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80% of Goods Start or End in Cities. It’s Time We Start Taking Urban Freight Seriously.80% of Goods Start or End in Cities. It’s Time We Start Taking Urban Freight Seriously.

80% of Goods Start or End in Cities. It’s Time We Start Taking Urban Freight Seriously.80% of Goods Start or End in Cities. It’s Time We Start Taking Urban Freight Seriously.
At Seattle’s Municipal Tower, which houses more than 5,000 tenants, Anne Goodchild’s team installed a parcel locker on the first floor. Carriers stored packages in a reserved locker space instead of scouring the building for the right doorstep. The locker reduced delivery dwell times, which originally averaged 30 minutes, by nearly 80%.
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Microhubs defined Microhubs defined

Microhubs defined Microhubs defined
Research by Urban Freight Lab of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center (University of Washington) revealed a lack of an established and widely accepted definition for the concept of consolidation centers or microhubs.
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Delivery vehicles waste a lot of time searching for parking. Cities can fix that Delivery vehicles waste a lot of time searching for parking. Cities can fix that

Delivery vehicles waste a lot of time searching for parking. Cities can fix that Delivery vehicles waste a lot of time searching for parking. Cities can fix that
New research from Anne Goodchild and Giacomo Dalla Chiara found that cruising for parking accounted for a whopping 28% of total delivery vehicle trip time. For the typical driver making 30 trips per tour, that's 1 hour and 10 minutes of wasted time.
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Cargo cycle schemes can 'offer considerable benefits', says new research Cargo cycle schemes can 'offer considerable benefits', says new research

Cargo cycle schemes can 'offer considerable benefits', says new research Cargo cycle schemes can 'offer considerable benefits', says new research
A research team led by Giacomo Dalla Chiara from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, has published the results of a study simulating the performance of different operational scenarios for cargo delivery — a truck-only scenario and a cargo-cycle with mobile hubs scenario— under different delivery demand and parking conditions.
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Urban Freight Lab Opens Package Pick-Up Solution in Seattle's Belltown Urban Freight Lab Opens Package Pick-Up Solution in Seattle's Belltown

Urban Freight Lab Opens Package Pick-Up Solution in Seattle's Belltown Urban Freight Lab Opens Package Pick-Up Solution in Seattle's Belltown
August 20, 2020 — The Urban Freight Lab's U.S. Department of Energy-funded, three-year study will examine impacts of open network lockers on last mile delivery efficiency and environment. To learn more about the project and sign up for the locker pilot, visit www.BelltownLockers.com .
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Traffic Control Traffic Control

Traffic Control Traffic Control
The challenges inherent in urban logistics aren't new. "But they've been exacerbated by current trends," says Anne Goodchild, professor and founding director of the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center at the University of Washington.
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