It is for example whole challenge of post 2

Societal and demographic, technological developments which will mark the coming years will have multiple impacts on our lives in the city. Tomorrow's society will be characterized, on the one hand, by a rise in the multi-channel, genuine key of contemporary services and, on the other hand, accessibility by mobility transformed by the commitment to the environment. In cities, these trends will revolutionize urban logistics, particularly important subject for a company such as the position, which will have a role central to play to meet these challenges by leveraging his experience of the partnership approach and concerted.

The diversity of lifestyles, behaviour, the use of new technologies has disrupt our approach to accessibility. It must now be understood as access to the service and only to a place. To satisfy a diverse, challenging and more specialized application, the players will have to make a resolutely forward-looking response to multi-channel solutions. They can multiply the terms and conditions for access to the service (at home, travel, dedicated... site). It is for example whole challenge of post 2.0, accessible anywhere, at any time. Companies must increasingly be able to offer consumers the range of accessibility, from the point of physical contact, for public attached to the bites or for complex operations, to the relationship of completely dematerialized service, via mail, telephone and combinations of channels.

Second heavy trend, the transformation of mobility in a goal of responsible development. Indeed, except to play heavily on prices, demand for travel will not decrease, illustrating the Act of Zahavi, that travel time budgets are not falling earnings made time with a top speed being reinvested to travel a greater distance. This is added the effects of modern technologies, that allow mobility not only sustained and active, and the explosion of demand for services at home.

The processing and the multiplication of the needs of mobility and accessibility issues do arise therefore not only in terms of use of the city, but in terms of design of the city. Indeed, the need for responsible development requires to improve the energy efficiency of cities. The trend to urban sprawl is contrary to this objective. Different studies have shown the superiority in the field of compact cities, housing and activities and well served by public transport. It should be to extend these quantitative studies to more objective decisions, give priority to the improvement of the urban space projects and better understand the overall impact of these initiatives on the energy performance of the cities.

Beyond the structuring of cities (densification and mix of real estate), it must also be rethinking the urban logistics through supply optimized, and why not shared, and more environmentally friendly means of transport. Probably need to question certain patterns, for example to waive the "just-in-time" deliveries, to limit travel and to choose the ecological way. Major player in the world of trade, the post takes initiatives to optimize routes: completed mileage reduction, optimization of cargo, promotion of eco-driving, use of electric vehicles...

Finally, initiate or effectively accompany such transformations requires the method: the coordination of stakeholders is essential to reconcile society developments and requirements of responsible development. It is an approach that is both the partnership, to optimize the combination of skills, maximize synergies and pooling resources, and concerted, for collecting membership and empowering stakeholders. These are skills that the position was able to develop, to grow its network of contact points in rural areas. This method can fully be implemented also to deal with the issues of the city of tomorrow.