Smart Freight Transport in Urban Areas - Final Conference

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Over the last three years, SMARTFREIGHT, a research project co-funded by the European Commission, has developed a new concept to integrate urban traffic management systems with the management of freight and logistics in urban areas.  This final conference will highlight the new SMARTFREIGHT solutions developed in the project and will illustrate several possible applications including a demonstration in practice how the ICT infrastructure in Trondheim can be used to better coordinate urban and freight management systems.

 Trondhiem, Norway
Date:13 Oct 2010
Time:13-14 October 2010
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Contact:polis@polis-online.org
Location:Trondhiem, Norway
Full Address:Staten Hus, Prinsens gate 1, Trondhiem, Norway

Description:

Over the last three years, SMARTFREIGHT, a research project co-funded by the European Commission, has developed a new concept to integrate urban traffic management systems with the management of freight and logistics in urban areas. Building on the cooperative technology developed in European projects such as CVIS, ICT solutions have been assessed to allow bi-directional wireless communication with individual freight vehicles, so operations can be better supported and controlled. This new concept could lead to a more efficient, environmentally friendly and safer urban freight transport.

In order to evaluate the SMARTFREIGHT potential, the city of Trondheim provided a dedicated technical test site, while simulations took place in Winchester and Bologna, and a desktop study was carried out in Dublin. In addition, different European and local key stakeholders were consulted throughout the project.

This final conference will highlight the new SMARTFREIGHT solutions and will illustrate several possible applications. Thanks to the unique location of the event, a demonstration will show in practice how the ICT infrastructure set in Trondheim can eventually be used to better coordinate urban and freight management systems.

 

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