Identifying the Need for Freight to be Included in Local Authority Transport Planning - Sustainable Urban Logistics: Concepts, Methods and Information Systems - page 46

urban freight as something that need to be addressed. However, as a initial focus,
there is a need to increase the awareness of the impacts of urban freight transport
on a general level as well as the possibilities for local authorities to include freight
as something equally important as passenger mobility in their planning processes.
Since freight is not just a business problem that will be solved efficiently by private
stakeholders, the local authorities have the possibility to create prerequisites that
could potentially improve its efficiency.
There is no simple answer to how the local authorities could include the issue of
freight transport in their planning processes, however it is recognised that inter-
action between stakeholders needs to be improved. The freight stakeholders
interviewed have expressed a willingness to interact with the authorities and there
have been attempts from the local authority side to find policy measures that help
address the issue. Therefore we suggest that the first and foremost step towards
including freight transport in the planning procedures needs to be a regular
involvement of stakeholders. It is important that the inclusion of freight stake-
holders goes beyond just the large freight forwarders and retail companies, and
that other indirect stakeholders be considered as well. These may include for
example, land and property owners, retailers, and trade. With improved interaction
between local authorities and freight stakeholders there is greater opportunity for
the LA's to improve their knowledge of urban freight issues, as well as to become
more aware of any possible problems that may arise as a result of any transport
policy measures under consideration.
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