Description

Many urban areas have problems with local air pollution (including particulate matter and nitrogen oxides), which is partly caused by traffic. In addition, intensive urban traffic contributes to the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. In many urban areas in Europe, measures have been and are being taken to reduce pollution, which often amounts to banning older vehicles from city centres. Many of these measures focus on urban goods distribution.

In Amsterdam, too, this issue is an issue and an "environmental zone" is being developed from which a category of polluting (diesel) vehicles should be excluded. The Air Quality Action Plan also includes an initiative by a group of private individuals and companies to run a large part of urban goods distribution by tram. Inspired by freight transport by tram elsewhere, CityCargo has drawn up a plan to tranship goods at sites near the A10 ring road, from where further distribution will be by freight tram and small electric vehicles.

17.00:00
Welcome

17:15
Urban distribution and environment - the playing field
Eric Janse de Jonge - chairman, Urban Distribution Committee

17.45:00
Policy vision on urban environmental issues
Micha Sijtsma - Municipality of Amsterdam, Department of Infrastructure, Traffic and Transport

18:15
CityCargo - environmentally friendly goods distribution
Jupijn Haffmans - director public affairs, CityCargo

19.00 h
Logistic processes in goods distribution
Prof Jos Vermunt - professor of distribution logistics, Tilburg University

19.30 h
Closing forum of speakers

Chair of the day: Jan Ploeger, director IPO-Bureau and board member KIVI NIRIA Department of Traffic and Transport Engineering

Speaker(s)

During the discussion session, four speakers will discuss the background to urban environmental problems, possible measures in the traffic field and the (im)possibilities of adapting urban goods distribution to reduce the environmental burden. There will be a presentation of CityCargo's plans and an opportunity for discussion.

Location

KIVI NIRIA building, Prinsessegracht 23 , The Hague

Organiser

Traffic and Transport

Name and contact details for information

Information via the e-mail address below.

afdelingvv@kiviniria.nl