Improvement of logistical efficiency is essential to increase the international competitiveness of Japan. However, freight vehicles cause traffic congestion and place a large burden on the environment. The importance of the freight vehicle transport management has been recognized for the simultaneous achievement of the efficiency of freight vehicle transport and the mitigation of its impact to life. We address a wide range of logistical and freight-vehicle issues such as the attribute analysis of physical distribution, the means to mitigate freight vehicle issues and the exploration of new logistical systems. Image: Freight distribution in Paris and Tokyo Source:“Traffic Engineering” No.6 Vol.38, 2003 Traffic accident rate by vehicle types   Number of accidents: 2001 data  Vehicle-km: 1999 data Example: Improvement of efficiency of product distribution utilizing expressway network (TOYOTA) Source: “Sparkling Earth, Expanding Future”, Research Office of Tokai Arterial Road of Chubu Regional Development Bureau, 2006