MeAndYou Distribution: Citizen engagement in last mile distribution to improve urban logistics

Project name: MeAndYou Distribution: Citizen engagement in last mile distribution to improve urban logistics

 

Acronym of the project: MAY-D

 

Project Client: European Commission, EIT Urban mobility programme

 

Time frame: 1. 6. 2020 – 31. 12. 2020

 

Project coordinator: National Association of Autonomous and Electric Vehicles (NAAEV)

 

Brief summary of the project:

 

project MeAndYou Distribution aims to employ everyday urban mobility of individuals in the last mile distribution, as in some cases citizens could deliver goods (using cars, bicycles, walking,…) from senders to receivers on their way and help reduce traffic and air pollution caused by delivery vehicles. Within the project new smartphone application will be developed that will allow its users (senders, recipients, and deliverers) to participate in crowd delivery. The APP will incorporate options for ride-sharing, additionally increasing environmental benefits of its use. Through the client application senders and receivers will create delivery tasks (defining time, start & final destination and the cargo). The platform will then choose a deliverer that has the closest match to the parameters of tasks. Green points, financed from the City fee, awarded to users for their eco-friendly behaviour, may be turned to, for example, concert or theatre tickets or free parking. This project will be realized by higher education and business partners from two different RIS countries, and application testing will be performed in a living lab RIS SEE city.