The purpose of the 4th National Urban Freight Conference (NUF) 2011 is to continue to examine the impacts of goods movement and international trade in metropolitan areas. This year's NUF Conference will be held on October 12-14 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, California.

METRANS is now accepting Abstracts for the conference. Abstracts must be submitted by June 14, 2011.

More information:
http://www.metrans.org/nuf/2011/paperscall.html

The abstract is limited to 500 words and must include a statement of the research, methodology and data, and a brief summary of results and conclusions. The format for abstracts is as follows:

* Title
* Topic area
* Authors with full contact information
* Indicate whether you plan to send in a final paper or final presentation
* Abstract text

Abstract Submission:

By e-mail: [email protected]

By mail: National Urban Freight Conference Program Committee
METRANS Transportation Center
c/o Alix Traver
1000 Studebaker Rd., Suite 3
Long Beach, CA 90815

Major Topical Areas

1. Models for urban goods movement
2. Port operations
3. Trucking/air/rail economics and logistics, productivity, labor issues
4. Local and regional environmental externalities: congestion, air
quality, environmental justice, etc.
5. Policy and institutional issues in urban goods movement
6. Security/vulnerability of goods movement
7. Best practices/lessons learned

Conference Registration Information

Detailed registration information is available at:
http://www.metrans.org/nuf/2011/