With the exception of the waste collection system, the City of Palma de Mallorca has not yet implemented clear policies regarding freight transport management, especially when it comes to controlling and ensuring the correct application of the existing measures. City logistics needs to be re-organized in order to improve traffic congestion conditions.
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One of the main aims of the Regional Authority of Crete is to develop public policies for the improvement of the urban transport environment in its territory. The major city of Crete, Heraklion, has been enhanced towards this direction by implementing an integrated pedestrianisation project in the Old Town, together with urban traffic control strategies and loading/unloading control measures for commercial vehicles.
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Having as a starting point the 2004 Olympic Games, the Municipality of Athens is dynamically involved in the urban freight management area by implementing several city logistics measures including a parking control system in the city centre, loading and unloading practices, access control to the historical triangle, night deliveries, among others. Further steps consider the development of a policy framework for the improvement of existing and implementation of future urban freight transport initiatives.
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The City of Poznań was in 1994 the first Polish city to implement an integrated system of traffic control and also separate system of urban buses and trams traffic support (KWSSR). The municipality has also set wide restricted area for access of vehicles beyond 16 t in the city and now plans to implement a zone free of lorries in the city centre.
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The Municipality of Vratsa has so far mainly worked on public transport issues and SUGAR will be the first systematic approach to city logistics and urban goods delivery. The Municipality will present to the project information about the current state of the local urban transport, focusing on the problems it faces in relation to freight.
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The Municipality of Celje has previously participated in the INTERREG III Programme and in a number of EU funded Regional Cooperation programmes. In relation to the environment and transport, the municipality was a partner in the projects IMONDE (maximise freight intermodality potential) and SUGRE (Sustainable Green Fleets).
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The City of Usti nad Labem does not yet have a complex policy focused on urban freight transport. Nevertheless, the city is currently working on a new urban plan. SUGAR outputs and activities can provide input for this new plan, integrating transport policies focused on city logistics.
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