UNCHAIN will “break the chains”, boosting the cooperation between public
authorities and logistics stakeholders. It will create a set of
services for optimal and flexible urban logistics operation, management,
planning and policymaking, unleashing the potential that technology and
digitalisation can bring to the sustainable urban logistics and moving
towards climate-neutral and smart cities.
UNCHAIN will implement a
standardised and reliable data exchange ecosystem supported by a
public-private collaborative framework that will allow the establishment
of reliable data sharing agreements, break data silos and make the
urban freight data more available and accessible. Driven by the unlocked
data, an innovative set of 12 urban logistics services will be
implemented to optimise the allocation of urban space, improve the
policy-making capacity of local authorities and optimise network
management and logistics operation. With UNCHAIN, public authorities
will improve their data collection capabilities and have the right tools
to achieve sustainability goals. Meanwhile, for operators, having
services aligned with their own and society's objectives will unlock
mutually beneficial cooperation schemes, a key factor for long-term
collaboration and the establishment of sustainable urban freight
transport policies and operations.
10 European cities will
participate in UNCHAIN activities: Madrid, Berlin and Florence as living
labs; Prague, Mechelen, Madeira and Riga as follower cities, and Brest
metropole, Ravenna and Alba Iulia as peer- cities supporting the early
adoption of the results. Also, the well-balanced representation of the
urban logistics industry, with DHL and UPS, will ensure large-scale
impact and feasibility of the project results.
