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June 20, 2022 — Urban Freight Lab researchers Dr. Anne Goodchild, Dr. Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Nota Goulianou, and Şeyma Güneş have published Understanding and Mitigating Freight-Related Impacts from the West Seattle Bridge Closure, a report on a study of the closure of the West Seattle High Bridge during 2020-2022. The report documents the impacts of the closure on freight flow, businesses, and carriers, explores current freight movements and quantify freight demand, and identifies mitigation strategies for freight flow to and from West Seattle, both during the bridge closure and beyond.
About the Project: West Seattle Bridge Case Study
Final report: Understanding and Mitigating Freight-Related Impacts from the West Seattle Bridge Closure
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About the Urban Freight Lab (UFL): The Urban Freight Lab is a structured partnership of academic researchers, public sector agencies, and private sector firms — shippers, retailers, tech providers, property owners, and manufacturers — working collaboratively to identify complex urban freight management problems and design solutions to make industry more efficient and cities more sustainable and livable.