Clean Last Mile Transport and Logistics Management for Smart and Efficient Local Governments in Europe

C-LIEGE - Clean Last mile transport and logistics management for smart and efficient local Governments in Europe OUTPUT n. 3.2 PILOT FACT SHEET: Stuttgart Region / Germany Dissemination level: PUBLIC Work package n. 3 Version: Final Date of preparation: 31/05/2012 The sole responsibility for the content of this deliverable lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Grant Agreement n. IEE/10/154/SI2.589407 – C-LIEGE TABLE OF CONTENT 1. General description of the city .............................................................................................. 3 1.1. Description of the city .................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Freight transport Infrastructure ...................................................................................... 4 1.3. Regulations applicable to Urban Freight Transport in Stuttgart ...................................... 5 1.4. Major freight traffic problems ......................................................................................... 5 2. Stakeholders: facts about their role in urban transport .......................................................... 6 2.1. List of Stakeholders ....................................................................................................... 6 2.2. The role of the single stakeholders for city logistics .......................................................... 8 3. Existing practices ............................................................................................................... 11 4. Existing ideas about solutions and projects ........................................................................ 12 4.1. Access incentives ........................................................................................................ 12 4.2. Routing Information ..................................................................................................... 12 4.3. Alternative delivery systems ........................................................................................ 13 4.4. Freight Transport plan, at least for Ludwigsburg .......................................................... 13 4.5. Freight Transport quality partnership at least for Ludwigsburg .................................... 13 4.6. Special urban planning conditions ............................................................................... 13 4.7. Other Ideas ................................................................................................................. 13 5. Existing conflicts ................................................................................................................. 14 6. Previous relevant ideas not put into practice ...................................................................... 14 7. Previous relevant ideas put into practice, whether they were successful or not .................. 14 Output O3.2 Page 2 a 14 31/05/2012 1. General description of the city 1.1. Description of the city Stuttgart has of old been the capital of a mid-size German territory. Only in 1952 it became capital of the then formed state of Baden-Württemberg, which today has a population of 10m people. Stuttgart itself remains small (pop. 577,232; 207km2), although it integrated the historical town of Cannstatt plus a number of industrialized and residential towns and villages during the first half of 20th century. A number of midsize towns encircle today’s Stuttgart: Medieval towns (e.g. Waiblingen, home of the “Ghibellini” in Italian pronunciation; Esslingen, a self-governing city of old, and Ludwigsburg, the baroque government seat under absolutism), new industrialized towns (e.g. Fellbach, Kornwestheim, Sindelfingen), plus a large number of residential as well as industrialized villages. This is significantly different from e.g. a city growing into a rural environment. The main roads and railways follow the valleys with their historical settlements. There are only very few plains, north of Stuttgart and in the south around the airport. Especially the southern plain “Filder” now is both an industrial and residential area. Of the tight valleys, only downtown Stuttgart and the inner suburbs today are without much industry. Much industry and many residential areas can be found in tight valleys. Only the valley of downtown Stuttgart and the inner suburbs nowadays are without much industry. The few main roads carry the traffic burden. Rush hour means equilibrium of slow movements, and a total jam if the Autobahn is blocked. The inner cities are accessible; parking and driving regulations are rather complex. Big shopping malls outside the inner cities are only few, mainly near Ludwigsburg and Sindelfingen. By constitution, all territorial planning is in the responsibility of the communities. This is a reason why counties and regions in Germany are a communal affair, strictly separated from state and federal institutions. In practice, the road, transportation and land use planning is a complex Output O3.2 Page 3 a 14 31/05/2012 negotiation process between local and regional authorities, with the region responsible for all “transportation infrastructure and land use of regional importance”. 1.2. Freight transport Infrastructure Due to the size of the region and its industry, all major national transport logistics companies as well as the world wide players with a focus on Europe either have their own logistics facilities in the region or are represented through partnerships. This includes a multitude of privately owned interfaces between long haul and regional distribution. These companies handle the vast majority of goods traffic, partly through their facilities, partly in direct transport between customers and their business partners. The location of the logistics companies is indicated in the regional map below. We have chosen those companies which are member of the VSL association - typically the larger companies, not the truck drivers and subcontractors. On the other hand, there is no infrastructure for explicit cooperation, such as a “freight village”. Thus, it is difficult to define “hub” in our local context. Hubs as public facilities or joint infrastructures are the airport, the intermodal terminals (which do not offer the full range of “freight village” services) and Stuttgart Harbour (at which two of the intermodal terminals are located). Hub Kornwestheim: Typical larger intermodal terminal (8 train-size tracks under gantry cranes), with some storage facilities. A number of logistics operators nearby. Hub Stuttgart harbour: The harbour itself basically for bulk commodities by boat or train, quite a number of independent operators with own facilities. A private tri-modal terminal, handling import and export containers by boat and train, another two-track intermodal terminal mainly handling traffic for and between Mercedes plants, and an additional small facility that operates container trains for im- and export. Magnitude of intermodal operations in total (rail and water, all terminals, not counting bulk) perhaps 40% of Kornwestheim. Output O3.2 Page 4 a 14 31/05/2012 Hub Stuttgart airport: A larger number of specialized forwarders handles air cargo for an area covering Stuttgart region plus southern parts of the state. Cargo is consolidated there and basically trucked to the main European hubs, e.g. Frankfurt. There is no statistic about the amount, because the airport itself counts only the air cargo that actually goes to or from Stuttgart by air, which is but a small share of the estimated 200,000 t/year. Other KEP services etc. are located in the vicinity of the airport. 1.3. Regulations applicable to Urban Freight Transport in Stuttgart - Truck traffic restrictions (except one central axis) - local regulation based upon federal law - Loading time restrictions in downtown areas 1.4. Major freight traffic problems The most freight traffic by far is on the L-shaped Autobahn around the West and South of Stuttgart. This is also a constant source of congestion. Others are: - the entrance and exit of Stuttgart City on B27 at Zuffenhausen suburb - and the B 10 artery along Neckar river from Esslingen and through Stuttgart until merging into B 27, again at Zuffenhausen. Molestation is felt - most on routes east of Stuttgart (“Schurwald”), since the agglomeration has no Eastern bypass and traffic is on secondary roads, - around the airport (“Filder”), due to dispersity of traffic, - on the corridor from Stuttgart along Neckar river to the Autobahn (overload), - and in the north by trucks crossing Ludwigsburg as well as other communities due to lack of bypass. Output O3.2 Page 5 a 14 31/05/2012 2. Stakeholders: facts about their role in urban transport 2.1. List of Stakeholders Name Organisation Stakeholder Gr oup Prof. Dr. Michael Schröder University of Cooperative Other actors – Education Baden-Württemberg universities / Duale Hochschule Baden- Württemberg Dirk Leyens EnBw AG Private actor Frank Müller Fa. Urban Other actors – consultant Prof. Dr. Tobias Bernecker University of Heilbronn / Other actors – Hochschule Heilbronn universities Jörg Schneider Chamber of industry and Chamber of commerce commerce Stuttgart / Industrie- und Handelskammer Stuttgart Martin Brandt KLOK e.V. Business Association Ingrid Eibner KLOK e.V. Business Association Stephan Oehler City of Stuttgart Local administration

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