Urban Logistic Study –the solution of the delivery vehicle congestion in Zadar City Centre

The City of Zadar tackles the long-term problem with the congestion of the city centre streets with delivery vehicles. Zadar’s historic centre faces heavy problems of good deliveries contrasting the comfort of stay for tourists and residents and endangering the historic structure of the city centre itself. The urban logistic study for the city centre, which is in development, will try to provide the ULG with solutions for better delivery vehicles management in the city centre to the satisfaction of local residents and foreign guests.

Crowded city centre of Zadar with freight vehicle

The solution against the invasion of cargo delivery vehicles to the Zadar Peninsula is the main objective of the study of urban logistic of the Peninsula - the city centre in Zadar. Zadar’s centre is home to historic structures and architecture going back to the time of the Roman Empire. It is the main attraction for tourists and provides thus historic and economic high value to the city. This value is vulnerable to the high frequency of good deliveries in terms of reducing the comfort of stay and the structure of the peninsula itself. The possible solutions will be delivered by the end of February of 2018.
The study is done by well-established consultants with top references and 20 years of experience working for cities similar to Zadar – cities with narrow streets, city walls and inadequate access to delivery vehicles. The experts for the urban logistic study have worked in cities in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Norway. Each of these cities had specific delivery problems, because of different legal regulations as well as technical and physical propositions. The study is done with all the necessary analytics - counting the cargo entrances to the old city centre, the frequency and the time when the number of entries is the highest, how long they stay and what they carry.
The solution the ULG will take to the issue of cargo delivery problems in the city centre depends on the results of the planned analysis. From the experience of similar European cities it is well known that one of the solutions is the formation of a special utility company that would take care of and charge the entry of delivery vehicles to the city. As this is the most expensive solution, some cities opt for increased control by introducing video surveillance at the most frequent and most vulnerable places as well as setting physical barriers and stone pillars that prevent increased traffic to city streets. Of course, some of the congested European cities are introducing smaller vehicle with electric propulsion. What Zadar will decide depends on the results of the study.