City Logistics Research: A Transatlantic Perspective. Summary of the First EU-U.S. Transportation Research Symposium
In 2012, an international consortium consisting of the European Commission, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, and the Transportation Research Board was created to support and conduct a series of four symposia from 2013 through 2016, with each symposium focused on a selected transportation topic. The symposia provide forums for the exploration of opportunities for transatlantic collaboration in transportation research. The first of these symposia, titled “City Logistics Research: A Transatlantic Perspective,” was conducted May 30–31, 2013, at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C. The symposium program included four plenary sessions: Demand Patterns and Trends; Schemes and Technologies for Enhancing Urban Distribution; Terminals and Hubs: Impacts and Strategies; and Logistics Efficiency in Urban Areas. These Proceedings follow the symposium format and plenary sessions in chronological order. All research topics that speakers identified in the course of their presentations are included in the summary. The symposium participants included 25 European and 25 American subject matter experts, researchers, academicians, and industry practitioners. The speakers reflected on the challenges of “last mile” cargo delivery in major metropolitan areas and the global supply chain and offered myriad examples of innovative uses of technology to increase throughput efficiency and reduce cost, traffic congestion, and vehicle emissions. This report, prepared by the symposium rapporteurs, is a compilation of the presentations and a factual summary of the ensuing discussions at the event. Two commissioned white papers, which review the state of research on city logistics, are included as appendices.
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Conference:
- City Logistics Research: A Transatlantic Perspective
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 2013-5-30 to 2013-5-31
- Publication Date: 2013
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 112p
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
- Issue Number: 50
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 1073-1652
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Demand; Economic efficiency; Freight terminals; Hubs; Logistics; Research; Supply chain management; Technological innovations; Trend (Statistics); Urban goods movement
- Uncontrolled Terms: Last mile
- Geographic Terms: Europe; United States
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01517325
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309294874
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 5 2014 3:28PM