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BESTUFS II national seminar in Australia, 11th March 2008
Title:
BESTUFS National Seminar on Urban Freight
Date:
11th March 2008
Venue:
Department of Infrastructure Theatrette, Level 5
121 Exhibition St
Melbourne
Summary:
Melbourne 11th March 2008
A total of 31 persons participated in the National seminar held at the Department of Infrastructure, Victorian Government in Melbourne on 11th March 2008. A wide range of organizations were represented including, local government, consultants and academics.
Major ThemesA major theme was the application of new technologies, both for vehicles (eg. performance based systems and network management (eg. information and communication technologies). There was growing interest by the federal government with National Transport Commission (NTC) and Transport Certification Australia becoming more actively involved in urban freight.
Program
An overview of the BESUFS and BESTUFS II projects as well as summary of the good practice guide was presented. The Good Practice Guide was distributed and was well received.
The recently produced National Transport plan was presented including a description of the desired outcomes in areas relevant to urban freight. The Intelligent Access Program (IAP), a compliance monitoring scheme that allows improved access to the road network using telematics was introduced. A description of how Performance Based Standards (PBS) can increase productivity in urban areas and reduce the community exposure to freight vehicles was given.
An overview of the development and application of the Melbourne urban freight model that is being used to assist in planning new infrastructure projects such an intermodal terminals was also presented. A summary of initiatives being undertaken in New South Wales, including a number of intermodal and container movement studies was also presented.
Discussion
There was strong interest in the BESTUFS project as well as establishing a national "best practice" network in Australia. The need for national leadership on urban freight was highlighted.
It was acknowledged that there is growing community concern over emissions, noise and congestion caused by trucks. Issues such as, how to integration of government planning, policy making were raised.
Concern about the predicted growth in the Port of Melbourne and the associated increase in freight vehicles operating in inner Melbourne. There is an increasing interest in how urban rail maybe able to reduce the impact of freight in major urban areas such as Sydney and Melbourne.
Agenda:
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | Overview of the BESTUFS Project Russell G. Thompson, The University of Melbourne |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Morning Tea |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Modelling Urban Freight Fotios Spiridonos, Manager Transport Modelling, Department of Infrastructure, Victoria |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | Performance Based Standards Kim Hassall, Raptour Institute |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | Innovative Approaches in Brisbane Les Brusza, Department of Transport, Queensland |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Intelligent Access Program Charles Karl, Manger Major Projects, Transport Certification Australia |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | Urban Freight Initiatives at NTC Chris Egger, Senior Policy Analyst, National Transport Commission |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Afternoon Tea |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Best Practice in New South Wales Graeme Sargent, Freight and Logistics Council of NSW |
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| 16:00 - 17:00 | Workshop on Establishing a Special Interest Group Oz Kayak, The University of Melbourne |