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Unnecessary stoppages must be eliminated and the number of interruptions reduced. A holistic approach to Europe's railway logistics has been taken to increase attractiveness, where connected freight carriages and locomotives are part of the solution. 'With sensors installed on trains, information about wear and operational problems can be collected effectively so that expensive emergency measures can be avoided,' says Jan Bergstrand of the Swedish Transport Administration.

Longer and heavier vehicles on parts of the road network – how goods transport is made more efficient is an important part of the solution 'CO2 emissions from heavy road traffic must be reduced,' says Thomas Asp, head of the High Capacity Transport area within CLOSER. We have already avoided thousands of tons of carbon dioxide emissions with our projects.

Work with identification and registration of rail cars with freight often takes place manually at the terminals, which is both expensive and very time-consuming. A new technology which automatically registers the cars in real time is being demonstrated in Europe.

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The first geofencing applications appear in city streets: hybrid vehicles are turned to electric mode within specific areas, and speed is limited close to schools. Within this frame, forty European experts met 29 May in Gothenburg to discuss geofencing and see the technology in action.

A workshop on social sustainability was held during the consortium meeting in DenCity held on 7 May. 'Social sustainability is something that many people find somewhat vague, probably because there is no clear definition,' says Frida Åberg, head of urban development for the City of Gothenburg, who held the workshop.

How can participant and data integration contribute to improved accessibility to parcel services, reduced transport costs, new delivery alternatives and a network of representatives that is more adapted to recipients outside of larger urban centres? This was the primary question during CLOSER's, the Swedish Parcel Representatives' and the National Representative Platform's seminar on 25 April.