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United States-European Commission Urban Freight Twinning Initiative: Compendium of Project Summaries
Overview of Second Annual Urban Freight Roundtable at 2017 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Guide to Project Summaries Included in this Compendium

Guide to Project Summaries Included in this Compendium
Project Lead Project Name Project Type Location Topic Area
Pilot Policy Metropolitan/
Regional Plan 		Research U.S. European Union Other Int'l Air Quality/
Environment 		Building/
Road Design 		Curbside Delivery & 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 Other
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Local and Regional Food Distribution Working Group Yes No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes Yes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engaging Large Retailers in Off-hour Delivery Programs Yes No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value Yes Yes No value No value
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Off-hour Delivery Trusted Vendor Program Yes No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes Yes Yes No value No value
Cross River Partnership/Westminster City Council Freight Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe (FREVUE) Yes Yes No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value
Institute of Transportation Economics and the University of Southampton CITYLAB - City Logistics in Living Laboratories Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes Yes Yes No value No value No value Yes No value No value
MemEx Italy CIVITAS DESTINATIONS Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes Yes No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value
University of Southampton Freight Traffic Control 2050 (FTC2050) Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value
Royal Institute of Technology, Integrated Transport Research Lab Off-peak City Logistics - A Case Study in Stockholm Yes Yes No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Impacts of Policy-induced Freight Modal Shifts No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value Yes No value
MIT Megacities Lab Design, Capacity, and Location of Urban Freight Infrastructure in an Integrated Mobility Plan for Santiago de Chile No value Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value No value Yes
Singapore University of Technology and Design Singapore Urban Freight Study No value Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value
Atlanta Regional Commission Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan Update No value No value Yes No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value
Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional Freight Plan of Memphis, Tennessee No value Yes Yes No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value
New York City Department of Transportation NYC Smart Truck Management Plan No value Yes Yes No value Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value Yes Yes No value Yes No value No value
The City College of New York Accommodating Freight and Commercial Vehicles in Complete Streets No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value
Texas A&M Transportation Institute Freight Fluidity No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value Yes Yes
SUNY Maritime College Developing a Freight Advisory Committee to Guide Future Freight Transportation Infrastructure Development in the Greater New York City Region No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes
The City College of New York and Hofstra University Decomposing the Home-based Delivery Supply Chain No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value
University of Washington and Seattle DOT The Final 50 Feet of Urban Goods Delivery No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value
MIT Megacities Lab Design of Distribution Network for Business-to-Business Delivery in Congested Urban Areas No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value Yes
MIT Megacities Lab Distribution Network Design for E-Commerce in High-density Urban Areas No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value Yes
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute Effective Decisionmaking Methods for Freight-efficient Land Use No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value
MIT Megacities Lab Interactive Simulation of Last-mile Distribution Network Design and Performance Using Tactile Visual Interfaces No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value Yes
Texas A&M Transportation Institute, University of South Florida Metropolitan Freight Transportation: Implementing Effective Strategies (NCHRP 08-106) No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Using Commodity Flow Survey Microdata and Other Established Data to Estimate the Generation of Freight, Freight Trips, and Service Trips No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value
FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations Primer on Collaboration, Coordination, and Communication (3C) Strategies for Urban Freight Mobility No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes Yes No value Yes
FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations Primer on Operations, Logistics, and Technology (OLT) Strategies for Urban Freight Mobility No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value Yes Yes No value Yes
Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT) NOVELOG - New Cooperative Business Models and Guidance for Sustainable City Logistics No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes Yes Yes No value No value No value Yes
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) Sustainable Urban Consolidation CentrES for conStruction (SUCCESS) No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value Yes Yes
Cranfield School of Management U-TURN No value No value No value Yes No value Yes No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes Yes No value Yes No value No value No value Yes
University of São Paulo Integrated Management at the Operations Center in Rio de Janeiro During the 2016 Olympic Games No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value Yes
University of São Paulo Operational and Environmental Impacts of Off-hours Deliveries in the City of São Paulo, Brazil No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes Yes No value No value Yes
University of São Paulo Truck GPS Data for In-depth Characterization of Urban Logistics in the City of São Paulo, Brazil No value No value No value Yes No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value No value Yes No value No value No value No value No value Yes
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