October 20, 2020 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is pleased to announce UPS as our 2020 Member of the Year. A founding member of the UFL, UPS has been integral to our success since we launched in 2016, dedicating time, effort, and resources to advance our research program.
“UPS invested in the Urban Freight Lab before it began and has relentlessly contributed to our research, by sharing knowledge, insight, and data, and participating in numerous pilot tests including parcel locker delivery, ridealongs, and the electric cargo bike project,” said Andisheh Ranjbari, UFL research scientist.
“There are so many wonderful organizations involved with this effort; it is truly an honor for UPS to be recognized,” said Darryl Forbes, Vice President of Engineering for UPS Freight. “The collaboration with the Freight Lab is providing invaluable insights on innovative solutions that enable UPS to better service our customers in areas that are typically very challenging. We value the partnership with the Urban Freight Lab and look forward to continuing our association with the team. Together will we advance solutions that will benefit the members of the Lab and the cities we serve.”
“The collaboration with the Freight Lab is providing invaluable insights on innovative solutions that enable UPS to better service our customers in areas that are typically very challenging.” – Darryl Forbes, Vice President of Engineering, UPS Freight
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About the Urban Freight Lab (UFL): An innovative public-private partnership housed at the Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center at the University of Washington, the Urban Freight Lab is a structured workgroup that brings together private industry with City transportation officials to design and test solutions around urban freight management. Since launching in December 2016, the UFL has completed an innovative suite of research projects on the Final 50 Feet of delivery, providing foundational data and proven strategies to help cities reduce truck dwell times in load/unload spaces, and failed first delivery attempts by carriers, which lowers congestion, emissions, and costs.
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