Contract number: EIE05169

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Contract number EIE-05-169 Duration 02/2006
01/2009
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START is about

• reducing energy use by making freight traffic in
  cities more energy efficient
• implementing a combination of short-term actions
  access restrictions, consolidation schemes and
  incentives in the 5 partner cities Bristol,
  Göteborg, Ljubljana, Ravenna and Riga
• establishing collaboration with the transport
  business formalised in local freight networks.

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Why START?

• Efficient goods distribution is crucial for
• the vitality of the centres of European
• cities. Inefficient goods distribution causes
• emissions and pollution and is cost-inefficient.
• The START approach is based on close
  collaboration between public and private partners
  and the combination of positive incentives, more
  coercive regulations and enhanced logistics.

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Objectives

• Reduction of energy use and emissions caused by
  freight traffic
• Increased awareness and acceptance from the
  transport business on how to increase energy and
  economic efficiency of freight transport
• Increased public - private cooperation
• Increased exchange of experience, both on local
  and European level among stakeholders in freight
  transport

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Implementation

• The activities are carried out in close
  collaboration with the local freight networks and
  are organised in three themes
• Access restrictions identify regulations for
  freight transport for specific areas
• Consolidation of deliveries set up and further
  develop consolidation schemes
• Incentives develop incentives for clean vehicles
  and vehicles with a high load factor

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Expected results

• Developed regulations for new and expanded
  restricted areas in the partner cities.
• Implemented consolidation schemes in new areas
  and with new participants.
• A complete new programme of incentives
  implemented.
• Local freight networks established in every
  partner city.
• A reduction of energy use by freight traffic in
  the target areas by 10
• A reduction of CO2 (minus 7), NOx (minus 10)
  and PM10 (minus 15) emissions by freight traffic
  in the target areas

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Achievements

• Local freight networks have been established in
  all cities
• Kick-off meeting in February in Göteborg
• First peer-to-peer workshop held in Riga in June
  with results presented in a Recommendation Report
  
• Local Freight networks workshop in Bristol 30th
  November 2006
• Website on-line and 2 newsletters produced in 5
  languages
• Integrated Demonstration Report produced
  explaining the synergies between the Local
  freight network and the activities on the city
  level.

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Achievements

• Start of enhanced consolidation service in
  Bristol with 56 retailers (on average 77 vehicle
  movement reduction)
• Start of Göteborg project 1st of September 2006
  for improving load factor and implementation of
  incentives in three new areas
• Access restriction rules for freight vehicles
  included in the Urban Traffic and Transport Plan
  of Ravenna

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11 Partners
Bristol Bristol City Council DHL-Exel Supply
Chain Göteborg Traffic Public Transport
Authority Åkeriföreningen Ljubljana City of
Ljubljana, Prometni Institut Ravenna Comune
di Ravenna CONSAR ITL Riga Riga City
Council Traffic Department Evaluation ISIS
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Budget

• Total budget 1.786.483
• Funding from IEE 893.240

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Co-ordinator

• Co-ordintor City of Göteborg,
• Traffic Public Transport Authority
• Contact Lisa Sundell
• Mail lisa.sundell_at_tk.goteborg.se
• Phone [phone]