The second international conference organised by the Urban Freight Platform will discuss the complexity of freight transport in urban areas with a focus on the need to share space both at the city and regional level.

Topics will include:

• sharing space for freight and passenger transport,
• how we can plan for better use of space with cities becoming denser,
• the need to consider a regional dimension,
• how we can change behaviour and achieve change.

Current issues in urban freight research, Monday 17 October: A series of presentations of academic papers on the basis of submitted abstracts (in oral and poster form) in short presentations in a number of parallel streams.

Plan for the future – sharing urban space, Tuesday and Wednesday 18 & 19 October: A series of invited presentations, panels and break-out sessions discussing innovative solutions that consider the perspectives from public authorities, transport operators, shippers, receivers, architects, planners, other industry stakeholders and researchers concerned with urban goods movement.