Seventh Annual
Freight and Logistics Symposium
December 5, 2003
Four Points Sheraton Minneapolis
Implications of Community-Integrated Logistics
Too often, freight-oriented industries find themselves in conflict
with communities over a number of questions: How should land be
zoned? How much traffic is too much? What types of jobs do we want?
Should businesses operate all night? What site designs are acceptable?
The freight and logistics industries need to find new ways to operate
and prosper in this shifting environment. Successful cities, metropolitan
areas, and states are finding answers to these questions—answers
that integrate logistics activities and land uses to keep local
economies healthy and viable, while still meeting the desires of
residents for a livable community.
This symposium had two main thrusts:
- The challenges in developing an appreciation for freight and logistics activities in community planning
- The potential solutions for creating an atmosphere where communities and businesses can integrate transportation into their planning
Participants heard about national and international programs that are now addressing these issues. In addition, a panel of local experts discussed approaches to integrate regional business, transportation, and land use, and what it will take to incorporate some of these best practices from other areas.
Program
7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome
Robert Johns, Director, Center
for Transportation Studies
Russell Kinneberg, President, Council of Logistics
Management Twin Cities
Ronald Lifson, Chair, Minnesota Freight Advisory
Committee
8:15 Leading Edge Trends and Concepts
Moderator:
Mark Berndt, Senior Freight Systems Planner, Wilbur Smith Associates
Freight Logistics in the European Union: The Interaction of Public and Private
Thomas Zunder, Advanced Railway Research Centre, University of Sheffield, England
Making Intermodal Logistics Work for Communities: Global Freight Villages
Roberta Weisbrod, Ph.D., Partnership for Sustainable Ports, Brooklyn, New York
Identification of Freight Clusters in the Twin Cities and in Minnesota
Ferrol Robinson, SRF Consulting Group
10:00 Break
10:15 Community-Integrated Logistics—Implications for Minnesota Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Richard Murphy Jr., President, Murphy Warehouse
Company Panelists:
Lynn Moratzka, Planning Director, Dakota County
Lee Starr, Community Development Director, City
of Coon Rapids
Lance Neckar, Professor, Department of Landscape
Architecture, University of Minnesota
Bruce Maus, Principal, Corporate Real Estate
11:45 Update on Federal Initiatives and Legislation
Leo Penne, Program Director for Intermodal Activities, American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials
12:15 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjourn
Robert Johns, CTS