Recommendations for Urban Freight Policy Development in Gdynia

The purpose of this paper was to provide practical recommendations on how to develop Gdynia's urban freight policy based on actual planning experience and characteristics of potential measures. Freight policy scheme was developed as a result of three interrelated factors: a) the general procedure of the urban freight planning, b) the city's current planning stage analysis and, c) characteristics of urban freight objectives and related measures which allowed do compare existing planning competence with practical implementation requirements. Three phases of policy development were identified: preparation phase, implementation and follow up. On this basis, urban freight component of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Gdynia was proposed as a part of CIVITAS Dynamo project implementation. The SUMP's objectives were then described with the set of concrete measures. However final structure of the SUMP depends on the city's authorities approval, presented recommendations are intended to serve as a practical support for local decision makers.