LEAD Strategies

for shared-connected and low-emission logistics operations

1

Innovative
business
models

with a view to optimising the performance of last mile logistics (based on volatility of demand, delivery life cycles and costs) in response to the challenges posed by the on demand economy

2

Agile freight storage and distribution

Agile schemes for urban freight storage and last mile distribution, including crowdsourced shipping, capacity sharing, multi-echelon and Physical Internet inspired approaches

3

Low emission delivery
vehicles

including Electric Delivery Vehicles (EDVs), hybrid and automated vehicles for freight delivery like cargo-bikes, delivery robots and droids -walkers will also be considered

4

Smart data-driven logistics solutions

for shared, connected and low-emission logistics operations, empowered by an adaptive modelling approach and Digital Twin models, applied in real-life environments

Digital Twins

LEAD will create Digital Twins of urban logistics networks in six TEN-T urban nodes (Madrid, The Hague, Lyon, Budapest, Oslo, Porto), to support experimentation and decision making with on-demand logistics operations in a public-private urban setting. City logistics solutions will be represented by a set of value case scenarios that address the requirements of the on-demand economy and the pressures caused by the increase of parcel deliveries while aligning competing interests and creating value for all different stakeholders. Each value case will combine a number of measures coined as LEAD Strategies to cover the complete dynamics and complexity of a city’s logistics challenges

Project Objectives

Living Labs

Madrid

The Hague

Lyon

Porto

Budapest

Oslo

Consortium

Long term vision

LEAD aims to design an open PI-inspired framework for smart city logistics, thus setting the foundations for the development of large-scale city Digital Twins. By exploiting contextual, sensor and real-time operational data, city-scale Digital Twins will facilitate the comprehension of the dynamics of logistics networks in the city and the integrated planning and management of freight movement