ABSTRACT
Private companies, in general, have little involvement in the local authority trafc and transport planning process, and until recently there have not been any recognized approaches on how to introduce public-private cooperation on a long-term basis. Furthermore, urban freight transport, in relation to public transport, is low on local authorities’ agendas and the most common approach to address freight transport has been that of regulation. Much of this regulation has focused on time of day of operation and limits on vehicle sizes. The roles in urban freight therefore have been that, in general, private companies perform freight transport operations and the
2.1 An Introduction to Partnership Approaches 13 2.2 Important Considerations in Partnerships 14 2.3 Partnership Case Studies 17
2.3.1 Japan: East Osaka City 17 2.3.2 Canada: Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area 18 2.3.3 UK: Central London 18
2.4 Stakeholder Considerations for Freight Partnerships 19 2.5 Achievements of Partnerships 20 2.6 Key Points and Conclusions 23 References 24
public sector regulates those operations. However, in the past 10 years it has become clear that achieving greater efciency and sustainability in urban freight requires the city/ local authority to address the issue with new organizational approaches, which cannot be achieved without public-private understanding, collaboration, and partnerships (Crainic et al., 2004).
