12 Photo: RAI Amsterdam E-bikes Accenture Accenture started a trial with e-bikes in July 2018. Fifty colleagues tested both normal and high-speed bicycles for commuting. Some employees biked 40 km every day instead of taking their car to and from work. In 2019 Accenture wants to make the e-bikes a permanent part of its mobility package. Zuidasdok update Zuidasdok is currently one of the largest infrastructure projects in The Netherlands. Zuidasdok will ensure better accessibility for Zuidas and the northern parts of the Randstad. The A10 Zuid will tunnel underground at the heart of Zuidas. The project includes much green: public spaces and tunnel roofs will include green areas as well as buildings that are part of the station will have green roofs. Having the road routed underground for over a kilometre will improve air quality and ensure less sound pollution in the central area. Zuidasdok is being realised by ZuidPlus. Zuidplus uses electric deliveries as much as possible to minimise CO2 emissions. Construction will commence in 2018 and is expected to be completed in 2028. Logistics Catering sector supply survey In 2018 the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and Hello Zuidas started a survey into deliveries for cafés, restaurants and hotels in Zuidas. The survey showed that there is little awareness for the impact deliveries have. Even sustainable owners do not consider supply deliveries a priority. The current accessibility of Zuidas is good and companies have few problems with their supply chain making the urgency for improvement less obvious. Possible impacts from infrastructural changes such as the construction of the Zuidasdok are not included in their decision-making. To be ‘future-proof’, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and Hello Zuidas started mapping the logistics of the catering sector. The first results were shared during We Make the City in Circl. Their research will continue in 2019. Buffer area RAI Amsterdam In September RAI Amsterdam opened a new buffer area in Amsterdam Westpoort. During events where a busy construction or deconstruction is expected, the area outside Zuidas is used to regulate traffic to and from the RAI. The 15 000 m2 area is large enough to hold 90 trucks. The trucks are registered and move to the RAI Amsterdam when needed. In this way trucks arrive at the right time at the RAI and leave as quickly as possible. Delays and extra traffic searching for the destination around the RAI is minimised, CO2 emissions are reduced and a more efficient construction and deconstruction is ensured. Other parties may use the space when the buffer area is not needed by RAI. The buffer area was created in collaboration with the City of Amsterdam, Rijkswaterstaat and the Port of Amsterdam. RAI Amsterdam and its logistics partner DB Schenker ran a pilot project during the Metstrade convention for professionals in the pleasure-boat industry. During build-up and deconstruction of the Metstrade, DB Schenker allowed participants to deliver their goods to a storage facility outside of Amsterdam. The goods were grouped and transported to and from the RAI in an environmentally-friendly Scania LPG truck, and were unloaded with electric forklift trucks. Caroline Gehrels, Arcadis | Photo: GBC Zuidas
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