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We are thrilled that on 23^rd November CRP’s FREVUE project has won a second award: the National Air Quality Award for the Freight Transport Initiative of the Year 2017!

The National Air Quality Awards are organised by AirQualityNews.com in partnership with Daimler Trucks. In the category Freight Transport Air Quality Initiative of the Year the following organisations were shortlisted: CNG Fuels for saving tonnes in CO2 emissions for HGV fleets; Croydon Council for their work on air quality and freight; Kuehne+Nagel for their Whitbread Clean Fuel Food Logistics as well as CRP’s FREVUE project. Winning this second award comes on the back of the LowCVP Low Carbon Road Transport Initiative of the Year Award in October.

The 4.5-year FREVUE (Freight Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe) project that was finalised in September 2017 deployed 80 fully electric freight vehicles (EFVs) across a range of logistics operations in eight European cities. The vehicles ranged from car-derived vans of under 3.5 tonnes to highly innovative 18-tonne trucks. In London, 16 UPS diesel delivery trucks were converted to electric as part of the project and are still in operation today. In addition, Clipper Logistics deployed a 10-tonne delivery truck from the Regent Street Crown Estate consolidation centre in central London. The overall project was co-ordinated by CRP.

For more information, please contact the CRP FREVUE Co-ordinator, Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer, see www.frevue.eu or follow the project on twitter @FREVUE_project.

The Mayor of London is seeking feedback on his proposal to extend the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the North and South Circular roads in 2021.

The proposed extension is in addition to the Mayor’s recent decision to bring forward the start date for the ULEZ in central London to April 2019.

The Mayor is also proposing to tighten the standards of the existing London-wide Low Emission Zone from 2020, which affects heavy vehicles – buses, coaches and HGVs and other heavy specialist vehicles.

Find out more and have your say on TfL’s consultations webpage.

CRP’s deliverBEST business support service has now helped over 200 business reduce emissions from their operations.

Businesses have received recommendations to make deliveries to and from their sites more efficient, via the online deliverBEST tool (www.deliverBEST.london), at CRP-facilitated workshops and with bespoke, 1:1 support from CRP’s deliverBEST team.

In Southwark, CRP are working with Better Bankside to support BID members including The Bridge Charity, the London Fire Brigade and Great Portland Estates. With Victoria BID, CRP are working with Land Securities and Grosvenor to support co-ordinated action in multi-tenanted buildings.

CRP’s deliverBEST team is also working with the Marylebone LEN, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea Councils to support better air quality across central London.

Contact CRP’s Business Engagement Officer, Sefinat Otaru, for more information.

The Ultra-Low Emission Zone expansion North-South circular is now out for consultation!

The Mayor proposes ULEZ standards to also apply to buses, coaches and lorries from October 2020 and expansion up to North and South circular road for all vehicles from October 2021.

Respond to the proposal and have your say here. Public consultation is open until 28th February 2018.

For more information please get in touch with Transport Project Officer, Shanon Lim.

Poor air quality is one of London’s top public health issues, contributing to the premature deaths of 10,000 Londoners each year. In 2016 Westminster City Council successfully applied for funding for the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) to try to tackle the issue with a series of innovative interventions to improve air quality.

Marylebone is home to a number of hospitals, many of which operate their own fleets of ambulances and other vehicles. As people using hospitals are often more vulnerable to the effects of air pollution, it is crucial that their route in to hospital is as clean as possible. One contributor to poor air quality in urban areas is the effect of unnecessary vehicle engine idling. The Marylebone LEN is engaging with hospital fleet drivers and others fleet drivers to try to reduce the amount of engine idling.

Cross River Partnership was commissioned to produce an anti-idling video to be used for training purposes and to share online, highlighting the damaging health impact, busting the myths about vehicle engine idling and making the case for positive behaviour change.

There is also a shorter version of this video available, for a wider fleet/driver audience here: https://youtu.be/jE6ynSc2iqE

Share this video using the hashtags #DontBeIdle, #careforair and #MaryleboneLEN.

To find out more information about the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood visit www.maryleboneLEN.org or contact Deliver London Programme Manager Vicky Keeble.

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CRP partner Heart of London Business Alliance crowned Shake Shack in Leicester Square as winners of their Recycle Week competition. A big thank you to Shake Shack for taking part and pledging to recycle more food waste. By recycling more and producing less waste it also helps to reduce the number of vehicles on our roads needed to collect rubbish, therefore improving air quality in The West End. Heart of London were proud to give five goodie bags to hard-working staff with a selection of the team receiving a range of recycled materials, treats and keep-cups. Keep up the great work!

For further information please contact Christina Wells.

CRP’s innovative disability employment initiative CamdenAbility delivered in partnership with Business Disability Forum, is funded by Camden Council and supported by the Department of Work and Pensions.

Apleona at the Francis Crick Institute has recently supported the project to recruit a new starter for their housekeeping team.

Apleona are a cleaning and maintenance contractor at the Francis Crick Institute in St Pancras. They joined CamdenAbility in order to review their disability policy and work with the project to create a new recruitment strategy to attract local, job-ready disabled candidates.

Apleona agreed to implement a flexible approach and adapted their normal recruitment process, removing a number of barriers presented by the process for applicants with additional needs. Rather than relying entirely on the results of a competency based interview, Apleona met with a local CamdenAbility candidate, Joseph, for an informal meeting, progressing to a short work trial where he was able to demonstrate his ability, and be assessed for the role.

Joseph, 39, has a learning disability and had never worked before registering with CamdenAbility in June. After the successful work trial, he was offered a permanent position and began working. CamdenAbility also supported Apleona by advising on small adjustments needed in order for Joseph to understand and fulfil his daily tasks.

On working with CamdenAbility on their recruitment, Sharon Guilfoyle, Account Manager at Apleona said:
“Joseph is a pleasure to have in our team, he is always smiling. Joseph works very hard. Working with CamdenAbility is an easy process. There is lots of support.”

To find out more about the CamdenAbility project, please contact CRP’s Specialist Workplace Coordinator Parma Sira.

CRP has been busy working with seven London boroughs as part of the business engagement stage of a Mayor’s Air Quality funded Low Emission Logistics (LEL) project, looking at reducing emissions and congestion through joint procurement and delivery re-timing and consolidation.

The CRP team is working with local town center managers and BIDs to collect baseline data businesses in specific areas identified by the boroughs, which will be used to provide a snapshot of current deliveries and servicing. CRP will then be making recommendations for how these businesses can streamline their logistical operations to reduce emissions and improve air quality.

If you would like further information on the LEL project then get in touch with Andy Martin.

CRP’s deliverBEST team have directly engaged over 30 Hammersmith & Fulham-based businesses over the past month supporting action to make business deliveries more efficient and improve air quality.

By completing an online questionnaire at www.deliverbest.london businesses from large retailers, and restaurant chains to yoga studios and boutique clothing stores, have received bespoke recommendations with practical, proven solutions to make deliveries to their sites more efficient.

In addition to Hammersmith & Fulham Council, CRP is also working with Better Bankside and Victoria BIDs and Camden, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Councils to support business action across central London.

CRP is developing a draft Freight Plan for the West End, as part of our work on behalf of the West End Partnership.

CRP has commissioned former Head of Freight & Fleet at Transport for London, Ian Wainwright, to support the development of this draft plan, in consultation with key public, private and community stakeholders.

This framework of actions will help develop the West End’s status at the heart of a leading global city; with innovative approaches to deliveries and servicing that focus on ensuring the health and vibrancy of London in the context of Oxford Street’s Transformation.

Some actions will be immediate, providing quick wins that build on the great work that West End Partnership members are already delivering for residents, businesses and visitors. Other, longer-term activities will deliver the next step change in reducing the numbers of deliveries and servicing vehicles in the West End.

The draft Freight Action Plan for the West End will be presented to the West End Partnership Board for comment and review.

For more information on the West End Partnership Deliveries & Servicing Group visit https://crossriverpartnership.org/WEPFreight/ or contact vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org

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More Award Success for FREVUE

Mayor’s ULEZ Extension Proposals

deliverBEST Business Engagement

Have your say on the Ultra-Low Emission Zone Expansion

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood – Anti-idling video

Recycle Week Competition Winners!

CamdenAbility and the Francis Crick Institute

CRP works with London boroughs on Low Emission Logistics project

CRP Supporting Hammersmith and Fulham Businesses

West End Partnership Draft Freight Action Plan