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Freight in the City, the central resource and platform for anyone involved in helping to make freight transportation as clean, safe and quiet as possible, attended the FREVUE Final Conference on 21 June 2017. Two articles have since been published on the Freight in the City website, one of the event itself and one on the FREVUE analysis on cost savings from reduced health impacts and abatements costs resulting from the deployment of electric freight vehicles.

FREVUE in Freight in the City

For more information, please see Freight in the City, www.frevue.eu or contact CRP’s FREVUE Coordinator Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer on tanjadallemuenchmeyer@crossriverpartnership.org. A short video providing an overview of the FREVUE project is available here.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan launched the ‘West End: Everyone Welcome’ campaign, which has been supported by the Heart of London Business Alliance, New West End Company, Regent Street Association, Shaftsbury plc. and The Crown Estate. This tourism campaign will raise the global profile of the West End as a world class visitor destination, re-affirming the Mayor of London’s message that #londonisopen.

The campaign includes 374 flags on show across the West End until September, a fully integrated media programme and a campaign hub on the Visit London website www.visitlondon.com/westend promoting retail, leisure and culture offerings to the international and domestic database of over 2 million.

The launch video can be found here

The Freight TAILS network is producing a series of helpful ‘Focus On….’ reports that summarise the experiences and lessons learnt from across our network of 10 European cities in a number of key themes. The first four reports are ‘Focus on Urban Freight Transport and…’

Stakeholders
Data
Integration
Regulation & Enforcement’

These reports will be published at the end of the summer. Each report answers key questions associated with the theme such as… How can you engage stakeholders in urban freight transport management? … What kind of data is necessary? …. What do we mean by ‘integration’ in the context of urban freight transport?…. When is it most appropriate to use regulation to achieve change or are there alternatives? Each report then goes on to provide recommendations and a step by step process.

For more details please contact CRP’s Freight TAILS Project Manager Charlotte Knell.

Freight TAILS is a network of 10 European cities focused on improving the impact of urban freight transport. Freight TAILS is co-funded by ERDF through the URBACT III programme.

CRP are managing the delivery of the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) programme on a part-time interim basis, on behalf of Westminster City Council and its partners. We are pleased to be supported by the secondment of Andy Martin, kindly provided to the LEN by TfL for one day a week.

CRP are thrilled to be involved with this exciting Mayors’ Air Quality Funded programme, which is increasing provision of electric vehicle charging; improving public realm; greening; raising awareness and reducing the number of diesel vehicles coming to the area. The Marylebone LEN has recently been commended for a New London Award in the category of Wellbeing. For information visit www.marylebonelen.org or contact Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP is also supporting the delivery and servicing programme in the LEN, and want to speak to businesses in the area. For more information contact Amandeep Kellay amandeepkellay@crossriverpartnership.org

On 28^th June 2017 CRP delivered the West End Air Summit on behalf of four Business Improvement Districts – Baker Street Quarter Partnership; Heart of London Business Alliance, Marble Arch London and New West End Company. These BIDs are all collaborating to upscale the impact of their efforts in improving air quality in London’s West End.

The event launched this joined up approach, including their ongoing commitment to the West End Buyers Club www.westendbuyersclub.london, a CRP-designed shared suppliers scheme saving businesses money and tackling air pollution.

Jace Tyrrell, Chief Executive, New West End Company; Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment, Greater London Authority; Penny Alexander, Chief Executive, Baker Street Quarter Partnership; and Councillor Robert Davis MBE Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Business, Culture and Heritage, Westminster City Council all provided insight into what their organisations are doing to support cleaner air in London. In particular, the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (www.marylebonelen.org) is also helping to bring many of the stakeholders together to deliver on multiple aspects of air quality.

For information on West End Air contact Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org

We are currently looking for a proactive Workplace Co-ordinator to join our team to work alongside our partner, Heart of London Business Alliance, to support unemployed people into sustainable work.

To find out more about this role and to apply, please click on link below:

https://jobs.westminster.gov.uk/vacancy/holba-workplace-coordinator-319239.html

CRP is proud to announce that we will be sponsoring ‘The Best for Flexible Working Initiative Award’ at the Working Families Top Employers Special Awards which takes place on 6^th July.

The Special Awards cover all aspects of flexible/family friendly working, how employers can support the work-life balance of their staff and highlight the benefits of an agile workforce.

Last year CRP’s Recruit London project launched its Family Friendly toolkit, which highlights good practice in family friendly employment policy and provides a checklist for businesses to carry out a self-assessment on family friendly policies.

For more information please contact Recruit London Programme Manager Anna Elliott.

CRP was delighted to attend the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers’ Annual Lecture, ‘Lighting London’s Bridges’, by Leo Villareal, on 14^th June.

The lecture took place at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall. There was a warm welcome from Master Lightmonger Mike Simpson. Leo was then introduced by Hannah Rothschild, Chair of the Illuminated River Foundation, to talk about his scheme ‘Current’, a kinetic, lighting artwork that will illuminate and unify central London’s bridges.

For more information about the project please visit www.illuminatedriver.london.

LoCITY are shortly running four roadshows (i.e. electric, gas, hydrogen and finally ‘Fuels in Action’, which includes renewable fuels and retrofit solutions) – https://locity.org.uk/locity-interactive-roadshows/

The five key reasons to attend are:

01: Hear from technology experts on current applications and future capabilities of each fuel
02: Ask questions to operators already using ultra low emission vans and HGVs in real-life situations
03: Compare the total cost of ownership of alternatively fuelled vehicles compared to their diesel equivalents
04: Gain practical advice from fleet engineers in charge of maintaining alternatively fuelled vehicles
05: Get hands-on with the wide range of vans and trucks taking part in the roadshows, as well as explore the different refuelling mechanisms available

The first event is taking place on 12 July (9am to 1pm) at the University of East London. There will be 8-10 electric vehicles (including HGVs) on show. You will have an opportunity to speak directly to technology experts about current applications and future capabilities and hear first hand from operators who are already using electric vehicles in their fleets.

For further information or to register please visit: https://locity.org.uk/locity-interactive-roadshows/.

Freight TAILS, CRP’s network of 10 European cities focused on improving the impact of urban freight transport, is currently reflecting on its successes and its opportunities for development.

We have been very pleased to engage many London stakeholders in this network to date from across many local authorities and BIDS. This includes Transport for London’s Freight and Fleet Communications and Engagement Manager, Tim Ward; who said of his recent attendance at a Freight TAILS network meeting:

“It was good to meet colleagues from across the EU and hear how they are finding ways of reducing the impacts of freight on their cities and communities. It was also interesting to see how Maastricht Bereikbaar is building freight into their plans to make the City more sustainable.”

Last week we attended a meeting of all 20 projects co-funded by ERDF through the URBACT III programme in Paris. Cross River Partnership was pleased to have been asked to share our good practice in both our project management and capacity building activities at this meeting.

For more details please contact CRP Project Manager Charlotte Knell.

Archives: News Articles

FREVUE Articles in Freight in the City

West End Open for Business

Coming Soon …. Focus on Freight….

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood

West End Air Summit

CRP is recruiting!

Family Friendly Award Sponsorship

The Illuminated River

LoCITY Roadshows

Mid-term reflections on Freight TAILS