Panaji Highlights Low-Carbon Strategies for Urban Freight at Daring Cities 2021
India has witnessed rapid economic growth in the past few decades, along with accelerated investment and the development of critical infrastructure, including transport infrastructure. However, with the growing urban population, cities are witnessing the negative effects of increased freight traffic, such as high levels of air pollution and GHG emissions, risks to the road safety […]
EcoLogistics Baseline Report Proposes Key Changes to Improve Shimla’s Freight Sector
The baseline report of Shimla, being prepared by Development Initiatives with assistance from ICLEI South Asia under the EcoLogistics project, was presented to the officers of Municipal Corporation Shimla (MCS) on the 8th of September 2021. The meeting was chaired by Additional Commissioner, MCS, and was attended by officers and staff from the MCS as […]
Shimla Shares Freight Sector Plans at EcoLogistics Peer-City Exchange
The Commissioner and Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Shimla, attended the second peer-city exchange held under the EcoLogistics project on the 30th of June 2021. The Ecologistics project, under the Sustainable Mobility initiative of ICLEI, focuses on improving urban freight in cities. Under the project, peer city exchanges take place regularly for sharing knowledge and […]
EcoLogistics Cities Show Way Forward for Government’s Freight Smart Cities Initiative
Growing urbanisation and rapid economic growth in Indian cities have resulted in an exponential increase in urban freight activities. The demand for urban freight in the country is anticipated to grow by 140 percent over the next decade. However, due to lack of planning, the sector has significant externalities associated with first and last-mile freight […]
EcoLogistics Project: Kochi, Panaji, Shimla Set up Stakeholder Committees to Streamline Urban Freight Management
Cities cannot survive without an effective urban freight system, as their economies depend on efficient goods distribution. Moving goods within cities is a complex task with high externalities. The fragmented governance structure of urban freight adds to the complexity: there is no single institution or department responsible for the efficient management of intra-city freight movement. […]
KMTA Sets up Committee to Streamline Urban Freight Movement in Kochi
The Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority (KMTA), the city’s umbrella body for mobility, has approved the formation of an urban freight committee, the first of its kind in India, to integrate, plan and regulate urban freight as part of urban mobility and development. The committee will address the issue of stakeholder fragmentation in urban freight and […]
Invitation to Bid: Audio-Video Public outreach Content on Low Carbon Urban Freight in Indian Cities
Urban freight includes a wide variety of services, from waste collection trucks to construction trucks or commercial-related trucks. Urban freight transport has significant environmental and social impacts such as GHG emissions, poor air quality, noise pollution, road accidents, and traffic congestion which hampers urban life quality. Therefore, a growing number of global cities are including […]
Kochi Councillors Call EcoLogistics Project a Timely Initiative
ICLEI South Asia presented the EcoLogistics project to the elected representatives of the Kochi Municipal Corporation at a meeting held at the council hall in Kochi, Kerala, on the 27th of April. The agenda of the meeting, held under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Mayor Ms. Soumini Jain, was to promote synergy of the projects being […]
National Meeting Analyses Low-Carbon Urban Freight Initiatives, Strategies
ICLEI South Asia organised the ‘National Meeting for EcoLogistics – Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities’ on the 27th of November 2019 in New Delhi. It was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India; NITI Aayog; IKI; city governments; Smart Cities Mission Special Purpose Vehicles; private firms […]
EcoLogistics Tool to Help Assess Urban Freight Transport Emissions
The ICLEI self-monitoring tool was launched as part of a national meeting on the EcoLogistics – Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities project, organised on the 27th of November 2019 in New Delhi. The tool was launched in the presence of representatives from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India; NITI […]