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The French connection Christophe Ripert is in charge of urban
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goods transport for the City of Paris Transport Department. He briefed the FOP on some of the measures Paris has taken to cope with the 32 million tonnes of freight which flows through the city in 1.6 million vehicle movements a week.
A three-year charter signed by key business, enforcement and local authority representatives, including public utilities and hauliers, marked the launch of a two-stage action plan.
This imposed a vehicle size limit with a review of traffic, parking and delivery regulations; it also required city planners to take account of logistical needs.
Established traffic regs were archaic and confusing, so a simple and consistent body of legislation has been drawn up. Trucks with load areas under 29m2 are allowed into the city between 7arn and 10prn; those up to 43m2 are allowed in at night. Only vehicles meeting the required emission standard are allowed into the city during peak pollution times of 5-10pm.
Over the next three years the charter will
scrap derogations for specific LGVs such as car transporters; night deliveries will be regulated by their noise levels; and air quality regulations will be introduced.
Other Parisian initiatives include: routeing nighttime deliveries to drop-off points in underground car parks (a practice already used by companies including DHL); a study of the private delivery facilities needed by various sizes of business; and intermodal routeing.
Some 2.5 million tonnes of freight for the capital goes by waterway; 1,000 tonnes of supermarket produce goes to a consolidation centre 30km outside Paris by rail, with final deliveries made by 35 gas-powered trucks.
In addition, 700,000 parcels a year are brought into the city by electric shuttle then delivered by electric vehicles.
There are aspects of the French experience which the Central London FOP aims to learn from. Camden, for example, has already started a street-by-street review of parking, taking into account the needs of local businesses.