DASH - Delivery As a Service for High-streets
Lead Participant:
GRID SMARTER CITIES LTD
Abstract
DASH (Delivery As a Service for Highstreets) combines multiple technology & transport partners to create a
collaborative, emissions-reducing delivery proposition involving crowd-sourced deliveries & revitalisation of
inner-city high-streets via an ‘easy-entry’ B2B & B2C mobile software platform. This enables: (a) utilisation of
low occupancy local authority car parks as delivery hubs (X–Doc) for courier operators, with adjacent Electric
Vehicle rapid charging infrastructure, (b) operators to reduce inner city courier fleets & replace with multiple
crowd-sourced onward delivery options, (c) customers to have variable delivery options (B2B & B2C), (d) a
scalable business opportunity for electric cargo bicycles, (e) option for taxi drivers to multi-purpose vehicles, (f)
a platform for local independent high-street traders to offer goods for delivery, click & collect & drop-off
points, (g) integrated pricing, payment, routing, scheduling & customer parcel tracking options. DASH is an
interoperable, scalable platform technology that can be expanded to target multiple freight operators &
retailers to maximise socio-economic & environmental impact.
collaborative, emissions-reducing delivery proposition involving crowd-sourced deliveries & revitalisation of
inner-city high-streets via an ‘easy-entry’ B2B & B2C mobile software platform. This enables: (a) utilisation of
low occupancy local authority car parks as delivery hubs (X–Doc) for courier operators, with adjacent Electric
Vehicle rapid charging infrastructure, (b) operators to reduce inner city courier fleets & replace with multiple
crowd-sourced onward delivery options, (c) customers to have variable delivery options (B2B & B2C), (d) a
scalable business opportunity for electric cargo bicycles, (e) option for taxi drivers to multi-purpose vehicles, (f)
a platform for local independent high-street traders to offer goods for delivery, click & collect & drop-off
points, (g) integrated pricing, payment, routing, scheduling & customer parcel tracking options. DASH is an
interoperable, scalable platform technology that can be expanded to target multiple freight operators &
retailers to maximise socio-economic & environmental impact.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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GRID SMARTER CITIES LTD | £492,928 | £ 339,036 |
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Participant |
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INNOVATE UK | ||
GNEWT CARGO LIMITED | £46,556 | £ 27,934 |
SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL | £44,842 | £ 44,842 |
OMNIA SMART TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | ||
IBM LIMITED | ||
HODOS MEDIA LIMITED | £53,565 | £ 37,496 |
People |
ORCID iD |
Jean-Philippe Taylor (Project Manager) |