UK CASE STUDY

Promoting collaboration: The transferability of

London Freight Plan initiatives

Practical steps for sustainable freight distribution in urban and regional centres

Jonathan James, Delivery Partner,

London Freight Plan and Director, AECOM UK

What is Our Definition of freight

Waste

Goods

Movement

Servicing +

Utilities

The Facts (Strategic)

Freight and the London Freight Plan

Mayor’s Transport Strategy

Is Sustainable Urban Freight even

remotely possible?Development

Intensification &

Mixed Uses

Social impacts

Regulations

Transport

modes

Promotion of

Pedestrian

and Cyclists

Events – ie

Olympics

Economic

Factors

Physical

Constraints

Environmental

factorsRestrictions

and Licensing

Control Schemes

Urban Area

How is Freight Viewed?

Why we need a fresh approach

•We have tried everything else

•Freight is a commercial contract with operator

and customer

•Governments approach is to add a new

regulation

•Regulation & compliance can increase costs

•Awarding freight contracts on cost alone can

increases risk of non-compliance, negating

benefit of regulation

There is More Than One Way to Skin a Cat

A New Approach

London Freight Plan

Economy

Environment

Social & Safety

Profit

CSR

Safety

TfL’s New Approach to Freight

OutcomesLess freight traffic growth Fewer Incidents

Less illegal kerbside activity Less congestion

Reduced operator costs Reduced enforcement

Less CO2 and other emissions

Land-use Planning

ConditionProcurement

Corporate Responsibility

Uptake

How London’s Approaches Work Together

Freight Operators &

Drivers

Regional and Local

Government

Customers/Businesses/

Premises/Sites

Commercial contract

Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS)

FORS vision and development

FORS Benefits

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FORS membership progression

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FORS – September

2010

Status

FORS-registered depots 1,369

FORS-registered vehicles 61,750

FORS-registered London boroughs 20Silver members 31

Bronze members 247

Bronze and silver depots 1019Bronze and silver vehicles 43,448

Bronze and silver boroughs 13

Registered vehicles as a percentage of

commercial vehicles operating in London18.7%

FORS – August 2010

Benchmarking results0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Average MPG across FORS (all veh

types)

0.0

50.0

100.0

150.0

200.0

250.0

PCNs Per 100K km

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

Incidents Per 100K km

Delivery and Servicing PlansConstruction Logistics Plans

Delivery and Servicing Plans (DSP) and Construction

Logistics Plans (CLP)

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How London’s Approaches Work Together

Freight Operators &

Drivers

Regional and Local

Government

Customers/Businesses/

Premises/Sites

Commercial contract

Delivery & Servicing Plans

Key Aims of a DSP / CLP

• Deliveries reduced, rescheduled or

consolidated, costs are lower

•Cut congestion / environmental impact

• Identify legal loading / unloading plans

• Encourage ‘green’ procurement

• Influence building design to minimise

construction related trips

• Improve safety compliance

Research to understand what's wrong

• Conflict between loading, servicing

and other road users

• Regent St 26,700 vehicles 1 in 5

are goods vehicles

• 1 in 5 are associated with Regent

Street

• 4 in 10 go to offices, only 1 in 5 go

to retail

• Most are 7am - 4 pm

• 7 in 10 are van the rest trucks

Marylebone High

Street

Key Elements of Delivery and Servicing Plans (DSPs)

and Construction Logistics Plans (CLPs)

Delivery & Servicing Plan /

Construction Logistics Plan

DSP Output examples

Ferrari Regent St Consolidation of every 3 loads into 1

Anthropologie

Regent Street

Consolidation of 80-100 small supplier

consignments / week into 4 loads

TfL (Palestra) Deliveries reduced by 20% (from 250/week)

Emirates Stadium Deliveries reduced by 20%, consolidated food &

milk deliveries

Fire

Brigade

Consolidation Centre -£90,000 supply chain

saving

University Stationery deliveries reduced by 80% - average

invoice value £28, cost to process £20

Transferability of London Freight Plan initiatives

But I Can’t Do It!

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38 39 50 69 91

99 108 117 118

119 124 129 130

• Policy 12 (Chapter 4)

The Mayor, through TfL, and working with the DfT, Network

Rail, train operating companies, London boroughs and other

stakeholders including business and the freight industry, will

seek to improve the distribution of freight through the

provision of better access to/from Strategic Industrial

Locations, delivery and servicing plans, and other efficiency

measures across London.

Proposal 117 (Chapter 5 part 6)

The Mayor, through TfL, and working with the London

boroughs, and other stakeholders in the public and private

sectors, will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of

freight operations through the promotion of ‘delivery and

servicing plans’, ‘construction logistics plans’, the Freight

Operator Recognition Scheme, Freight Quality Partnerships

and other efficiency measures across London.

2010 London’s Year of Cycling

Questions

Contact

Jonathan.James@aecom.com

001144 7961 067284