Professor City Logistics Walther Ploos van Amstel (HvA/AUSA) about zero emission autonomous vehicles in city logistics.

1. HANDS FREE
The last mile challenge
OPPORTUNTIES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
WALTHER PLOOS VAN AMSTEL – AUAS – MAY 2019

2. Hands free last mile logistics:
EU market 400.000-800.000 vehicles p.a.
u Challenges in city logistics
u Future last mile networks
u Potential for autonomous vehicles
u Adapting our cities

3. City logistics:
Parcels is less than 5 percent

4. Growing urban freight:
precision-guide logistics

5. Challenges in urban logistics
u Space
u Congestion
u Emissions (CO2 and air pollution)
u Noise
u Safety
u Damage
u Cost-to-serve
u Staffing

6. Amsterdam:
some facts about city logistics
u LCV’s: 80% (daily 30.000)
u Trucks: 20% (daily 8.000)
u LCV’s:
u From Amsterdam to Amsterdam: 8%
u From Amsterdam region: 46%
u Other regions: 46%
u Distance: 95-97% rides are shorter then 150 km
u 1 or 2 stops
u Payload 85% less then400
u Truck also make short trips

7. 80% of truck drivers time today is
within city boundaries
60% of truck drivers time is in
walking and delivery in cities
Current planning systems lead to
40 to 50% slack in city logistics
networks
One out of two cars on Amsterdam’s
main roads are delayed because of
unloading on the streets
Inefficient use of loading and
unloading zones (and buffer
locations)
Congestion and road unsafety

8. Strategy
Results
Network
Planning and
control
ICT
Organisation
NationalandEU
policies
Localpolicies
INFRASTRUCTURE

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

10. Autonomous vehicles

11. Autonomous vehicles

12. Autonomous vehicles

13. Autonomous vehicles

14. Autonomous vehicles

15. 80% of truck drivers time today is
within city boundaries
60% of truck drivers time is in
walking and delivery in cities
Current planning systems lead to
40 to 50% slack in city logistics
networks
One out of two cars on Amsterdam’s
main roads are delayed because of
unloading on the streets
Inefficient use of loading and
unloading zones (and buffer
locations)
Congestion and road unsafety

16. Strategy
Results
Network
Planning and
control
ICT
Organisation
NationalandEU
policies
Localpolicies
Infrastructure
Collaborative control

17. Collaborative control:
hubs, moving, unloading

18. Strategy
Results
Network
Planning and
control
ICT
Organisation
NationalandEU
policies
Localpolicies
Infrastructure
Collaborative control
Social innovation

19. Future urban planning

20. Train as you fight
u Smart vehicles
u Regulation
u Smart charging and hubs
u Physical internet:
containerization
u Last: putting customers first!