Copenhagen_city access.pdf - Osmose

CASE STUDY
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As participation in the scheme it some accompanying measures were implemented
on a voluntary basis in order to encourage the companies to join in the project:
• 10 loading zones were established, exclusively reserved for the participants to
load/unload goods on weekdays between 8-12 h.
• The companies will be entitled (by streamers etc.) to show and promote that they
are participating in an environment improving scheme.
• The list of the companies involved was published on the “City Distribution”
website on the Internet, so that the customers could choose a “green” carrier.
• Possibility to influence a later obligatory scheme.
The control is being performed on the basis of the report send to the Road
Department for each vehicle. The parking guards check if only vehicles with a
certificate (sticker) in the windows hold in the loading zone between 8 and 12. All
other vehicles are being fined. At the same time the guards observe the vehicles in
the certificate area so that the administration can crosscheck with the information
given by the companies about the capacity use.
Results
After a year and a half the experiment ended in an agreement with the carriers in
the end of February 2000. 80 companies have registered more than 300 vehicles to
the scheme. Several of these vehicles were entering the city centre several times a
day. The bigger vehicles were dominating the experiment. Of the total number of
trucks and vans to the inner city, 88 % is between 2 and 3½ tons.
Almost all of the participants in the voluntary scheme were reportedly able to use
60% of the capacity. There were some problems with certain kind of transport (e.g.
chilled goods).
The carriers were in general satisfied with the scheme. For the majority it took less
than 10 minutes to fill in the apply form and the quarterly reports. 86% of the
participants would like to have an obligatory arrangement.
20% of the carriers have changed their daily transport planning behaviour during the
experiment.
Also more city logistic collaboration between the carriers has appeared during the
experiment, naturally also for several other reasons.
The ministry of Transport explained in spring 1999 that it was against the law to
reserve loading zones for cars with certificate. They should be open for all trucks. At
the same time the ministry promised that they would prepare a new paragraph in
the law, making it possible for municipalities to make experiments.
This new paragraph was presented for the Parliament in November 1999 and they
agreed late April 2000. In March the Town Council has decided that a new proposal is
needed for an obligatory arrangement when the new law for experiments was ready.
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