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Presentations from the METRANS I-NUF 2017, was featured at the FHWA monthly "Talking Freight" webinar series
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) monthly "Talking Freight" webinar series featured, on November 15, 2017, three presentations from the METRANS 2017 International Urban Freight conference, sponsored by the VREF.
Freight transportation issues and needs often have a particularly significant impact in urban areas where manufacturing, distribution, or commercial retail-related freight generators are located. These areas centralise important freight transportation destinations, due to their high volume of freight products used and consumed. The high volumes of freight transportation activity in those areas and the necessity to better understand needs and impacts of urban freight movements generate and develop the research on urban freight transportation.
The METRANS Transportation Center in southern California, one of the leading centers for urban freight transportation research, arranges, with the support of the VREF, an every-other year international conference that focus on presenting research in the urban freight transportation field: the International Urban Freight Conference (I-NUF)
The FHWA's webinar featured three presentations given at the I-NUF 2017 particularly focused on challenges with urban freight transportation, delivery challenges and city planning for goods' movements.
- "Industry Impacts of Urban Area Freight Access" - Paul Bingham, EDR Group
- "Urban Freight Initiatives: State of the Art and State of the Practice" - Johanna Amaya Leal, Iowa State University
- "The Final 50 Feet of the Urban Goods Delivery System" - Anne Goodchild, University of Washington
CALL FOR NOMINATION FOR the Håkan Frisinger Award for Excellence in Transportation Research
The VREF invites universities located in Sweden to nominate candidates for The Håkan Frisinger Award (Håkan Frisingers pris till framstående transportforskare) and apply for a VREF Visiting Researcher Grant for the nominated candidate.
Open for nomination until 2021-03-15. Read more...
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2nd CALL FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THE MAC-PROGRAM
The VREF invites Sub-Saharan based researchers with expertise on sustainable and equitable
mobility and access or related areas, and strong interest in carrying out interdisciplinary research. Open for application until 2020-09-29
MOBILITY GRANT 2020 - MAC-MG 2020
The VREF invites PhD students and advanced master students from Sub-Saharan African (SSA) universities to apply for a Mobility Grant (MG) to support a visit to another SSA university with up to SEK 25 000.
The VREF invites PhD students and researchers in early stages of their career to apply for a Study Visit Grant to be supported with up to SEK 30 000.
Each year the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research awards a scholarship to a prominent researcher.
Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarships for Sustainable Transport and Energy Efficiency targets supporting the momentum of Lee Schipper’s contribution to the international policy dialogue in these fields.
This yearly award is aimed at supporting young individual researchers and students in is pursuance.
Call extended to April 30, 2020 due to COVID19.
Blog! Blog! Blog!
This Meeting of the Minds' blog monthly releases interviews of global transportation researchers from the VREF's Future Urban Transport Program Network.
This CityFix series, produced by the WRI (World Ressources Institute) Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and supported by the VREF, discusses walking and cycling in cities with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries.
About VREF
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
