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1Welcome and Introductory Remarks Robert E Skinner, Jr., Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies in Washington, D.C., opened by noting that this symposium was the first of four planned symposia to encourage research collaboration across the Atlantic.
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2Presentation of Commissioned White Papers Alan C McKinnon, Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany Genevieve Giuliano, METRANS (National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research)
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3presentation of commissioned white papers demanded time or route restrictions to be imposed on freight flows, and local ordinances have been issued as the problems have worsened. Indeed, as Giuliano noted, the growing freight problem has led to larger and more concentrated impacts.
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4 city logistics research: a transatlantic perspective important, she noted, because trucks account for 80% to 95% of all nitrogen oxides from freight transport in the United States and 50% to 95% (depending on the presence of ocean vessels) of all particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometers or less (PM10)
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5presentation of commissioned white papers and fuel standards, and effective equipment. Pricing is another strategy, although it is difficult to implement.
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6 city logistics research: a transatlantic perspective The authors noted that much research has been done on energy use in general, including an examination of the scope to use alternative fuels and the role of new and improved operational approaches to minimize freight transport demand (e.g., improving vehicle utilization and consolidating flows)
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7presentation of commissioned white papers 1. Conduct a more systematic review of the state of modeling and analytical work with joint support from the United States and Europe; 2.
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8 city logistics research: a transatlantic perspective Goodchild noted that the motivation for pricing schemes is different now from that in the 1970s. Regions are now looking at pricing mechanisms not because of political will, but because they need to find funding, and these charging schemes would provide funding.
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