HITS

The project's shared vision is to create the conditions for a sustainable transport system in the city, as well as to disseminate and scale up these for an accelerated transition. Sustainability is central and is viewed within HITS from both an ecological, economic and social aspect. The goal is to create long-term freight transport solutions that contribute to an attractive, safe, and healthy urban environment.

HITS media library

The sustainable solutions of the future require increased cooperation between different actors as well as the capacity for rapid integration of new technology, methodology and new business models. The transport system in urban environments is already heavily loaded. Transport companies need to meet customers' increased expectations for speed and flexibility by deploying an increasing number of vehicles with less load capacity.

The basis of this project is that the public interests of cities can go hand in hand with a competitive development of the service and transportation industries. Digitalisation offers great opportunities to stimulate and measure behaviour, increase safety, streamline logistics, and create new business models. To effectively use these opportunities and create innovative solutions, collaboration is needed among the business community, academia, and the public sector. A key strategy of the project is consolidated deliveries and scheduling transport off-peak. This leads to fewer vehicle movements, reduced emissions, and increased safety.

We are now in our third round of HITS, with an emphasis on scalability. The project partners share the understanding that lasting change on a larger scale requires a thorough behavioral change among consumers, businesses, and decision-makers. Within the project, we want to share lessons learned, increase knowledge, and further develop solutions. We also want to create measurable results and evaluate scalability and development opportunities. The project should move between a system level and a detailed level and make a real-world impact. This means zooming out to see the whole and zooming in to understand the details. We have a long-term perspective and are working together to ensure that the solutions are sustainable on multiple levels and that they contribute to Agenda 2030 and Sweden's transport policy goals.

The project builds on the concepts and knowledge generated in HITS 1 och HITS 2.

We have collected films, reports, and other valuable material from HITS in a media library that you can find here.

Partners in HITS 2022-2024

The consortium is represented by the entire value chain linked to urban freight transport.

The project is led by Scania and consists of 16 parties:

Research and academia:
University of Gothenburg, IVL, KTH, Linköping University, RISE

Municipalities:
The City of Stockholm, Södertörn

Companies:
Axfood, Atrium Ljungberg, CLOSER, Fabege, FTL Logistics, HAVI, M Logistics, Ragn-Sells, Urban Services