Urban Freight Transportation Committee – Transportation Research Board

The Transportation Research Board’s Urban Freight Transportation Committee (AT025) is concerned with the study and research of urban freight transportation topics and issues, including urban transportation system demand and economic relationships, right-of-way issues, pick-up and delivery needs, terminal transportation needs, institutional challenges, and new technology, with an emphasis on providing support to practitioners.

We have some exciting news to share! The TRB Urban Freight Transportation Committee has received a 2020 Blue Ribbon Award in the Research Category “for demonstrating leadership and forging successful partnerships to identify, develop, and disseminate urban research to advance TRB’s ‘Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 (Goods Movement)’.” The award was presented at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.! Congratulations team!

Please be sure to visit the meeting notes under “Meetings” to see what we discussed at our Annual Meeting Committee Meeting and get caught up! Also be sure to check out the photographs from the annual meeting!

Help us celebrate the TRB Centennial! The TRB 2020 Annual Meeting theme is A Century of Progress: Foundation for the Future. In celebration of the TRB Centennial, the Urban Freight Transportation Committee developed a Centennial Paper entitled Urban Freight Transportation Committee Centennial Paper: Embracing the Future with Insights from the Past. As the name implies, the paper provides historical context on urban freight transportation, reflects on current challenges, offers glimpses of the future and provides a history of our committee. If you are looking for an interesting read and primer on the topic of urban freight transportation, I encourage you to read and enjoy it!

If you have not done so, I encourage you to join me in Celebrating TRB’s 100th Anniversary by contributing to the TRB Century Club! More information is available on the TRB Centennial website.

And remember, becoming a friend of our committee is as simple as going to www.mytrb.org, creating an account and clicking on our committee to become a friend. You will then receive my direct emails alerting you of our latest Urban Freight Transportation Committee news!

Thanks, and have a great day!

Bill Eisele
Chair, TRB Urban Freight Transportation Committee

For all general inquiries about the TRB Urban Freight Transportation Committee, please contact the committee’s Communications Coordinator.

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