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Freight Transport * UK - Study: Policy needs a rethink
LCP Consulting, the UK's freight transport policy needs a new vision based on solid evidence
* The work of more than one million vans and foreign-registered HGVs (which account for around 6% of the total distance travelled by lorries on British roads) are going unrecorded.
* Off-shoring of UK manufacturing and growth in global sourcing has distorted national statistics.
* A previous commitment to define freight flows by sector is not yet fulfilled.
The report's author, LCP Consulting's chairman Professor Alan Braithwaite, said: "Freight transport policy needs to clearly define the strategic priorities and provide guidance on future operating practices, but the data and modelling used to develop and determine policy will need to be significantly upgraded to inform public debate on the difficult policy choices ahead" ...(Photo from img3.photographersdirect: M25 " London orbital motorway " long queue of trucks gridlocked in traffic jam)
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