Thursday, June 18th, 2026
Budapest, 21 May 2026 – During a dedicated session at the ALICE Logistics Innovation Theatre at TRA 2026, ALICE initiated a call for interest to shape a potential Multifunctional Urban Space Community. Building on the experience of the Digital Urban Freight Community and motivated by ALICE’s mission to foster collaboration across the logistics ecosystem, the initiative aims to bring together public and private stakeholders to explore common priorities, identify opportunities for collaboration, and co-create future activities around the use of urban space.
The objective of this initial phase is to assess interest, gather input from members and stakeholders, and identify potential contributors and leadership that could support the development of a future community focused on resilient, inclusive and efficient uses of urban space.
From Joint Vision to Community Building Following on from the EPA-POLIS-ALICE joint statement “Co-creating the future of urban logistics and space management within an integrated mobility transition scheme”, ALICE is starting a process to explore the establishment of a community that could help translate this shared vision into future collaborative activities and actions.
During the presentation, the growing pressure urban spaces currently faced were highlighted. With finite physical space but mounting demands in terms of mobility, logistics, housing, public life, energy, and climate adaptation, cities face a fundamental question: how can we use space more intelligently? Currently, fragmented approaches with planners, cities, and operators working in silos lead to inefficient space use, missed synergies, and limited system performance. The core issue from ALICE’s perspective is clear: logistics is essential and needs to be better integrated into urban planning.
The Multifunctional Urban Space Community offers a paradigm shift: urban logistics as a lever, not just a technical function. It’s a way to rethink how space is shared, managed, and valued. The solution lies in multiple uses for one space, over time or simultaneously. Parking areas, streets, and underutilised infrastructures can become flexible, efficient hubs that support sustainable urban systems.
The proposed community would aim to connect experience with evidence, strategy with practice, and vision with implementation, creating a space where stakeholders can exchange knowledge and jointly explore solutions for resilient cities, efficient space use and integrated urban logistics.As part of this exploratory phase, participants are invited to help shape potential areas of collaboration, including:
First activity: call for use cases on urban logistics and parking space
As a first step in the process, ALICE is launching an open call to cities, parking operators and logistics stakeholders to submit experiences, pilots and solutions focused on unlocking parking spaces for urban logistics.
Selected use cases will be highlighted and disseminated to inspire replication across Europe.
Stakeholders interested in contributing to the development of the community will have the opportunity to:
Related Activities
Coordination and contact:
marion.cottet@etp-alice.eu, ALICE Deputy Programme Manager