In the Media

Experts say local, state and federal mandates are not responsible for current nationwide shipping delays.

Seattle’s last-mile delivery hub has been working on ways to rethink urban deliveries. One of its tests seems to be an enormous success.

URB-E joins Amazon, PepsiCo, Ford Motor Co., Coaster Cycles, BrightDrop, and REEF in the Urban Freight Lab, which works land use and transportation infrastructure to combat ecommerce delivery congestion

The lessons of the pandemic have, in many ways, given retailers a sense of optimism and excitement about what’s possible in the future.

By Bill Keough, Anne Goodchild, and Giacomo Dalla ChiaraConsumers have become accustomed to having the products they order delivered faster than ever. Using innovative techniques to securely deliver goods wherever and whenever the customer requests them, delivery companies are advancing to meet this demand.

In recognition of an innovative approach to transportation education, the UW CEE Online Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics (SCTL) program has been honored with the 2021 ITE Transportation Education Council Innovation in Education Award.

“Home delivery has been affecting transportation for close to thirty years,” Anne Goodchild said. “COVID simply accelerated the growth that we had anticipated."

The Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics has received the Institute of Transportation Engineers 2021 Innovation in Education Award. This award seeks to advance innovation in transportation education by recognizing an individual, college/university department, or organization/learning institution that has implemented an innovative technique or program to attract, develop, and/or retrain transportation professionals.

The University of Washington’s Online Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics (SCTL) Program has received the Transportation Education Council’s 2021 Innovation in Education Award.

Urban Freight Lab researcher Giacomo Dalla Chiara says that more extensive networks of protected bike lanes could facilitate cargo bike delivery in the U.S.

Anne Goodchild from the University of Washington unpacks the Seattle Neighbourhood Delivery Hub and discuss all things urban and micro freight and what it means for the future of place.

Although it takes a little work to understand, there is a clear link between installing smart lockers and reducing carbon emissions. To test the theory that lockers boost efficiencies and decrease van congestion and pollution, Parcel Pending by Quadient entered into a pilot project with the University of Washington and its Urban Freight Lab.

By Paul TolmeAs a lifelong bike lover who has survived many close calls with cars and reckless drivers, this quote from the cult classic movie “Repo Man,” has always made me laugh. “The more you drive,” Miller tells Otto while philosophizing over a trash can fire, “the less intelligent you are.”

When UPS tested electric cargo bikes in downtown Seattle, a study from the Urban Freight Lab found that even though delivery truck drivers spent around 50 minutes each day looking for parking, they were able to deliver more packages than cargo bikes on the same route.

The Western Arkansas Planning and Development District and transportation planning division of Frontier Metropolitan Planning Organization in Fort Smith were selected by the University of Washington Urban Freight Lab to undertake a feasibility study to examine micro-freight hubs and possible business models in north Fort Smith.