A well-designed land-use plan with respect to shopping areas can control the growth in car mobility aimed at shopping. Much attention must be paid to realize or revitalize shopping centres that are accessible for everybody, not exclusively for car users. By changes in logistic organisation, more cooperation between transport companies will be possible. Shippers should give transport companies this opportunity by lowering their demands on transport times and frequency of deliveries. Shippers must be hold responsible for the annoyance the transportation of goods causes in urban areas. This is certainly not the sole responsibility of transport companies. By adapting vehicle technology, logistics and infrastructures it will be possible to fit in freight vehicles in urban areas. A balanced, regional coordinated land use and transport plan is needed to control freight mobility. The decentralization dogma, as propagated by the Dutch national government, and the rivalry between local governments with respect to shopping centres should be set aside. (A)
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