Postal Hub Podcast: Urban Logistics with Dr. Anne Goodchild

Dr. Anne Goodchild, Director of the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center at the University of Washington, discusses urban logistics and parcel lockers, including: 

• What the Urban Freight Lab is and how it works in understanding and testing urban freight solutions
• Seattle Neighborhood Delivery Hub – providing access to goods in neighborhood-friendly modes
• Collecting parcels by foot from parcel lockers, residential delivery via cargo bike, mobile lockers, and reducing the distances traveled by delivery vehicles
• Emissions, safety, and pleasantness of neighborhoods
• Partnerships underpinning the Seattle Neighborhood Delivery Hub pilot
• Evaluation of the pilot – measurable reduction in miles traveled per parcel
• Collaboration with carriers and local governments
• Understanding the impact on infrastructure and economics of last-mile delivery
• Ideal area for a cargo bike delivery service to cover
• Can cargo bikes feasibly replace delivery vans?
• Measurable reduction in emissions
• Impact on the speed of delivery
• Community response
• Delivering large and bulky items
• Parcel lockers research, evaluating the impact on operations, distance traveled, speed of delivery at the point of delivery, and impact on curb space
• The importance of data when evaluating the impact of e-commerce delivery on cities, including congestion and emissions