 t truck for last mile
container transport from Berlin
Westhafen run by BEHALA
• Shorter distances = smaller
batteries = impact on economical
feasibility
• Form follows function vs. the one
for all purposes
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8. It´s a question of space (land use) and distance; part II
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9. Potential and limitations of cargo cycles in urban freight
• Flexibility, much less dependence on traffic load, door-to-door transport
• Reliability (very important issue for urban logistics)
• Low „total costs of ownership“ (TCO), small initial investment (no fuel, if
electric minimal costs, low insurance rates, land use for parking is
limited, low maintenance costs)
• Drivers license?
• Limitations for weight / volume / distances
• Truly „green logistics“
Potential from an urban perspective:
• Locally emission free (CO2, NOX, PM10 and PM2.5, noise), but impact is
limited (number of trips vs. trip length)
• Uses existing infrastructure  land use
• Enables modal shift (especially for courier, express and parcel deliveries)
and innovative logistics concepts
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10. Some examples…
I am substituting
a car
Age is nothing but a
number …
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11. EU Project CityLog –
The starting point
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12. Is it that what we want?
Source: LNC Germany
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13. The process …
Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment | Transport Department | Dr. Julius Menge

14. ● It´s still a long way to go
● What do we need: (some examples)
● Awareness of the topic and the different interest groups
● Sufficient data
● Partners for the process
● Clear responsibilities
● Bicycles are a fixed element of urban freight in various European cities
● Statistics are missing, calculating potentials is an option, but local impact
differs  discussion and research is needed (first projects deliver real and
relevant data, not just for cities, but especially for companies)
● Perfect potential for synergetic effects between private cycling and the
commercial use
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Wrap up…
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15. Thank you!
Mercí!
Danke!
Dr. Julius Menge
Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment
Principle Affairs of Transport Policy
Commercial Transport
Am Köllnischen Park 3, 10179 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 9025 - 1566
Fax.: +49 (0)30 9025 - 1675
e-mail: julius.menge@senstadtum.berlin.de