Pressure on governments to invest

A key priority for all modes of transport over the next decade is overcoming congestion. It’s not just a UK problem, says Peter Quantrill, director general of the British International Freight Association, but a global issue. “There is a certain irony that when I started in freight, development ideas were all about getting goods faster and more efficiently, not to forget profitably, from city A to city B,” Quantrill told FTW. “Now, and for at least the next decade, developments will have to come in getting cargo moving around cities A and B!” He suggests that the industry needs to continue to pressure governments to make the necessary investment. “There are many strands to this increasingly serious issue: planning laws, infrastructure development, and innovative thinking all need to be taken into account as part of a complex equation.”