Organising and Managing Urban Freight Partnership
Partnerships can contribute significantly to solving urban freight problems; they provide a good opportunity to consider the various perspectives of stakeholders and thereby identify possible solutions. This policy brief presents a framework for organising and managing urban freight partnerships.
Brief Targets:
- Transport authorities at the city and local (sub-city) levels.
- Urban freight-transport stakeholders.
- Researchers, practitioners and consultants interested in urban freight and stakeholder involvement in urban freight transport.
Link to the brief: Organising and Managing Urban Freight Partnership
Pdf, 542.9 kB.
Authors: Maria Lindholm and Michael Browne
Key Messages:
- Partnerships are valuable for engaging urban-freight stakeholders.
- Partnerships require effective management and organisation.
- In addition to achieving objectives, disseminating results is also important.
- Outcomes are not limited to physical objects and projects; relationships and knowledge exchange between participants provide a foundation for further improving urban freight.
- A focus on long-term possibilities is important.
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