Cities face surge in demands for fast home-deliveries increasing market share of online platforms, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Milkrun and Meituan. Europe and China aim at reducing polluting vehicles in city-centres, giving more space for pedestrians and cyclists. This coupled with digital transformation of delivery systems provide opportunities for new urban-logistics solutions.
SINERGI proposes a comprehensive solution for sustainable city-logistics. Private and public stakeholders will provide pilots in Amsterdam, Shanghai, Singapore, and Copenhagen. The project outputs enable delivery providers to offer cost-efficient services considering well-being of riders. Public authorities can develop a set of actions on road safety and citizens’ welfare.
Duration: 2023 – 2025
Contact: Dr Shadi Sharif Azadeh s.sharifazadeh@tudelft.nl and Professor AN Kun
kunan@tongji.edu.cn
Project coordinator Europe: Delft University of Technology (University, The Netherlands)
Project coordinator China: Tongji University (University, China)
Partners: Tsinghua University (University, China), Copenhagen Business School (CBS) (University, Denmark), Singapore Management University (SMU) (University, Singapore), Just Eat Takeaway.com (Business, The Netherlands), Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (Research organisation, The Netherlands), Gemeente Amsterdam (Urban public authority), Vervoerregio Amsterdam (Urban public authority, The Netherlands), Statistics Denmark (Governmental institution, Denmark), Beijing Sankuai Online Technology Ltd (Meituan) (Business, China), Milkrun (Business, Singapore), Hyke (Business, Norway)