Energy reduction initiatives

The FTC2050 project aimed to identify and evaluate urban freight logistics initiatives that may have the greatest impact on reducing fuel consumption and energy requirements.

Barriers vs applicability for next-day urban parcel delivery initiatives

The diagram below shows potential delivery options arranged according to their scope and likelihood of being implemented, with colours indicating the most promising initiatives in green and the least promising in red.  

The FTC2050 project focused on:

Collaboration

A fundamental ambition of the FTC2050 project was to investigate the potential impact of carriers working together to reduce their combined carbon footprint

Portering

The FTC2050 project investigated the use of porters for the ‘last-200m’ delivery of parcels, reducing the need for vans by decoupling the motorised transport from the delivery

Green delivery

Retailers, couriers and customers can reduce the carbon footprint of deliveries by adopting greener delivery strategies