News & Announcements
METRANS UTC, PSR, MetroFreight, NCST
Thursday, October 4, 2018
The Summer 2018 Issue of METRANS News is now available. Click here for a PDF version. METRANS News is generally published three times a year and summarizes METRANS research, education and outreach activities. It highlights METRANS researchers, conferences and other events, recent publications, interviews with key individuals involved in METRANS, and other newsworthy activities and events. It is distributed to university transportation centers and faculty throughout the U.S., to federal, state, and local public agencies, and to the transportation industry. To be added to the mailing list for a hard copy of the newsletter or to receive an email announcement regarding each new issue, please contact [email protected] .
METRANS UTC, PSR, MetroFreight
Thursday, September 6, 2018
This article is part of an ongoing series that describes research accomplishments and achievements of the METRANS Transportation Center in recognition of its 20 th Anniversary. Dr. Laetitia Dablanc is Director of Research at the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR), University of Paris-Est, and a team leader for MetroFreight, the VREF Center of Excellence in urban freight research led by the University of Southern California. ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Friday, July 27, 2018
How On-Demand Deliveries in Cities Change Services and Jobs: New Survey Results MetroFreight Research Seminar Dablanc gave an informative and dynamic research seminar at USC on Monday, July 23. She addressed on-demand instant deliveries, a growing feature of the platform economy. A recent survey (Dec 2017) showed that in Manhattan, already 4.5% of total e-commerce orders (excluding food apps) are delivered within two hours. More than a third of residents use food apps at least ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Does Online Shopping Create Urban Congestion? April 18, 2018 Webinar 10:00AM - 11:00AM Discuss this topic with Alison Conway from the University Transportation Research Center and Michael Browne from the University of Gothenberg, Sweden. Hosted by Meeting of the Minds. Register here. The retail consumer pattern shift toward online shopping is impacting how, where, and when goods are moved in and around cities. Instead of regular bulk shipments from warehouses to retail outlets, ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Monday, March 5, 2018
Now Accepting Nominations for the 2018 VREF Advanced Studies Institute on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (VASI-SUFS) August 4 th - 11 th , 2018 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is organizing the 2018 VREF Advanced Studies Institute on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (VASI-SUFS). The VASI-SUFS will bring together a select group of Junior Faculty, Post-Docs, and advanced PhD students conducting research on sustainable ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Friday, February 23, 2018
An invitation to apply for 2018 Study Visit Grants has been made by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF). PhD students and early stage researchers are encouraged to apply. The invitation is continuously open until October 31st, 2018, and the study visit should be carried out before December 31st, 2018. The link below provides guidelines for the application, and information on VREF and the Future Urban Transport (FUT) program. VREF Study Visit Grants Guidelines Visit the VREF Website for details
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Designing urban space and managing flows – the importance of freight for liveable cities 17-19 October 2018, Gothenburg Sweden The Urban Freight Platform invites you to submit abstracts to the 3 rd VREF Conference on Urban Freight . The conference will present current issues influencing urban freight research and discuss the complexity of designing urban space and managing flows for liveable cities. Key Dates 31st March - Abstract submission 1st May - Notifciation of ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Thursday, January 18, 2018
This CBC documentary led by Ira Basen addresses the behind-the-scenes issues that online shopping causes in the delivery of goods to meet consumers’ rising demands for near instant receipt of their purchases. It includes insight from Alison Conway, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the City College of New York, on the need for educating transportation and land use planners on the expected impacts of package deliveries on goods movement activity in urban and suburban settings. As we strive to design more livable communities and take measures to add accommodations for walking and bicycling, street and curb space are reduced for truck deliveries, creating unintended and multifaceted consequences. The importance of input from logistics experts is beginning to be recognized in the decision making process with planners, developers, law enforcement professionals and policy makers. Listen to this fascinating documentary on e-commerce.
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
At the January 2018 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington DC, Dr. Laetitia Dablanc and co-authors Takanori Sakai (main author), Adrien Beziat and Adeline Heitz were recognized for their research paper, Testing the ‘Freight Landscape’ Concept for Paris . Dr. Dablanc described it as a “very collective paper and very MetroFreight in nature.” Takanori Sakai, Research Associate, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology; Adrien Beziat, ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Thursday, January 4, 2018
The December 2017 edition of the City of Paris' newsletter on urban logistics contains articles directly related to MetroFreight research topics. This quarterly publication by the Mobility Agency, Department of Roads and Mobility in Paris, can be viewed below. Urban Logstics in Paris PDF
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