The UW Supply Chain and Transportation Logistics (SCTL) Center will conduct an alley inventory and truck load/unload occupancy study for the City of Seattle. Researchers will collect data identifying the locations and infrastructure characteristics of alleys within Seattle’s One Center City planning area, which includes the downtown, uptown, South Lake Union, Capitol Hill, and First Hill urban centers. The resulting alley database will include GIS coordinates for both ends of each alley, geometric and traffic attributes, and photos. Researchers will also observe all truck load/unload activity in selected alleys to determine minutes vacant and minutes occupied by trucks, vans, passenger vehicles, and cargo bikes. The researchers will then develop alley management recommendations to promote safe, sustainable, and efficient goods delivery and pick-up.
Principal Investigators:
Anne V. Goodchild, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW
Edward D. McCormack, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW
Sponsor: Seattle Department of Transportation
Scheduled completion: September 2018