(This project is being conducted under the Urban Freight Lab's (UFL) Technical Assistance Program, where UFL contributes to the project by providing 1:1 match funds in terms of staff and/or research assistants to complete project tasks.)
Project Funder: Urban Freight Lab & Frontier Metropolitan Planning Organization, City of Fort Smith, Arkansas
Principal Investigator(s):
Project Budget: $102,000
Project Timing: September 2021 to February 2022
Project Funder: Urban Freight Lab, New York City Department of Transportation
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Anne Goodchild
Project Budget: $56,000
Project Timing: June 2021 to November 2021
(This project is being conducted under the Urban Freight Lab's (UFL) Technical Assistance Program, where UFL contributes to the project by providing 1:1 match funds in terms of staff and/or research assistants to complete project tasks.)
Project Funder: Amazon
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Anne Goodchild
Project Budget: $50,000
Project Timing: September 2020 to June 2021
Through synthesis of existing literature and interviews conducted with private and public stakeholders, this project aims to provide an overview of the barriers to achieving sustainable urban freight. The research will highlight key strategies that can enable sustainable last mile delivery in the urban environment and, importantly, outline the specific roadblocks to carrying out those strategies. This will help companies and public entities form sustainability plans and understand where collaboration between the two sectors in needed.
Project Funder: City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Anne Goodchild
Project Budget: $125,000
Project Timing: September 2020 to March 2022
SDOT has engaged the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center (SCTL) to conduct research to explore strategies to alleviate congestion impacts and minimize the disruption of goods and service delivery to West Seattle during the closure of the West Seattle High Bridge, which connects the West Seattle peninsula to the rest of the city.
Project Funder: Urban Freight Lab
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Anne Goodchild
Project Budget: $200,000
Project Timing: January 2020 to September 2021
The Urban Freight Lab's Common Microhub project provides an opportunity for members to test and evaluate urban logistics strategies on the ground in Seattle's Uptown neighborhood. As third-party logistics companies enter the last mile space and more cities commit to environmental focus and zero emission vision, the interest around creating logistics places in urban proximity is growing. The outcomes of this research can guide the development of future microhub implementations in other cities.