The document explores the potential of urban waterways, specifically in Amsterdam, for enhancing city logistics through various initiatives such as creating freight infrastructure, promoting zero emissions, and developing a legal framework. It discusses the challenges and strategies involved in optimizing these waterways for waste management, construction, and hospitality sectors, while emphasizing the importance of digital innovation and collaborative control. Additionally, it highlights future pilots and research opportunities aimed at improving urban mobility and logistics.

1. What opportunities do urban
waterways offer for city logistics?
WALTHER PLOOS VAN AMSTEL – AUAS – OCTOBER 2019

2. Amsterdam: use of waterways

3. What opportunities do urban
waterways offer?
u The weight-challenge
u The Amsterdam ambition
u Opportunities
u Research challenges

4. The weight challenge

5. The Amsterdam ambition
• Create infrastructure for freight
• Time windows for the city canals
• ‘De digitale gracht’
• Zero emission
• Develop legal framework
• Single point of contact
• New pilots in 2020-2021

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

8. Opportunities Amsterdam
Waste Construction HoReCa

9. Strategy
Results
Network
Planning and
control
ICT
Organisation
NationalandEU
policies
Localpolicies
Infrastructure
Research opportunities

10. Strategy
Results
Network
Planning and
control
ICT
Organisation
NationalandEU
policies
Localpolicies
Infrastructure
Collaborative control
Research opportunities

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

12. Roboats

13. Back to the future?