Urban Freight Transportation Committee

The Urban Freight Transportation Committee had an informative committee meeting prior to the TRB Innovations in Freight Data Workshop on April 8th in Irvine, California. Please review the meeting notes, and the slides under “Meetings.” Not only did we have a productive meeting, but it was also great to see our west coast friends and members in California!

Please be sure to mark your calendars for the TRB 99th Annual Meeting being held January 12-16, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Our committee is planning a number of engaging and informative activities, so please plan to be there! Please consider our Call for Papers (“Innovation in Urban and City Freight”) as you prepare papers related to urban freight transportation for the annual meeting – note that papers are due August 1st.

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!

Finally, 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 here.

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