Potus studies urban freight transport

The Potus project involves relevant stakeholders such as urban administrations, academia, operators, and residents to address data gaps, standardize and further develop survey methods, acquire, and model urban freight data. The learnings are transformed into planning recommendations and a user-friendly urban freight survey handbook.

The 15-minute city concept envisions neighbourhoods with all basic services accessible within a 15-minute reach, emphasizing reduced trips and travel distances. As this means the reallocation of basic services into urban neighbourhoods, freight traffic is also reallocated towards these areas. But how and where freight demand will rise, and how user-choices and behavior will be influenced, is largely unknown. Thus, urban freight currently lacks sufficient integration within the 15-minC-concept.

A lack of comprehensive data on urban freight hinders potential improvements for reducing its negative impacts, such as congestion, air pollution, compromised accessibility, and usage pressure on public space. This data deficiency hinders the planning and research sector from aligning urban freight policies with city objectives and impairs the development of sustainable policies and solutions.

Potus involves relevant stakeholders (urban administrations, academia, operators, residents) to address data gaps, standardize and further develop survey methods, acquire, and model urban freight data. The learnings are transformed into planning recommendations and a user-friendly urban freight survey handbook. This joint approach allows for the transferability of urban freight data and tools as well as knowledge.