MARKETS/SERVICES
Introduction
Market Sectors
Services - Buildings
Services - Environment
Services - Transportation
■	Aviation
■	Bridges
■	Development
■	Event Management
■	Freight Management
■	Highways
■	Infrastructure Maintenance
■	Intelligent Transport Services
■	Investment Appraisal
■	Light Rapid Transport
■	Local Roads
■	Market Research
■	Performance Management
■	Quality Bus Systems
■	Rail Planning and Engineering
■	Road User Charging
■	Strategy and Plan Development
■	Structures
■	Traffic Planning
■	Transport Project Management
	■	BAA
	■	Coventry Rapid Transit
	■	TransportEnergy BestPractice
	■	Waterloo International Station Redevelopment
	■	West Midlands Red Route Package One Monitoring
■	Transportation Planning
■	Tunnelling
■	VISSIM Micro-Simulation Software
Capabilities A - Z

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Management of the Freight element of the TransportEnergy BestPractice programme

Project outline

To research manage and market a programme of behavioural change in the freight industry encouraging greater operational efficiency and cost savings, this has important benefit of reducing C0₂ production by goods vehicles.

Contract value

£2.5m

Key features

Management of a complex and wide ranging national programme
Expert research and development of efficiency publications
Marketing and Communications strategy to maximise benefit

Skills utilised

Industry leading knowledge of freight operations
Consultation and operational research
Marketing and communications
Conventional and electronic design and printing
System and programme management
Contract administration

Project detail

The programme began following the UK Government commitment at Kyoto to CO₂ reduction targets to hit by 2010. The aim of the programme is to help reduce the amount of CO₂ produced by the freight industry in England. It is funded by the Department for Transport (through its Freight Logistics research division).

The key aim and messages of the programme message sold to the industry is to operate more efficiently to reduce operating costs (and as an added benefit reduce environmental impact, specifically CO₂ production).The programme is founded on the key messages of ‘reduce fuel consumption and maximise vehicle utilisation’ – in other words, ‘operate smarter, be more productive and use less resource’

The programme develops a range of publications aimed at promoting operational efficiency in the freight industry (the vast majority of these refer to road freight transport) The key outputs are publications, including Good Practice Guides (covering specific subject areas intended to promote efficiency, like fuel management, telematics and aerodynamics); Good Practice Case Studies (covering operator specific examples of efficiency improvements at the likes of Thorntons plc, Transco etc); Benchmarking Guides (covering key performance indicators for specific industry sectors, such as Non food retail distribution, pallet networks); Freight Future newsletters (covering updates on Programme activities and future plans) and other materials such as Videos on fuel efficiency in truck Fleet Management.

For more information please contact Jonathan James