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
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 |