Proceedings of the workshop on urban freight consolidation

Conference · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:7035737

The Urban Freight Consolidation Workshop discusses the desirability and practicality of establishing programs to consolidate the pickup and delivery of small shipments in highly concentrated urban areas. After presentation of an overview paper, Institutional Issues in Urban Freight Consolidation, by Ernest R. Cadotte and Robert A. Robicheaux, the following papers were given: Consolidation and Distribution--The Broad Picture, John T. Norris; Transportation Facilitation Center Concept, Irwin Blatner; The Regulatory Issues of Small-Shipment Consolidation, A. Daniel O'Neal; Chicago's Perspective of Urban-Freight Consolidation, Charles W. Lustig; Freight Consolidation in New York City, Samuel D. Kahan; Baltimore's Perspective of Urban-Freight Consolidation, Siegbert Schacknies; Small-Shipper Perspective, Richard A. Whitty; The Perspective of a ''Big Shipper,'' William K. Smith; A Receiver's Viewpoint of Consolidation, William P. McDaniel; For-Hire Motor-Carrier Perspective of Urban-Freight Consolidation, John L. Reith; Private-Carrier Perspective of Urban-Freight Consolidation, H. E. Manker; Union Perspective, M. R. Nensel; Urban-Freight Distribution Myopia, Carl S. Rappaport; Freight-Service Expectations, Performance, and Tradeoffs in Urban Areas: A Survey, Robert A. Robicheaux and Ernest R. Cadotte; and Freight Consolidation--Can It Be Successfully Implemented, James F. Robeson. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. (USA); Federal Energy Administration, Washington, D.C. (USA); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7035737
• Report Number(s): CONF-760165-
• Resource Relation: Conference: Urban freight consolidation workshop, Knoxville, TN, USA, 13 Jan 1976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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COMMODITIES
DISTRIBUTION
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URBAN AREAS
IMPLEMENTATION
MATERIALS
PERFORMANCE
PROCEEDINGS
REGULATIONS
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
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320203 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Transportation- Land & Roadway
291000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Conservation