Executive Summary
Foreword
Introduction
Rankings
Two Pillars
Safety
What This Means Fleet Management The fleet management dividend City Snapshots Outlook
Methodology
Rome’s +26 gap is the clearest example: trucks navigate Rome’s narrow streets significantly better than passenger vehicles, benefiting from designated freight windows and professional routing. London and Madrid are the only cities where trucks underperform. In London, bus lane restrictions, narrow streets and complex loading regulations create unique freight challenges. In Madrid, truck variability (33) is the lowest
Across the study, truck fleets consistently outperform passenger vehicle fleets in five of seven cities. Both groups have Geotab devices. The advantage comes from operational structure: scheduled routing, designated delivery windows, off-peak scheduling and freight-specific infrastructure. Passenger vehicle fleets (service vehicles, sales teams, field technicians) are more often tied to customer schedules and business-hours destinations, with less flexibility to avoid peak congestion.
in the study — conditions are extremely unpredictable for commercial vehicles.
Passenger vs Truck scores
■ Passenger ■ Trucks
71 (+16)
65 (+10)
“In five of seven cities, commercial trucks outperform passenger vehicle fleets, due to how they operate, including scheduled routing, delivery windows, and freight-specific access. In Rome, where congestion is severe, structured freight operations perform dramatically better than unstructured passenger fleets. The difference is operational discipline, and it is something every fleet operator can act on.”
63 (+26)
57 (+14)
55
55
46 (+15)
43
37
31
29 27 (-2)
28
22 (-6)
Edward Kulperger Senior Vice President, EMEA, Geotab
Rome
Berlin
Paris
Dublin
Amsteram
London
Madrid
Ordered by truck performance advantage
European Urban Freight Efficiency Index 11
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