Freight quality partnerships
Freight Quality Partnerships or FQPs are groups of transport operators and local authorities that come together to deal with matters of freight access and deliveries in a particular location[citation needed]. FQPs are regarded as best practice by the Department of Transport (DfT) [1] Best practice is published by the Energy Savings Trust (on behalf of DfT). In recent years there has been a shift of transportation companies and organizations that have consolidated these shipping resources in order to provide the end user with a better experience.[2] Two booklets are available: "A guide on how to set up and run Freight Quality Partnerships",[3] and "Freight Quality Partnerships - Case Studies" [4]
Some of these are small geographically, i.e. covering only one business estate, e.g. Brimsdown Business Area in Enfield, whilst others cover larger areas, such as West London .
Some are funded by the members themselves, others by regional authorities, e.g. Transport for London (TfL). Freight Quality Partnerships are a key part of TfL's London Freight Plan.[5] Transport for London hosts an umbrella website for London's FQPs [6]
Within London the current FQPs are:
Brimsdown FQP [1].
Central London FQP [2], managed by the Central London Partnership [3].
West London FQP [4], managed by MVA Consulting.[5]
South London FQP [6], managed by TTR Ltd.[7]
Thames Gateway FQP [8], managed by Intermodality. [9]
Islington FQP, managed by Steer Davies Gleave.
Outside of London there are many FQPs including:
Cambridgeshire FQP.
Oxfordshire FQP.
Tyne and Wear FQP [10], managed by AECOM. [11]
Networks
The Freight Quality Partnership Network (FQPN) is a discussion forum available to members of the Freight Transport Association.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Department for Transport".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ (Good Practice Guide 335)
- ^ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100408192644/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/freight/sustainable/coll_freightqualitypartnerships2/freightqualitypartnerships1.pdf (Good Practice Case Study 410)
- ^ "Deliveries in London".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.fta.co.uk
