International WORKSHOP “Planning for sustainable city logistics policies and measures in small and mid-sized European cities” Växjö (Sweden)

International WORKSHOP “Planning for sustainable city logistics policies and measures in small and mid-sized European cities” Växjö (Sweden)
Event
7th April 2014

The Logical Town Association was the main partner of the International workshop that was held in Växjö (Sweden) the last 7th of April 2014.

The topic was urban planning about sustainable city logistics policies and measures in European cities and the international workshop has brought together representatives of several European cities, including several of the Nordic area.

Promoted by the ENCLOSE project, the aim of the events was to network small and mid- sized towns to discuss common issues, challenges and results on urban logistics planning. The cities of Lucca (Italy), s'-Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands), Trondheim (Norway), Burgos (Spain), Almada (Portugal), Dundee (UK) were hosted by the Energy Agency for Southeast (Sweden), partner in the ENCLOSE project (www.enclose.eu), and representatives from several Swedish cities such as Malmö and Umeå, European Capital of Culture 2014, joined the event to share experiences from their activities to reduce the environmental impact from transportation. The Swedish Association of Municipalities and Regions (SKL) chaired the event. Moreover, some of the most important organizations in the Swedish region attended the event as speakers: VTI, the Swedish Transport Administration, Chalmers University. The European Energy Agency (EEA) also joined the event as speaker and described the recently published report on urban transport – TERM 2013 - including transport indicators tracking progress towards environmental targets in Europe. 

 

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