G9 Modal shift and alternative vehicles – This document is designed to help you provide evidence for meeting the modal shift and alternative vehicle requirement to achieve your FORS Gold accreditation. Your assessment needs to apply to all operating centres (OC) in the scope of accreditation. Where you have initiatives or interventions that are OC specific, please state which OC these apply to. Feel free to attach further information that would support the evidence provided. Question Things to consider Evidence Guidance available Costs The Department for Transport has Distance of trip published a report on the benefits of freight mode shift which can be found Nature of the goods being transported Complete the document below which Value of goods Can you move part or all of your shows you have assessed the consignment onto other modes of feasibility of moving your Who is the customer transport? e.g. rail, inland waterways consignments onto other modes of What are the lead times involved transport. Level of flexibility Service reliability Frequency of movement LoCity Commercial Vehicle Finder tool Guidance, publications and funding What is the nature of the goods being information available on the transported? Complete the document below which Can you procure alternatively fuelled or shows you have assessed the LoCity offers e-learning modules for fuel powered vehicles? Are there alternative fuelled or powered feasibility of using alternatively efficient driving techniques and alternative vehicles available on the market that powered or fuelled vehicles. fuel vehicles available matches your operational requirements? The has published a report on its emissions testing to compare the performance of a range of urban delivery commercial vehicles.
G9 – Modal shift and alternative vehicles Question Things to consider Evidence Guidance available Can you move part or all of your consignment onto other modes of transport? e.g. rail, inland waterways Costs Distance of trip Nature of the goods being transported Value of goods Who is the customer What are the lead times involved Level of flexibility Service reliability Frequency of movement Complete the document below which shows you have assessed the feasibility of moving your consignments onto other modes of transport. The Department for Transport has published a report on the benefits of freight mode shift which can be found Can you procure alternatively fuelled or powered vehicles? What is the nature of the goods being transported? Are there alternative fuelled or powered vehicles available on the market that matches your operational requirements? Complete the document below which shows you have assessed the feasibility of using alternatively powered or fuelled vehicles. LoCity Commercial Vehicle Finder tool Guidance, publications and funding information available on the LoCity offers e-learning modules for fuel efficient driving techniques and alternative fuel vehicles available The has published a report on its emissions testing to compare the performance of a range of urban delivery commercial vehicles. This document is designed to help you provide evidence for meeting the modal shift and alternative vehicle requirement to achieve your FORS Gold accreditation. Your assessment needs to apply to all operating centres (OC) in the scope of accreditation. Where you have initiatives or interventions that are OC specific, please state which OC these apply to. Feel free to attach further information that would support the evidence provided.