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Together for a Transport Efficient Society

CLOSER is a collaboration platform where various stakeholders come together to increase transport efficiency. It's an independent arena where ideas take shape, knowledge is shared, and projects emerge to support the development of a sustainable freight transport system.

Smarta och eeffktiva flöden

HITS influences legislation enabling quiet night-time traffic.

The Government has decided on an amendment to the Traffic Ordinance enabling municipalities to grant exemptions from the ban on heavy truck traffic in noise-sensitive built-up areas, provided the vehicles do not have an internal combustion engine. The rule change entered into force on 1 December 2025.
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Help shape the transport and electricity systems of the future.

Lindholmen Science Park, together with Power Circle and Energiforsk, is launching a new innovation cluster designed to drive the smart, resource-efficient, and rapid electrification of road transport in coordination with the electricity system. There is now an opportunity to join this collaboration.
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STOLT: 35 Collaboration between stakeholders yields results

As we look back on 2025 with STOLT, we see a series of concrete steps toward an emission-free city center—something everyone involved can be truly proud of. Check out our list of results and our highlights video, which offer hope and inspire change as we head into 2026!
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Breakthrough for electrified construction machinery in Stockholm

As part of the STOLT initiative, diligent work is underway to accelerate the transition to fossil-free operations. Therese Sundström, a procurement officer for contracts at the Stockholm City Traffic Administration, has played a key role in achieving important breakthroughs in electrified contracts.
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What do CLOSER and our partners focus on right now?

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This is how CLOSER supports the energy supply of the transport sector

CLOSER works together with our partners to speed up the development of and conversion to energy-efficient and fossil-free freight transport. We do this by running projects together with you in...
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How do we create logistics in the city on people's terms?

More and more people are moving to our cities, which places demands on an efficient and sustainable supply in the form of packages, food, building materials and efficient return and waste management...
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How can long-distance transport become more efficient?

It is important in this regard to utilise the benefits of each individual mode of transport, the correct mode of transport for the correct task. In order to be able to use the most sustainable mode of...
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How does digitalisation affect logistics?

CLOSER works within the focus area of Digitalised Logistics to ensure that the industry takes advantage of the opportunities offered by data-driven logistics and digital innovation. Knowledge and...

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