Final 50 Feet of the Urban Goods Delivery System: Pilot Test of an Innovative Improvement Strategy

PI: Anne Goodchild (UW), annegood@uw.edu, ORCID: 0000-0003-1595-0570

Co PIs: none

AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2017 – 8/15/2019

STATUS: Completed

CATEGORIES: Freight, Urban Delivery, Innovation

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DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the research project is to pilot test a promising strategy to reduce the number of failed first delivery attempts in urban buildings. The test will take place in the Seattle Municipal Tower. It will serve as a case study for transportation and urban planning professionals seeking to reduce truck trips to urban buildings. SCTL Identified two promising strategies for the pilot test:

  • Locker system : smaller to medium sized deliveries can be placed into a locker which will be temporarily installed during our pilot test
  • Grouped-tenant-floor-drop-off-points for medium sized items if locker is too small or full (4-6 floor groups to be set up by SDOT and City Light)
  • People will come and pick up the goods at the designated drop off points
  • Flyers with information of drop-off-points will be given to the carriers

SCTL will evaluate the ability of the standardized second step pilot test to reduce the number of failed first delivery attempts by:

  • Collecting original data to document the number of failed first delivery attempts before and after the pilot test; and
  • Comparing them to the pilot test goals.
DELIVERABLE DUE DATE DATE RECEIVED
Research Project Progress Report #1 4/10/2018 4/1/2018
Research Project Progress Report #2 10/10/2018 10/2/2018
Research Project Progress Report #3 4/10/2019
No Cost Extension Request 6/15/2019
Draft Report 6/15/2019 5/15/2019
Final Project Report 8/15/2019