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3^rd BESTUFS I Workshop

Thematic focus:
“Optimised city distribution vehicles as demanded by transport operators and cities”

Urban freight is nearly completely moved by trucks, vans and dedicated city distribution vehicles. The next workshop of the BESTUFS thematic network in Turin on the 17th - 18th January 2001 is addressing these motorised urban freight distribution vehicles.

There are many interesting aspects with respect to urban freight distribution vehicles like e.g. emission and environmental aspects, vehicle technical equipment and loading/unloading support, IT-infrastructure and OBCs, safety issues etc. which cannot be addressed exhaustively in one workshop. The Turin workshop has therefore on the one hand a concrete focus, which was already tackled in earlier BESTUFS workshops: the load capacity in weight and volume and related possible flexible solutions (e.g. modular load space, same chassis for different dimensions, etc.). And on the other hand, meeting at this first vehicle oriented workshop, there should be enough freedom to highlight also other challenging issues e.g. from those listed above.

Workshop contents: Within the workshop, presentations from vehicle manufacturers will dominate, but also transport operators and if possible a city are envisaged to contribute their views.

The workshop will concentrate on the following questions (always in relation to the load capacity in weight and volume and related possible flexible solutions):

• How is the current and expected demand?
• Where are the problems (on city, national and European level) leading to unsatisfactory solutions or even strongly hinder solutions?
• What are the answers, offers and plans of the vehicle manufacturers?
• What are the city infrastructure constraints (historic centres, bridges, tunnels, etc.) and how to face/improve accessibility?
• How about the conditions and relations at loading/unloading areas at consignees and transport operators?

In addition, the workshop allows to touch on further urban transport vehicle related aspects.

Organisation: The workshop will start on Wednesday, 17th January at 10:30 in the morning and will continue until about 18:00 in the late afternoon. The workshop is supported by IVECO and participants have the opportunity to visit the FIAT vehicle research centre close to Turin. In the morning of the second day (18th January) a bus leaves at 9:00 to this "Centro Ricerce Fiat" at Orbassano where a guided tour is organised for about 2 hours. The bus will bring the participants back to Turin, arriving there at 13:00 the latest.

Minutes

Wednesday, 17th of January 2001
10:30 - 10:45	Welcome and introduction by Dieter Wild, PTV AG
10:45 - 13:00	Transport operators and cities - Demanding the same vehicle type?
	City distribution vehicles in Switzerland (Part of COST 321 results) by Martin Ruesch, RAPP AG
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	City distribution vehicles in Rotterdam and new developments within the ELCIDIS Project by Ton Vermie, Municipality of Rotterdam
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	Advanced vehicle technologies in goods distribution by Simon J.C. Huiberts, Royal Dutch Transport Association
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	Vehicle related constraints, problems and tendencies within the urban freight distribution by Peter Sonnabend, Deutsche Post AG
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	Urban vehicle design requirements by Jim York Exel
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13:00	Lunch
14:00 - 15:30	Vehicle manufacturers - Prepared for the changing demands of the cities of tomorrow?
	New developments at IVECO by Pierluigi Zanframundo, Light Range Business Unit, IVECO
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	New developments at IVECO by Dario Salvati, Medium Range Business Unit, IVECO
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	New developments at PSA Peugeot Citroen by E. Sage, PSA Peugeot Citroen
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15:30	Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30	Identification and discussion of good practices
17:30 - 18:00	Open discussion Planning of next vehicle related activities within BESTUFS
20:00	Common dinner

 

Thursday, 18th of January 2001
09:00 - 13:00	Technical visit "Centro Ricerce FIAT" at Orbassano Presentation and demonstration of research and development activities at FIAT and IVECO