Urban freight solutions
Thematic areas
Clean & energy-efficient vehicles
- Electric vehicles
- Cleaner fleets
- Cleaner fuels
Smart, Sustainable, Connected and Shared mobility
Demand & urban space management
Behavioural change & mobility management
Road safety & security
- Enhancing passenger security
Summary
The measure intended to improve the delivery routes, their efficiency and subsequently, reduce the environmental impact in the pilot zone through a Sustainable Urban Logistics Plan (SULP), that sets the policy strategy for a long-term period to enhance the delivery of goods in Funchal. Within DESTINATIONS, a state-of-the-art parking monitoring platform was implemented to further manage the freight operations.
The measure intended to improve the delivery routes, their efficiency and subsequently, reduce the environmental impact in the pilot zone through a Sustainable Urban Logistics Plan (SULP), that sets the policy strategy for a long-term period to enhance the delivery of goods in Funchal. Within DESTINATIONS, a state-of-the-art parking monitoring platform was implemented to further manage the freight operations.
Implementing sustainable mobility
Develop a Sustainable Urban Logistics Plan (SULP)
The development of the SULP followed several stages. The first stage, the territorial diagnostic, was undertaken between February and November of 2018 and was dedicated primarily to data collection to assess the freight logistic operation in Funchal. This includes traffic counts, monitoring of load and unload dedicated parking spots and two surveys geared towards drivers and local traders.
The territorial diagnostic undertaken led to the strategic definition of measures, carried out between December, 2018 and April of 2019, related to regulation tools, awareness campaigns, reorganization of parking spots related to load and unload operations, creation of freight terminals, purchase of electric vehicles, real time monitoring system among other actions.
Identify a pilot area to monitor loading and unloading services
The Municipality installed parking sensors and developed a monitoring platform that gathers occupancy data in real time. The system is comprised of a LoRaWAN network that links the parking sensors to a high range WI-FI and to the platform that collects all the accesses in each of the load and unload parking areas.
Through the platform, it is possible to identify the parking spots that are available/occupied, the permanence time and other useful information to support the decision-making process. In addition, the platform is also comprised of an alert system that is able to inform if vehicles are parking beyond the authorized parking time.
Adapt public transport to transport goods
Horários do Funchal, the public transport operator, studied several options to offer a suitable space where passengers could transport their goods inside the bus. On January 2020, it was installed in 24 buses a solution that allows to transport luggage on board, increasing the comfort inside the bus.
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Outcomes
- Pollutant emissions – Reduction of noise and pollutants such as CO, NOx, CO2, PM10, PM2.5 levels following the launch of the SULP, between September 2019 and February 2021;
- Noise – 47% reduction;
- CO – 16% reduction;
- NOx – 19% reduction;
- CO2 – 9% reduction;
- PM (10, 2.5) – 8% reduction.
- Freight entrances into the city core - 15% decrease in the number of freight vehicles entering the city core between February 2018 and February 2021;
- Demand in loading and unloading parking spots – Decrease of 36% in demand in loading and unloading of parking spots between September 2018 and February 2021.
