Shopping constitutes, depending on the location, about one-sixth of all private trips. A large proportion of these are made by car, even for short distances. Moreover, a large share of emissions from shopping travel is accounted for by trips to distant facilities, even when opportunities are available nearer. Meanwhile, recent changes in shopping, e.g., increased online shopping, have resulted in a sharp increase in delivery traffic (and a parallel but lesser reduction in car-based shopping trips). Within urban outskirts, these issues are amplified as shopping opportunities within 15 minutes may be limited, requiring further travel or home delivery. While there are insights on mobility trends, consumer behaviour, and innovative forms of urban logistics, there is a need for cities to develop a strategic integrated view on the traffic generated from urban logistics and individual shopping behaviour, and their interaction. FRESH aims: To investigate for the urban outskirts the conditions necessary to reduce motorized transport for shopping, whether by individuals or by last-mile urban logistics services, and to develop design and planning guidelines to achieve this. Engaging in co-design with stakeholders, we will assess how urban planning in different settings impacts integrated personal and freight travel demand and consequent overall transport, emission and liveability. We will apply a mix of methods. This will include: scenario analyses, SWOT analysis, freight data needs, vehicle counts, establishment surveys, use of carrier data, statistical analyses on existing data, our own stated preference and revealed preference data on shopping and travel behaviour, observations, model development and co-creation. This mix of methods will allow us to understand the entire system, i.e., the supply and demand side of urban freight that results from shopping, from different angles. This project advances the state of the art by an integrated assessment on how urban and transport planning in different settings impacts on personal and freight demand and supply, and how these interactions impact on overall transport, emissions, and liveability. More specific points of innovations include the focus on shopping (an under-explored topic of suburban mobility), urban logistics in the urban outskirts, and the integrated focus on both personal and freight transport, including the interactions between the two.

In order to upscale circular solutions in buildings and the construction sector in general, a concentrated research effort involving multiple actors and stakeholders is needed. This includes the development and deployment of both digital and technical solutions in building urban material databanks, digital twins, as well as demolition, decontamination and recycling and reuse of waste materials. With this in mind, the Circ-Boost project proposes to become a focal point and interaction node for different emerging technologies to foster circularity in buildings and the construction sector. The project's core consists of five pilot projects, deployed in different European regions, highlighting and demonstrating at large scale novel and integrated solutions for demolition, construction waste processing, management, and valorisation in new products. Transversal activities of digitalization will allow collaboration between the pilot projects and more efficient use of digital tools and platforms. Targeted activities are envisioned for boosting and maximising the pilot projects' commercial and business potential through effective exploitation measures. Furthermore, in order to ensure that the solutions demonstrated will actually be adopted by the industry, the project will support construction and design companies in educating and training their workforce to optimally use the new technologies as part of training activities. The Circ-Boost project will also leverage the partners' existing regional and international networks and connect with new networks, initiatives, and projects to disseminate and compare project results with a wide audience of construction stakeholders increasing the overall uptake potential of circular solutions. Finally, tailor-made communication and dissemination measures will further support the dissemination of project results with policy makers, and European-wide construction industry, as well as the promotion of the project's success.