Facilitating
Say goodbye
to air pollution
due to truck
loads on the
highways.
EU freight transport has a growth rate between 2005 and 2030 of 49%. The majority of transport is still covered by road which causes detrimental environmental problems as it releases several million tons of gases each year into the atmosphere and air pollutant emissions. Air pollution is the main cause of human health impairment causing ~500000 premature deaths per year in Europe. About 30% of the increasing transport emissions are estimated to be caused by freight transport.
The project Facilitation Intermodal Transport (FIT) targets the reduction of transport-related air pollution in the EU by introducing an integrated solution for facilitating intermodal transports by SMEs for the first time. The aim is to shift freight volumes from road to more sustainable rail transport and to help decouple the environmental impacts of transport from economic growth.
Welcome to
reduction of transport-related air pollution.
The Entry Portal for Intermodal Transport.
The Intermodal Capacity Broker explained.
The project goals of shifting freight volumes from road to rail.
Integrate a European-wide logistics platform to enable collaboration among transport SMEs.
Improve SMEs access to the intermodal market by removing their main entry barriers.
Reduce transport-related pollutant emissions and resource consumption.
Significantly increase the share of intermodal transport for participating transport companies.
Set a standard in land freight transport, serving as best practice in the sector.
Project Approach
Preparatory of actions.
Create a project structure, set up reporting, Increase public awareness. Make a plan for SMEs recruitment for participation and rental agreement.
Preparatory actions.
Create a project structure, set up reporting, Increase public awareness. Make a plan for SMEs recruitment for participation and rental agreement.
Implementation of actions.
Creation of the platform, linking the logistic platform module to established freight services, run tests, optimization, and demonstration in real life.
Implementation actions.
Creation of the platform, linking the logistic platform module to established freight services, run tests, optimization, and demonstration in real life.
Learnings & Monitoring.
Run technological evaluation for environmental impact assessment and LCA as well as replication & transfer strategy. Create an after-Life-plan.
Learnings & Monitoring.
Run technological evaluation for environmental impact assessment and LCA as well as replication & transfer strategy. Create an after-Life-plan.
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