Clear zone in Bristol (UK)
February 25, 2010 by allinx headquarters
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The city of Bristol in the United Kingdom participated in the Vivaldi-project. Bristol implemented several innovative transport activities throughout the city and sustainable measures for urban transport.
One of these measures includes the Clear Zone concept, which consists of a variety of transport and land use measures in an urban area, employed in order to improve the local environment of the city centre. Innovative measures such as the purchase of environmentally friendly vehicles were taken. The Clear zone strategy provided the necessary policy framework for implementing new measures.
The Freight Consolidation Service (FCS) was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom to focus on a city centre. The FCS reduced pollution and congestion by improved alignment of deliveries.
The development of the FCS was hampered by the absence of a model in the United Kingdom to base it on. This led to a lack of understanding among stakeholder during the first stages of the scheme.
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