Website: www.stockholm.se/lip/
Summary
The City of Stockholm set up a logistical centre for coordinated transports in the new city district Hammarby Sjöstad in the beginning of 2003. The aim is to reduce energy use and CO2-emissions through coordinated transports to the district residents, schools and other municipal service units, and private companies and restaurants operating in the area.
The centre is operated by the company Home Department AB and includes delivery of on-line purchased daily goods, dry cleaning services, and distribution of food and beverages. Furthermore it has the potential of becoming Sweden's first integrated distribution system for locally produced food directly from approximately 300 local farmers. Feasibility studies based on surveys of attitudes showed a great interest in using the logistics centre. Besides the reduced environmental impact of transports, other external positive effects include enhanced traffic security, an increased level of service for residents, and improved availability for locally produced food.
Results
The initiative has received positive media coverage both within Sweden and internationally, but at this stage the project have not lived up to the expectations. Today (November 2003) only one percent of all residents utilise the services offered by the Logistical Centre. This level corresponds to the average level of on-line shopping for the country as a whole. There are several reasons for the low level of utilisation: the cost of living in this particular area is relatively high; there is currently an economical recession in Sweden and several of the stores that used to provide on-line shopping are no longer providing services on the Internet - today there is only one provider of on-line shopping of groceries and everyday commodities in the Stockholm area.
In the Old Town in Stockholm, an area not very far from Hammarby Sjöstad, local business have shown interest in co-ordinated transports. So far, ten shops in the Old Town use the services provided by the Logistical Centre, and there are several additional potential users in the area.
The participation of the municipal facilities like schools, elderly care centres etc has not yet been possible but it is expected to happen in the near future. At the time of the launching of the centre the private contractors carrying out the municipal services were already bound by procurement agreements made with suppliers of food and office supplies
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