The final event of a series during which METREX Members have been informing the Metropolitan City of Milan’s new sustainable freight transport plan (PULS) will take place in Milan on 5 and 6 October 2023.
The Metropolitan City of Milan and a number of cross-sector partners are developing a new sustainable freight transport plan for the future of the region.
The so-called PULS plan will work towards ensuring that the strategically-important Rhine-Alpine corridor becomes carbon neutral, as well as delivering safer, more reliable and efficient “last mile” logistics systems.
PULS also responds to the aims of the European Commission, which says that “the recovery from the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be used to accelerate the decarbonisation and modernisation of the entire transport and mobility system”.
It is hoped that the twin green and digital transitions should reshape the sector, redraw connectivity and re-energise the economy.
Milan is a key point along the Rhine-Alpine Corridor, one of nine European Core Network Corridors, which together form the most important part of Europe’s infrastructure network.
The Rhine-Alpine Corridor is the busiest in Europe and contains innovative regions that are actively engaged in a shift to sustainable transport.
The plan is linked directly to the wider strategic plan for the metropolitan city and aims to understand and identify measures for more effective and sustainable management.
Expert workshop in Milan
Online meetings were held in May and July this year, aiming to set the context, share case studies and address mutual challenges. This third and final appointment will serve to present the updated version of PULS, resulting from this collaborative process in dialogue with European best practice cases and highlighting the importance of sustainable freight transport for sustainable environments.
Program in a nutshell
October 5 (15:00 – 18:00): From the Birth of the Plan to International Exchange
October 6 (10:00 – 14:00): Milan’s Logistic Region: From Inter-modality to the Last Mile
The main program will be followed by a one-hour study visit of MIND innovation district.
More information
For information, please contact Stephen Gallagher or Viviana Rubbo. Please also see the webpage for this final workshop.
