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Project overview
Greening Regional fReight Transport in fuAs
People like to shop online but this comes hand-in-hand with more freight transport. Cities are most affected by higher emissions, noise and the congestion of public spaces linked to deliveries. The GRETA project offers solutions on how to decarbonise the so-called last mile of freight transport. In their joint efforts, the partners pilot the use of zero-emission-vehicles like cargo bikes. They also re-organise urban spaces to improve their transit resilience through curb management strategies.
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2,71m €
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Project Budget
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80%
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of the Budget is funded by ERDF
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6
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Countries
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8
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Regions
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11
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Partners
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5
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Pilots
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About the project
E-commerce is booming, and with it comes an increase in freight transport. This is putting a strain on our cities, with higher emissions, noise, and congestion. The GRETA project is working to decarbonize the last mile of freight transport by piloting the use of zero-emission vehicles like cargo bikes.
The project partners are reorganizing urban spaces to make them more efficient for freight deliveries. They are also working to develop new curb management strategies that will reduce the number of delivery vehicles on the road.
GRETA is a solution for a more sustainable future. By reducing emissions and congestion, we can make our cities cleaner, quieter, and more livable.
Project partnership
Project partners
Lead partner
Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation
European Project Unit
Project partner
Sustainable Mobility Department
Total partner budget
245,050 €
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture
Total partner budget
252,500 €
Total partner budget
177,650 €
Total partner budget
302,770 €
Office of Project Coordination and Urban Revitalization
Total partner budget
81,850 €
Total partner budget
242,150 €
Mobility development
Total partner budget
256,230 €
Total partner budget
268,890 €
Total partner budget
169,250 €
Total partner budget
250,450 €
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Designed by Freepik
GRETA supporting cooperation across borders
The GRETA project adopts a Functional Urban Area (FUA) perspective and involves the entire FUAs of the cities of Verona, Maribor, Reggio Emilia, Poznan and Budapest.
Starting from the territorial analysis and the involvement of Freight Quality Partnerhip (FQP), GRETA will develop a strong cooperation between cities and peripheral areas to enable sustainable urban mobility.
Furthermore GRETA will pay particular attention to the entire supply chain, considering also the cross-border implications of solutions adopted.
This output indicator is fulfilled for all SO25 projects that passed the quality assessment, hence fulfilling the thematic programme requirements.
Type of output: Strategies and action plans
Designed by FreePik
Establishment of Cooperation in GRETA for a sustainable green urban logistics strategy in Central Europe
A Memorandum of Understanding related to the sustainable green urban logistics strategy has been reached among the main actors involved in GRETA.
Cooperation aims to influence the decision-makers and the European Commission agenda on the GRETA topics.
This output indicator has been fulfilled with the signed subsidy contact and the singature of the partnership agreement.
Type of output: Strategies and action plans
Capacity building strategy for innovative green urban logistics in Central Europe
This on-going output will be fed by all the activities carried out within WP1 and from the results achieved from the deployment of piloting actions within WP2.
This strategy aims to contribute to the take up of knowledge created within the GRETA project. It will make all capacity building activities available and sustainable also beyond the project conclusion.
Type of output: Strategies and action plans
In development
Jointly developed sustainable urban freight and logistics pilot actions
GRETA aims to develop and implement five pilot actions for the decarbonisation of last mile deliveries, jointly developed by at least two participating countries, as outlined in Activity 2.3.
The pilot actions will deploy solutions to make last mile distribution green. They will also consider the strategy to develop a curb-management strategy and in general the space management in cities and Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). Pilot actions will be jointly developed and implemented in GRETA.
Type of output: Solutions
In development
Optimizing Urban Logistics in GRETA: Jointly Developed Solutions for Effective Curb Management & urban freight in Functional Urban Areas
Solutions are jointly developed and peer reviewed thanks to the involvement of partners as outlined in Activity 2.4.
The identified solutions will consist of:
1) micro-hub with e-cargo bikes
2) micro consolidation centre served by green and ZEV
3) transhipment hub for last mile delivery
4) curb management framework for regulations and accessibility
5) curb-management strategies to differentiate road usage and for the optimization of the use of space.
The above-mentioned solutions will include at least two partners from different countries cooperating in their deployment.
Type of output: Solutions
In development
Boosting Urban Logistics: Improving Curb Management and Micro-Hubs for Cargo Bikes in Central Europe
The strategy aims to influence the urban agenda of the European Commission on urban logistics, in the medium and long-term in line with the Green Deal and Urban mobility package objectives.
The strategy will also make a step forward to better define how a better curb-management and the use of micro-hubs in logistics can make Central Europe greener and more liveable for the whole community.
Type of output: Strategies and action plans
In development
Innovative solutions to promote synergies between passenger transport and freight transport
The report combines desk research on scientific and non-scientific literature with case study research and analysis and aims at providing practical recommendations to stakeholders, policymakers and practitioners to facilitate potential implementation of cargo hitching initiatives to enhance the synergistic sharing of infrastructure and vehicles to create more efficient, sustainable, and integrated transport systems.
Type of output: Solutions
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