• share knowledge and ideas on an international level concerning developments in urban goods movement – including planning, policy, operations, modelling and data collection;

• contribute to research activities in the field of urban goods movement;

• encourage the development of new research techniques concerned with urban goods movement;

• support a network of researchers concerned with this topic;

• develop links with other networks concerning urban freight and city logistics.

These objectives will be reviewed and expanded from time to time in light of SIG members' interests.

Major Accomplishments: Prof. Ken Ogden was chair of the SIG from its inception until 2000 when the role was taken on by Prof. Michael Browne. Since the inception of the SIG interest in the topic has grown significantly and there are now a number of active groups and networks working in this area. In 2008 Prof. Toshinori Nemoto became co-chair of the SIG in order to contribute to further development and enhance international coverage.
Very successful track sessions were held at the 8th, 9th and 10th WCTR Conference in Antwerp, Seoul and Istanbul. Members of the SIG have also contributed to other initiatives such as the OECD Report on Urban Goods Movement. The SIG sponsored a track at the 11th World Conference in Berkeley 2007.
The SIG has developed a newsletter that is available to all members and is also circulated more widely.

Membership: Membership is open to any academic or practitioner with an interest in the subject area. Anyone interested in joining is invited to contact Michael Browne or Toshinori Nemoto at the addresses below. Suggestions for SIG activities are always welcome.

Contacts (co-chairs):

• Professor Michael Browne

University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS, UK
Tel: 44 20 7911 5154 Fax: 44 20 7911 5057
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• Professor Toshinori Nemoto

Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, JAPAN
Tel: 81-3-3504-0679  
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