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October 17, 2022   //   
October 17, 2022 — Urban Freight Lab researchers Giacomo Dalla Chiara, and Anne Goodchild have published a new article in the American Planning Association's 2022 State of Transportation Planning report —  "Intersections + Identities A Radical Rethinking of Our Transportation Experiences" —  a highlight of the year's innovative ideas, emerging research, and success stories in transportation.
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September 19, 2022   //   
AUGUST 15, 2022 — The Urban Freight Lab has undertaken a new project writing a white paper on how cities can best prepare for and promote the large-scale adoption of cargo bikes, in collaboration with PeopleForBikes, Cascade Bicycle Club, Bosch e-Bikes, Cornucopia Logistics, Fleet Cycles, Gazelle, Michelin, Seattle Department of Transportation, and Urban Arrows. While cargo bikes have proven their efficiency as a sustainable home delivery transportation method during the pandemic, many U.S.
August 31, 2022   //   
August 31, 2022 — What is the future of freight? That is the question we're aiming to answer over the next year in our Urban Freight Lab project on Urban Freight in 2030.
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August 1, 2022 — The Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center is delighted to announce the appointments of Amelia Regan and Kelly Rula to our team.Regan and Rula bring a wealth of direct experience, research expertise, intellectual leadership, and teaching excellence that will be invaluable to our students, partners, and community.Amelia Regan, Ph.D.: Director, SCTL Master's Degree Program; Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringAmelia ReganAmelia Re…
July 26, 2022   //   
July 27, 2022 — New Urban Freight Lab paper Modeling The Competing Demands of Carriers, Building Managers, and Urban Planners to Identify Balanced Solutions for Allocating Building and Parking Resources has been published in the September issue of Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives Journal.
July 25, 2022   //   
July 25, 2022 — Do you live, work, shop, or travel in the West Seattle peninsula? Then we want to know what you think! The Urban Freight Lab is collaborating with the City of Seattle Department of Transportation to learn how people get in, out, and around the West Seattle peninsula and whether and/or how the West Seattle Bridge closure has changed your transportation behavior. The West Seattle Bridge is expected to reopen the week of September 12.
June 20, 2022   //   
June 20, 2022 — What is the future of freight? That is the question we're aiming to answer over the next year in our new Urban Freight Lab project, Urban Freight in 2030.
June 20, 2022   //   
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.
June 7, 2022   //   
June 7, 2022 — The Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics program (MSCTL) has named incoming student Aron Cho as recipient of the $10,000 2022 SCTL Scholarship, selected from this year's pool of applicants for admission. Aron was born and raised in South Korea and left home at age 17 to study English, first in the Philippines and then in Montana.
June 1, 2022   //   
May 31, 2022 — Urban Freight Lab researchers Anne Goodchild, Ed McCormack, and Andisheh Ranjbari, and Kevin Chang (University of Idaho) have released the Managing Increasing Demand for Curb Space in the City of the Future final report, providing recommendations for innovative curb design solutions that ensure that our streets operate efficiently, safely, and reliable for people and goods in the city of the future.
May 3, 2022   //   
May 3, 2022 — Urban Freight Lab Research Assistant and Student Research Group Manager Fiete Krutein (Ph.D., Industrial & Systems Engineering '22) defended his dissertation today, completing his graduate studies and earning a doctorate degree. Krutein now joins trucking software company Convoy as a Scientist.
April 28, 2022   //   
April 28, 2022 — Urban Freight Lab Research Assistant Fiete Krutein (Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering anticipated '22) and founder Prof. Anne Goodchild have published a new article, "The Isolated Community Evacuation Problem with Mixed Integer Programming", in Transportation Research Journal Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review (Elsevier).
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April 25, 2022 — The Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics program (MSCTL) has named incoming student and U.S. Air Force Executive Officer Caitlin Myers as the recipient of the $10,000 2022 SCTL Scholarship, selected from this year's pool of applicants for admission.Caitlin currently serves in the U.S.
April 25, 2022   //   
April 25, 2022 — The Urban Freight Lab announces the publication of a new study exploring the pathways to future implementation of "Green Loading Zones" (GLZs) in New York City. Green Loading Zones are curb spaces designated for zero- and low-emissions vehicles including electric trucks, electric vans and cargo bikes.
April 20, 2022   //   
APRIL 20, 2022 — The Urban Freight Lab today announced the addition of W/:RP to its public-academic-private research consortium. Headquartered in Los Angeles, W/:RP focuses on digitizing the old school trucking model to create the most efficient routes for middle-mile freight. W/:RP emerged from stealth mode earlier this year in February, raising $2.4 million in a seed round with ambitious sustainability goals like working to electrify the middle-mile.