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Madrid is an important logistics hub, located within the Atlantic and the Mediterranean TEN-T corridors. Since the pandemic outbreak, the city experienced a substantial increase in both receiving and pass-through long-haul trucks, and an exponential rise in e-commerce and home delivery, a major part of which is expected to remain in the “new normal”.
Despite the city implementing a successful Low Emission Zone scheme that improved air quality, air pollution remains one of the biggest environmental risks to the health of all Madrid inhabitants. In fact, urban freight distribution accounts for 10% of the urban vehicles fleet, 20% of peak hour congestion and 30% of pollution from transport in Madrid. Reducing the number of vehicles and the travelled distances seems to be one of the best ways of reducing congestion and pollution and improving air quality in the city.
As an immediate action, Madrid wants to explore urban consolidation centres connected to the TEN-T to deliver to the city centre.
The urban consolidation centre addresses real freight movement problems while exploring the concept of a digital twin to optimise city logistics operations of hybrid and 100% electric vans and 100% electric three-wheelers used for last-mile delivery.
The logistics centre is located within the special protection Low Emissions Zone Distrito Centro and was set up within an idle space of city-owned, underground parking close to M-30 ring road, which belongs to TEN-T. The centre has a surface of 200m2 and counts currently 15 electric vehicles, charging stations, and a staff capacity of 20 employees.
The digital twin integrates open data sources, models and software tools, that enable a comprehensive evaluation of logistics operations considering contextual indicators such as emissions, congestion and noise, as well as operations performance indicators, labour and cost impact.
Digitalising the entire urban logistics supply chain supports policymaking and business decisions. Policymakers and operators can respond to emerging questions such as "what are the effects of defining new low emission zones?"; "what if we shift urban consolidation centre location, set up new ones or use other types of vehicles?
LEAD Madrid Living Lab partners supported by POLIS established at the start of the action a strong Community of Practice (CoP) composed of representatives of Madrid Township and all local external stakeholders representing Madrid's shippers, carriers, bikers, neighbourhoods and end users, who actively participated in the co-creation process, sharing their knowledge and providing feedback to the different alternatives proposed by the active partners.
The external stakeholders who actively participated in the CoP helped so far to identify different locations for the UCC and to select the Pilot location. The CoP plays a fundamental role in providing continuous feedback and validating the results of both solution elements, the pilot and the digital twin.
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Log inPlanning time: 6 months to 1 year
Implementation time: 6 months to 1 year
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