United States - European Commission Urban Freight Twinning Initiative: Compendium of Project Summaries, Volume II
Overview of 2018-2019 International Urban Freight Roundtables
| Research | Policy | United States |
Metropolitan Freight Transportation: Implementing Effective Strategies
This research project's aim is to develop a tool and associated guidance that catalogues and describes proven solutions to overcome common barriers in urban freight planning. The research team has developed a "problem-driven" Excel matrix of strategies based upon literature and both domestic and international experiences. The Urban Freight Implementation Tool (UFIT), powered by this Excel matrix, provides the user with possible solutions based upon their specific problem.
The primary contributions of the work are:
- The UFIT tool;
- Default weights from experts on factors of importance for implementation;
- Extensive/updated international literature as the foundation; and
- Fact sheets of 30 strategies, including recommendations for implementation.
Pilot studies in Florida, Texas, and Missouri are currently under development to prove how to apply the tool. As the project enters its final stages, a short video highlighting the work and finalized drafts of the deliverables are being developed.
Project Types
Research, Policy.
Period of Performance
May 2016 to May 2018.
Project Sites
Florida, Texas, and Missouri, USA.
Contact
Bill Eisele
Senior Research Engineer
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station, TX, USA
Bill-Eisele@tamu.edu
(979) 845-8550
Topics Addressed
- Air quality/environment.
- Building/road design.
- Curbside delivery and parking.
- Economic competitiveness.
- Energy consumption.
- Innovative finance.
- Land use interaction.
- Last mile delivery.
- Livability/quality of life.
- Logistics/distribution.
- Mobility/congestion.
- Modeling.
- Off-hours delivery.
- Safety.
- Supply chains.
Expected Outcomes
Several products will be developed during this effort, including a Strategy Resource Matrix (Excel), UFIT, UFIT User's Guide, and the Documented Pilot Studies to Implement Effective Metropolitan Freight Strategies (for future implementation).
Stakeholder Involvement
Practitioners in the public and private sector were engaged via a survey instrument and a workshop.
