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.

You can delve deeper into the project's results here and see how it has contributed to creating more efficient and sustainable freight transport for a more attractive city.

By combining expertise and innovation from various stakeholders, HITS aims to understand and create the conditions for a sustainable urban freight transport system.

The Sustainable and Integrated Urban Transport Systems (HITS) project is a four-year project running until December 2024. The first part ended in April 2022 and focused on knowledge building, generating extensive knowledge and a number of concepts and prototypes to build on. The HITS project's vision in part two is to "Understand and create the conditions for a sustainable transport system in the city". The strength of the project is that we work together to find innovative solutions that lead to both a sustainable business life and a sustainable society.

The overall impact goals for the project are to contribute to:

Build a resilient infrastructure, work for inclusive and sustainable industrialization and promote innovation.
Combat climate change and its consequences
Making cities and residential areas inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages
Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns

The work is based on four work packages which focuses on understanding how digitization can contribute to creating customer value. Below is a brief description of each work package.

HITS Slutrapport

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Film Library

See the HITS project's results come to life! Our films give you an insight into the project's innovative solutions for sustainable urban freight transport and inspire future collaboration.

HITS 2 Results Conference (2024): Relive the Highlights

Here you can access insightful presentations and discussions from the 2024 results conference, which provide a deeper understanding of the project's solutions and how they can contribute to sustainable urban freight transport.

Other Documentation from HITS

Off-peak - Insikter - Intervjuer med förare och transportledare (SVE)

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Tips och idéer för off-peak leveranser i kommunala verksamheter

Tips och idéer för kommunala Off-peak transporter

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Roadmap - att starta och genomföra ett samlastningsprojekt

1.56 MB

Off-peak - KPI pilot - A test of measuring and reporting environmental KPIs, from real data in real time (ENG)

2.41 MB

Samlastning i stadsmiljö med hållbara transporttjänster (SVE)

4.62 MB

Batteryswap Study - A Bev Vehicle Evolution (ENG)

2.74 MB

Off-peak - Inventering av livsmedelsmottagare - Kommunala mottagare med förvaringsmöjlighet för Off peak leveranser (SVE)

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Sustainable FUTURE of urban logistics 2030+ (ENG)

11.74 MB

Urban Transport for Circular Economy and Local Re-Commerce

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Efficient freight distribution in cities off-peak

Through electrification, digitization and system integration between different parties, goods can be distributed energy-efficiently and sustainably off-peak.

Sub-goals:

Enable deliveries at inconvenient working hours.
Describe how cities can ensure that transport can take place in a sustainable manner.
Describe how carriers can optimize deliveries based on charging infrastructure and 24-hour operation, as well as ensuring low noise levels during delivery and pick-up.

Watch the film about Off Peak

Project lead:
Elisabeth Hörnfeldt, Scania

Consolidation in an urban environment with sustainable transport services

Sustainable distribution of goods and return flows in the city with focus on:

Identify the possibility of consolidating flows via, for example, a city hub.
In cooperation between property owners, the city and relevant actors carry out, evaluate and validate physical and digital tests.
Find new business values and innovations that can contribute to more efficient transport and an increased attractive urban environment.
Understand how policy needs to be developed to promote innovation and implementation of sustainable solutions in urban logistics.

Project lead:
Jack Lu, CLOSER, Lindholmen Science park

A sustainable transport system 2030+

Explore the transformation towards seamless, sustainable and flexible freight delivery.

Explore the role of digitization and system integration for a sustainable transport system.
Explore how technology and service innovations can improve the transport system in a sustainable way.
Visualize a concept for a sustainable transport solution consisting of vehicles and load carriers.
Collaborate on future sustainable concepts and solutions.

Project lead
Ewa Sondell, Scania

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