Walther Ploos van Amstel about the future of city logistics. April 2021

1. Innovation in city logistics
THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM GREEN DEAL ZERO EMISSION CITY LOGISTICS
IN THE NETHERLANDS
WALTHER PLOOS VAN AMSTEL – AUAS – APRIL 2021

3. City logistics in Amsterdam

4. What’s wrong with city logistics?
 Why do we want to solve the issue?
 What is the real issue?
 What are myths?
 How to solve the issue?
 What innovations are relevant?

5. What’s wrong with city logistics?

6. What’s wrong with city logistics?
 Space
 Congestion
 Emissions (CO2 and air pollution)
 Noise
 Safety
 Damage to infra
 Higher cost-to-serve
 Livable city: car free

7. ‘Autoluw’ includes city logistics

8. Ambition:
Urban logistics electrified
by 2025
Questions:
• How to electrify
current operations?
• Where and how to
charge?
• Impact on grid?
Amsterdam zero emission zones

9. Zero emissions city logistics
Challenges for companies
 Plan:
30 to 40 cities introducing inner city
zero emission zones in 2025 Impacting 40.000 trucks
and 400.000 (plus) LCV’s
 What challenges do companies face?

10. Zero emissions city logistics
Challenges for companies
 Plan:
30 to 40 cities introducing inner city
zero emission zones in 2025 Impacting 40.000 trucks
and 400.000 (plus) LCV’s
 Smart vehicle (or no vehicle):
industry segment solution
 Smart driver
 Smart dynamic transport planning
 Smart charging (vehicle2building)
 Smart purchasing of energy services
 Smart regulations and subsidies

12. Growing towards physical internet

13. Growing towards physical internet
Infrastructure:
Reduce footprint

14. Slow versus personalised
‘Slow mobility’
Bundling
Ecocombi/Synchro
Platoons
Push
Open data
Big players
‘Personalised mobility’
Value of time
Clean
Safe
Pull
Open data
Local players

15. Hubs

16. Amsterdam: LEFV

17. Amsterdam: use of waterways

18. Amsterdam: Parcls

19. Amsterdam: robotization?

20. Vision zero: road safety

22. Growing towards physical internet
Collaborative control
and data sharing

23. Open data:
ITS and intelligent access
 What opportunities can (open) data
bring?

24. Open data:
ITS and intelligent access
 Smart loading and unloading zones
 Privileges
 Digital enforcement
 XXL routes
 Safer roads
 Share real time data with TMS
 Smart charging
 Transport platforms
 Very strategic issue:
new role for government

25. Open data:
Address intelligence

27. Growing towards physical internet
Social innovation

28. City logistics is part of
smart urban mobility

29. Perspectives for authorities
 Regulate (and enforce)
 Stimulate
 Facilitate
 Coordinate
 Experiment
 What do you prefer, and
why: 2, 3 or 4?

30. Social innovation:
creating value of time together
 Strategic collaboration: connect
‘stuff’ and ‘fluff’
 Planner 2.0: align planning
operational and tactical
 The driver of the future
 Experiment: train as you fight…

31. People… the weakest link

32. Take aways today