SMARTFREIGHT focused on making urban freight transport more efficient, environmentally friendly, and safe through smarter use of the distribution networks and improved delivery and return-load systems. The aim was to integrate urban traffic management systems with freight management and onboard systems in order to improve efficiency and safety. ICT enables collaboration between traffic and freight management operations, as a step towards an integrated urban transportation system,and freight transportation will be monitored and controlled through open ICT services. Traffic management measures for individual vehicles were designed by means of on-board units and wireless infrastructure based on CALM (ISO Framework for Heterogeneous Communications in Mobile Environments). Different routing and control options will be possible depending on the specific vehicle, cargo, and traffic situation.
GALENA focused on the development of a robust and GPS-based liability binding application to make sure different transport operators can join a mutual transportation community to track and timestamp their trips, and to make sure deliveries happen safely and efficiently. An innovative hybrid system was developed to ensure a seamless, robust, and continuous handover of indoor/outdoor localization and PVT data between carriers and high value parcels. Urban freight transport is an important part of distributing goods throughout cities, and it can be difficult to manage and monitor flows. In the framework of this project, a hardware and software were developed to help organize freight and improve delivery to the last mile. Thus, providing a better understanding of how these technologies can be used together to improve transportation efficiency.