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2014-09-16
CoE-SUFS Regional Workshops
VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS) is organizing a series of regional workshops with the purpose of introducing the CoE, educating researchers and practitioners about City Logistics, urban freight issues, and potential research projects.
So far, six workshops have been held; in India (Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai), Brazil (Sao Paulo), Colombia (Bogotá and Barranquilla) and Canada (Toronto). These workshops have been extremely well received and have had an impact on the corresponding jurisdictions, e.g. in India the workshop resulted in the first Freight Trip Generation study in the country. In Brazil, inspired by the regional workshop, DHL decided to fund a small study of Off-hour delivery services in Sao Paulo.
Upcoming events include Mexico City, Mexico (10/2014), Santiago, Chile (10/2014) and Melbourne and Sidney, Australia (11/2014).
For further information, please contact Johanna Amaya-Leal, amayaj@rpi.edu
The VREF invites PhD students and early stage researchers to apply for a Study Visit Grant to be supported with up to SEK 30 000.
The invitation is open until 181031.
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The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) inspires, initiates and supports research and educational activities through the Future Urban Transport Programme - How to deal with the complexity of urban transport (FUT).
Our Vision: Sustainable transport for equitable access in urban areas
