This document discusses the challenges of urban logistics and proposes solutions for the future of last mile delivery. It notes that urban freight currently accounts for 15-20% of traffic and is growing. Challenges include space constraints, congestion, emissions and costs. The document proposes that the "van of the future" will shift from fossil fuels to clean technologies, from ownership to sharing models, and utilize new technologies like the Internet of Things. It advocates for an integrated approach and collaborative planning between shippers, transporters and government to develop solutions like zero emissions zones, smart infrastructure and new business models to address the last mile challenge.

1. The last mile challenge:
Van of the future
OVERCOMING PLANNING COMPLEXITY IN URBAN LOGISTICS
WALTHER PLOOS VAN AMSTEL – AUAS – MARCH 2019

2. AUAS – urban technology
Research
u Annual outlook city logistics
u Light electric freight vehicles
u ‘Gas op elektrisch’ – service logistics
u Construction logistics
u Waste logistics
u Food and HoReCa logistics
u Public procurement
u ITS in city logistics
u National charging infrastructure
u Urban design for city logistics
u Smart charging infrastructure

3. Topics
u Changing customer demands in B2C and B2B
u Challenges for urban freight in Dutch cities
u Zero emissions zones
u The van of the future
u An integrated approach
u Collaborative planning
u Social innovation
Technology
Logistics
Policy/
community

4. Growing urban freight:
precision-guide logistics

5. Challenges in urban logistics
u 15-20% of traffic
u 80% LCV’s
u Growing 3-4% p.a.
u 80% transport on own account
u 80% of truck drivers time
u 33% congestion time in drive time
u 65% walking time

6. Challenges in urban logistics
u Space
u Congestion
u Emissions (CO2 and air pollution)
u Noise
u Safety
u Damage
u Higher cost-to-serve

7. 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

8. In freight:
35% CO2 related to city logistics

9. In freight:
35% CO2 related to city logistics

10. Dutch climate agreement:
zero emissions city logistics
u Plan:
30 to 40 cities introducing inner city zero emission zones in 2025.
Impacting 40.000 trucks and 400.000 (plus) LCV’s
u Smart vehicle (or no vehicle):
industry segment solution
u Smart driver
u Smart dynamic transport planning
u Smart charging (vehicle-building)
u Smart purchasing of energy services

11. The van of the future…
u Push to pull: customers in control
u Fossil to clean tech
u Ownership to sharing
u Physical internet: containerisation
u Closed data to open data
u Physical links to Internet Of Things/5G
u Centralised to distributed planning
u Forecast ETA to real time info (ITS)
u Blind to clairvoyant
u From private to public private partners

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

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

14. E-commerce options (B2B and B2C)

15. Zero emission transport modes

16. Robotisation in the supply chain

17. City hubs: PPP

18. To hub or not to hub?

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

20. Address intelligence

21. Using big data

22. ITS: intelligent access

23. Smarter planning

24. Collaborative control
u Predict and prepare:
collaborative
u Sense and respond:
common operational picture
u Based on a solid strategy

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

26. Social innovation:
creating value of time together
u Strategic collaboration: shippers,
transporters, truck and trailer
builders and government
u Planner 2.0: align planning
operational and tactical
u The truck driver of the future
u Experiment: train as you fight…

27. New business models

28. Practice what you preach

29. Take away’s