Tag Archives: freight

California Sustainable Freight Action Plan

California has released its Sustainable Freight Action Plan. It’s a great project, and as usual, the state is a leader, here making significant moves guiding improvement in the freight transportation triple bottom line.

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Source: California Sustainable Freight Action Plan  Read it online at the link. Here’s the actual plan:  pdf-icon-logo1  cfmp_appendix-complete

screenshot-metrans CITT logo 2016-05-23 10-59-49   Here’s a white paper from California State University Long Beach which was used in the deliberations.  PDF icon logoFreight Efficiency White Papers_Final Version

The Last Mile in Crowded Cities

We have to be open to radical alternatives to last mile supply chain delivery methods.  Here are some suggestions from MIT researchers.  Many have been tried around the world.  An open mind and entrepreneurship-style innovation will be the winning strategy.  Keep an open mind and test, test, test how customers or users like it in an iterative fashion!

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Source: Redefining the Last Mile in Crowded Cities