NEXTLOGIC – Next-Generation Urban Freight Logistics for Net-Zero Emissions through Innovative Solutions

Objectives

NEXTLOGIC aims to support European cities in achieving climate-neutral, efficient, and inclusive urban mobility and logistics systems. The project’s main objectives are to: 

• Analyse key trends, drivers, and best practices linking urban logistics, urban space allocation, and climate neutrality. 
• Develop an integrated Digital Twin platform enabling data-driven planning and decision-making for urban freight and people transport. 
• Enable cities to co-design and co-create solutions aligned with local sustainability goals, operational needs, and policy frameworks. 
• Pilot and validate innovative urban logistics and mobility solutions in real-life city environments. 
• Assess impacts, scalability, and replicability to support wider adoption across European cities. 

Methodology 

NEXTLOGIC follows a co-design, data-driven, and pilot-based methodology, combining advanced digital technologies with strong stakeholder engagement. 

The project integrates real-time and historical data from Floating Car Data, IoT sensors, traffic cameras, fleet management systems, and municipal datasets into a Digital Twin environment. This environment is enhanced with XR tools, geospatial analytics, and traffic simulation models, enabling cities to visualise scenarios, test interventions, and assess impacts related to freight, passenger transport, emissions, and public space usage. 

Solutions are co-developed with local authorities, businesses, and citizens, ensuring alignment with city-specific challenges, regulatory contexts, and sustainability targets. The methodology is validated through pilot deployments in eight European cities, followed by impact assessment, governance and business model development, and replication planning to ensure scalability across diverse urban contexts. 

Key innovation areas 

NEXTLOGIC addresses urban mobility and logistics challenges through: 

• Digital Twins for urban logistics and mobility, integrating multi-source data for real-time insights 
• Smart use of urban space, including microhubs, intelligent loading zones, and curbside management 
• Multimodal integration of freight and passenger transport systems 
• Improved last-mile delivery efficiency, including the use of electric cargo bikes 
• Public space optimisation and accessibility, supporting 15-minute city concepts 
• Energy-smart and decarbonisation strategies, linking mobility demand with green energy use 

Why ALICE Is part of NEXTLOGIC and its role 

ALICE is part of NEXTLOGIC to ensure that the project’s solutions for urban freight and mobility are relevant, scalable, and aligned with real-world logistics, policy, and market needs. 

Within NEXTLOGIC, ALICE contributes across several key areas: 

• Urban logistics trends and data frameworks 
  Contributing to the analysis of trends, drivers, and best practices linking urban logistics, space allocation, and climate neutrality, as well as supporting the definition of robust data acquisition and management frameworks. 
• Digital Twin development and validation 
  Supporting the development and validation of Digital Twin applications for urban logistics and mobility by contributing logistics expertise and assessing the impacts of urban interventions on traffic, emissions, and public space use. 
• Governance and business models 
  Contributing to the development of replicable governance models and scalable business models for urban logistics and curbside management solutions, supporting long-term adoption and financial sustainability. 
• Impact assessment and policy recommendations 
  Supporting environmental, social, and economic impact assessments and leading the development of recommendations on governance, policies, and standardisation, translated into decision-support tools for policymakers and practitioners. 
• Impact acceleration, outreach, and replication 
  Leveraging its European network to support stakeholder engagement, capacity building, replication, and alignment with EU Missions, CIVITAS, and related initiatives. 

Through its role, ALICE helps maximise the visibility, uptake, and long-term impact of NEXTLOGIC outcomes across Europe’s urban logistics and mobility ecosystem.