Transforming urban logistics to a different beat

We are a Horizon Europe co-funded project supporting European cities in fast-tracking upscaling to a new generation of urban logistics and smart planning frameworks, enabling the transition to decarbonised and digital cities, delivering innovative tools and methods, and changing the urban logistics and planning paradigm with a Physical Internet (PI) – led approach.
DISCO will contribute to the definition of a new generation of Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans (SULPs) in the short, medium, and long-term, in several strategic sector areas. It will support cities and regions in achieving their local policy objectives such as reaching emission reduction by demonstrating zero-emission data-driven urban logistic solutions.
How? By demonstrating a combination of 23 data driven innovative measures, that will be supported by our Meta Model Suite and enabled by the Urban Freight Data Space.
Check out here our unique meta-model approach! →

Discoproxi

looks at the opportunities provided by significant amounts of commercial urban space lying vacant. DISCO will use such space to establish networks of local ‘microhubs’, combined with low-emission ‘last mile’ delivery to assist the achievement of Low Emission Zones (LEZs).

Discollection

extends horizontally across all these physical solutions, and is about developing and using advanced real time data collection methods to allow efficient, dynamic and integrated management of the various freight networks.

Discobay

will explore the potential of multimodal bays that may be underutilised particularly at certain times of the day or night, to serve as microhubs for the despatch or collection of parcel traffic.

Discocurb

looks at the problems around street-level deliveries to bars, shops, and others by feeding real time data into digital twins to facilitate dynamic space management, making the most efficient use of street capacity and minimising conflicts.

Discoestate

looks at the potential for multi-purposing larger buildings and infrastructure that are not in daily use, such as exhibition centres or sports stadiums, as consolidation centres for last mile delivery.

European Living Labs

DISCO will drive EU Cities towards Physical Internet by demonstrating 23 flagship solutions on optimal and flexible use of urban space for logistics in 8 European Living Labs.

Meet them below.

Starring

  • Copenhagen

    Denmark

  • Ghent

    Belgium

  • Thessaloniki

    Greece

  • Helsinki

    Finland

  • Copenhagen

    Denmark

  • Ghent

    Belgium

  • Thessaloniki

    Greece

  • Helsinki

    Finland

Twinning

  • Padua

    Italy

  • Barcelona

    Spain

  • Valencia

    Spain

  • Zaragoza

    Spain

  • Padua

    Italy

  • Barcelona

    Spain

  • Valencia

    Spain

  • Zaragoza

    Spain

Follower Cities and Regions

In addition to the Living Labs, four Follower cities and regions will be observing progress and working out how the lessons learned might be applied in their own circumstances.

Meet them below.

  • Prague

    Czech Republic

  • Piacenza

    Italy

  • Aarhus

    Denmark

  • North Hesse

    Germany

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