DenCity

Purpose and goal

The idea behind DenCity is to consolidate the more and more fragmented transports carried out and to create space-efficient transport solutions making the most of the urban space in a system that integrates goods (incl. waste) and passenger transport. By performing successful demonstrations combined and in small scale, this project has shown that it is feasible with new alternative solutions to meet the need of sustainable transport of goods and people in dense cities. The DenCity solutions are at a different TRL-level but no major obstacle has been observed for implementation.

Expected results and effects

The general observations are the following: - The biggest sustainability challenge of urban transport are congestion, noise and space consumption. - Passenger cars and service vans dominate the externalities and space demand, the share of urban deliveries is relatively small. - Electrifying trucks and vans reduce noise and eliminate climate change but cannot mitigate increasing congestion problems on urban access roads and space conflicts in dense urban areas. - In order to reduce traffic and space consumption requires consolidated deliveries.

Planned approach and implementation

The project takes a unique, broad and integrated approach on transport of goods, waste and people in densified cities - demanding a broad and complex partnership. An efficient organisation and close collaboration between all partners and work packages has been key in order to succeed with this broad approach. Cities need to plan for a physical infrastructure that enables for new technology and services, and close collaboration with academia and industry in order to understand the implications of new solutions, services and business models is key.