A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO LAST MILE DISTRIBUTION
Last February, CENIT organised, jointly with EIT UM, a training course on last mile distribution, sponsored by the Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) of Barcelona…
RAIL4CITIES: EVIDENCE FROM LIVING LABS
CENIT is part of the consortium working on the HORIZON project RAIL4CITIES – Railway stations for green and socially-inclusive cities…
CENTRE FOR LIVEABLE CITIES: A VISIT TO BARCELONA’S SUPERBLOCKS AND BIKE LANES
Cenit was delighted to continue our collaboration with the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) by welcoming the Singapore delegation…
Lashfire Conference
In October, CENIT-CIMNE was in charge of the organisation of the 2nd Conference on Fire Safety at Sea #CFIS2022 held at the European Maritime Safety Agency premises in Lisbon, Portugal. It was a successful, enjoyable conference which counted on over 150 attendees in a...
Stand at the Smart City Expo World Congress
In November, Cenit were delighted to have their first stand at the Smart City Expo World Congress. We had unparalleled opportunities for networking and promoting our research and lots of fascinating visits and meetings at our stand. We are working through and...
Curso Distribución Última Milla
El CENIT y el EIT de Urban Mobility organizan un curso sobre Distribución de Última Milla. Durante cuatro sesiones se expondrán los principales problemas de la logística urbana, especialmente el reparto de la última milla, posibles soluciones y el modo más adecuado de...
Kids First (K1) Project
Barcelona City Council and CENIT-CIMNE are working on the Kids First (K1) Project, which is co-funded by EIT Urban Mobility. Check out the ongoing work in Barcelona for making the city sustainable for kids. Barcelona City Council is currently undergoing the execution...
CENIT’S ACTIVITIES IN SEPTEMBER
09/09/22 Researcher: Samra Sarwar Location: European Transport Conference (ETC) Milan, Italy Title: Optimal Dynamic Tolls for Commuting During Transition Phase from Manual Car to Fully Autonomous Vehicle Environment. 15/09/22 Researcher: Francisco Rodero Location:...
CENIT-CIMNE are delighted to be participating in the new EU OCEAN project to increase navigational safety for ships.
European multidisciplinary consortium receives EU funding to increase navigational safety The OCEAN project is focused on enhancing operator awareness in navigation, to reduce the frequency of severe accidents like collision and grounding, to mitigate...
Making Cities Sustainable in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles with Tactical Urbanism Actions
Ongoing research at CENIT is heading toward analyzing future cities incorporating tactical urbanism with a superblock model approach. The elevated dependency on cars for mobility, consequent environmental pollution due to emissions and reduction of public spaces are...
The new wave of container ships: Bigger? More sustainable?
The capacity of the container ship fleet is growing for the first time in many years. What do these new vessels look like? Will they continue to break capacity records? Are they more sustainable? We look at trends based on new vessel orders by the major shipping...
Conceptualisation of the Port of the Future based on the Business Canvas Model: Case study of the Vision 2040 for Barcelona
Abstract The revolution towards the port of the future is going to change the long-term Port Business Ecosystem (PBE). The objective of this paper is to analyse how current trends might have implications for the future PBE. For this purpose, the research uses the...