Linking goods movement to economic prosperity and environmental quality

This report is a summary of proceedings from a policy and research symposium focusing on the links between goods movement, the economy, the environment, and questions of equity. Key issues addressed included: impacts of changes in production, trade, consumption, and congestion on goods movement; impacts of goods movement on health, land, and environmental quality; trends and policy concerns of international trade traffic; public-private cooperation and coordination in goods movement; land use conflicts with expanding ports and terminals; goods movement in rural areas; freight logistics and local impacts of global trade; alternative technologies and energy; emissions regulation in goods movement; and, governance challenges to planning, regulating and managing goods movement.