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“We never can abandon freight as long we have demand for products and services… We are the blood vessels for a healthy society, and that, that’s very important.”

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Are you interested in how logistics influences urban planning? What do you think about pilots of collaborative logistics? How can we rethink logistics in regards to resilience?

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Interview with Ron van Duin, applied research professor of Port & City Logistics at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and assistant professor at Delft University of Technology, Faculty Technology, Policy and Management. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, freight and transportation, drones, autonomous vehicles, rethinking logistics for resilience, and many more.

Ron van Duin is an applied research professor of Port & City Logistics at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and assistant professor at Delft University of Technology, Faculty Technology, Policy and Management. With a background in Econometrics and a PhD in Technology, Policy and Management. He has over 30 years’ experience in city logistics, sustainable urban freight transport, intermodal transportation, and simulation. His research focuses on sustainability, efficiency, and the impacts of new technologies in freight and logistics.

Find out more about Ron through these links:

• Ron van Duin on LinkedIn
• Ron van Duin at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
• Ron van Duin at TU Delft
• Ron van Duin on Google Scholar
• Ron van Duin on ResearchGate
• Low Impact in Lastmile Logistics – CoE KennisDC Logistiek

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• No.344 – Interview with Mark Coates about challenges of urban delivery
• No.439R – How autonomous vehicles can affect anomalies of urban transportation
• No.440 – Interview with John Rossant about the urban mobility revolution
• No.451R – Defining the interface between city logistics and urban design: A systematic literature review

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