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Issues related to sustainable urban or city logistics, i.e., the movement of goods within cities, are not new. However, attention on last mile delivery inside cities is growing and all different types of stakeholders are seeking solutions to optimize it. Promoting co-opetition between last-mile service providers and the use of mutualized infrastructures (buildings, vehicles, and so on) could be an efficient solution. To be successful such cooperative schemes must result from voluntary agreements between stakeholders resulting from a “meeting of minds”. Nevertheless, public authorities have an active role to play in order to put in place a favorable playing field by for instance, granting stakeholders antitrust immunity or giving specific rights to operators who collectively manage an UCC or by providing them well-placed premises where flows could be consolidated.
Senior Economist, Head of ‘Doctrine and Modelization’ Department; Direction of Regulation, Institutional and European Affairs—Groupe La Poste. The analysis and arguments presented reflect the author’s personal opinion and should not be taken to represent the positions of La Poste.
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For example, in Grenoble, Le Groupe La Poste is in charge of a mutualization center created in partnership with local stakeholders (EVOL project); in Bordeaux, La Poste built an ULH near from the city-center used in time-sharing way and is also currently managing a temporary “local logistic area” in a collaborative way with a local association Atelier Remuménage, aiming to facilitate the supply of the 166 merchants impacted by the construction works of the future line D of the tramway.
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Borsenberger, C. (2018). Consolidation in Urban Logistics: What Could We Learn from Past Experiences and Economy Theory?. In: Parcu, P., Brennan, T., Glass, V. (eds) New Business and Regulatory Strategies in the Postal Sector. Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02937-1_7
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