News and Announcements

OCTOBER 11, 2018 — Ecommerce is booming, and data shows that the number of packages delivered in Seattle could double in the next five years if online shopping continues to grow at its current rate, increasing the number of delivery vehicles, and impacting congestion, parking, and air quality. Parcel lockers open to all freight carriers could alleviate the strain. A common carrier locker system would provide drivers with one location to deliver packages.

OCTOBER 8, 2018 — The Urban Freight Lab at the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics (SCTL) Center, University of Washington, has received a $1.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy for a project on Technology Integration to Gain Commercial Efficiency for the Urban Goods Delivery System, Meet Future Demand for City Passenger and Delivery Load/Unload Spaces, and Reduce Energy Consumption.

AUGUST 9, 2018 — When it comes to freight transportation, much attention is paid to the last mile of a delivery. But what about the last 50 feet? Eno Center for Transportation invited Urban Freight Lab Director Barb Ivanov to deliver a guest webinar on  "Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Freight," exploring the innovations that can reduce a carrier’s dwell time at each stop and potentially solve the challenge of the Final 50 Feet.

JULY 6, 2018 — The Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center co-sponsored the Seafood Industry Transportation Challenge with Valle Scholarship and Scandinavian Exchange program, Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and Arctic University of Norway (UiT), and Trøndelag, Troms, and Finnmark counties), bringing together 24 graduate students (14 from UW, 10 from NTNU) fr…

June 17, 2018 — The Urban Freight Lab is a cosponsor of the Port of Seattle's summit on industrial jobs in the greater Seattle, in partnership with Manufacturing Industries Council, Core Plus, MLK Labor, Machinists District 751, BNSF Railway, and NUCOR Steel. The summit will be held on June 27 and 28. Events include: Industry tours to the Boeing 737 plant, Nucor Steel, Vigor Shipyard and the “Industry Space” incubator facility that supports 10 new manufacturing firms.

June 11, 2018 — The University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab at the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center (SCTL) has been looking for solutions to urban congestion. Common carrier parcel lockers that aren't owned by a specific company, such as Amazon, could alleviate the strain. These lockers would provide truck drivers with one location to drop off their packages the first time.

May 25, 2018 — Urban Freight Lab Director Barb Ivanov will present Final 50 Feet research as part of a session on "The Explosion of E-Commerce and Urban Growth" at The Toy Association’s Summer Business conference, an exclusive educational and networking forum for senior-level finance and operations executives and credit and logistics managers of manufacturer members. Taking place June 11 to 12 in Seattle, Wash., this year’s event is hosted by Amazon.

May 25, 2018— The Urban Freight Lab presented at the 52nd annual Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference (PNREC) in Tacoma as part of a panel on E-Commerce Growth May Double Demand for Urban Delivery Spaces by 2020 - Are Cities Ready? Director Barb Ivanov spoke on "How the Growth of E-commerce, Population, and Ride-Hailing Services is Reshaping Cities" Research Assistant and Ph.D.

May 1, 2018— We are pleased to welcome new Urban Freight Lab members Expeditors International of Washington, Ford Motor Company, and Kroger. The UFL is a partnership between public and private sector companies associated with either receiving goods in the urban environment or moving goods on the ground.

April 26, 2018 — Urban Freight Lab Research Assistant Gabriela Giron (Civil & Environmental Engineering MS '18, Ph.D. student, and Fulbright Scholar) has been named to the Urban Freight Transportation Committee (AT025) of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Transportation Research Board (TRB).

March 20, 2018 — Congratulations to Urban Freight Lab Research Assistant and Ph.D. student Jose Machado for receiving the 2017 Concord Engineering - Jason Holdridge Term Graduate Student Support scholarship. Jose and other College of Engineering scholarship recipients were recognized at the 2017 Scholar-Donor Recognition Luncheon on November 14, 2017.

March 20, 2018 — Professor Anne Goodchild was named the 2017 Person of the Year by The Transportation Club of Seattle. The annual award recognizes “an individual who has made extraordinary efforts, impact and contributions to the local transportation field and community.” A CEE faculty member since 2005, Goodchild is the founding director of the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics (SCTL) Center and serves as academic director for the associated master’s degree program.

March 26, 2018 — The Urban Freight Lab at the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center is currently partnering with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to pilot test a common-carrier smart locker system in the Seattle Municipal Tower from March 23 through April 13.

October 24, 2017 — SCTL Center Chief Operating Officer Barb Ivanov joined mayors, journalists, policy and business leaders from across the globe at CityLab Paris earlier this week.

October 18, 2017 — SCTL Center Founding Director Anne Goodchild presented on "Density and delivery: A look at where delivery services reduce VMT over passenger vehicle travel and where they do not" at UCLA's 27th Annual Arrowhead Symposium on Transportation with UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA Institute for Transportation Studies, Caltrans HQ, and Metro Los Angeles. Panelists also included Dr.