Nantes represents in DECARBOMILE the Western European context, with its 318.808 inhabitants. Currently, the local regulation supports the green last mile logistics through an environmental bonus for clean vehicles in the city centre. The city has identified urban logistics as an important stake: in 2018, NANTES created a call for tenders named “FLUX” and selected 17 projects on urban logistics, these projects have started in 2019.
Beyond this call for tenders to raise local initiatives, NANTES is equipping itself with a Logistic Pact called “Pact for sustainable and resilient urban logistics” that would be available by 2022. NANTES was also one of the three living labs of the MySmartLife project, as HAM. The ambitions of Nantes regarding urban logistic policy by 2026 are to rationalise and optimise the logistics chain in the metropolis (massification and mutualisation of flows, strategic networking of urban logistics areas), to encourage the energy transition of logistics stakeholders, to integrate logistics activities into the urban fabric, to promote satisfactory working conditions and environment and to raise consumer awareness of the environmental and social impacts of logistics: promote consumer actors.
In Nantes Living Lab cycle-logistics is already quite common, especially thanks to Les Triporteurs Français, a French cycle-logistic operator, part of our project’s consortium. Thus, two out of the three use cases developed in the city are involving the Triporteurs and aim at enhancing their current operations.
Our first use case focused on the digital tools developed in the frame of the project and dedicated to cycle logistics operations. The Triporteurs cargo-bikes will be equipped with some sensors that will collect data on the tours, battery status, speed, etc. The data collected will serve as input for tour optimisation, helping the operator to design more efficient delivery rounds. The trackers will also be tested by another cycle-logistic company called Tout en Vélo.