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Freight Research at University Transportation Centers: Integrating Efforts

October 20, 2009
Long Beach, California

The draft summary of this workshop is now available for review. We'll post the final version of the summary when we've received feedback from attendees and other stakeholders. If you have questions or feedback, contact Bob Gollnik.

Presentations

Workshop Documents

  • Save the date flyer [pdf; 104kb]
  • Registration Form [pdf; 180kb]
  • Poster Workshop [pdf; 3,584kb]

The National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE) and the METRANS Transportation Center are hosting the second national workshop on Freight Research at University Transportation Centers on October 20, 2009.

Purpose: This national workshop and forum will bring together national leaders from the freight transportation community and from educational institutions to:

  • Explore opportunities for collaborative research in freight
  • Identify colleagues and contacts for continued cooperation
  • Define existing barriers and challenges for freight research and information dissemination
  • Explore institutional arrangements that will be needed to meet the research and training needs of the future

Sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition, METRANS, and CFIRE.

This workshop will be held immediately prior to the 3rd National Urban Freight Conference to be held October 21-23, 2009. For more information visit on the NUFC visit www.metrans.org.