News and Announcements

September 1, 2021 — The Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center is pleased to announce that our Master's degree program in Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics (MSCTL) has won the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) 2021 Innovation in Education Award, as announced in this month's ITE Journal. "We are thrilled to receive this recognition," said Anne Goodchild, Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center Founding Director and MSCTL Academic Director.

August 10, 2021 — New Urban Freight Lab publication: "Evaluating Traffic Impacts of Permitting Trucks in Transit-Only Lanes", authored by Şeyma Güneş, Anne Goodchild, Chelsea Greene, and Venu Nemani (Seattle Department of Transportation) in Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Record presents an analysis of data collected to evaluate the operational impacts of the implementation of a freight and bus-only transit (FAT) lane, and to guide the development of future lane managemen…

August 2, 2021 — New Urban Freight Lab publication: "Curbspace Management Challenges and Opportunities from Public & Private Sector Perspectives", authored by Caleb Diehl, Andisheh Ranjbari, and Anne Goodchild, is published in Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Record. With funding from PacTrans Region 10 University Transportation Center, researchers surveyed contemporary approaches, challenges, and opportunities to curb management in 14 U.S. cities.

JULY 13, 2021 — Today the Urban Freight Lab (UFL) announces the selection of two cities to receive urban freight research assistance under the Technical Assistance Program (TAP).

JULY 12, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is pleased to announce the addition of new member Cornucopia Logistics. "Cornucopia Logistics is a fantastic addition to the Urban Freight Lab," said UFL Manager Andisheh Ranjbari.

JULY 9, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is pleased to announce Sam Ricord, doctoral student in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Transportation Track) as the winner of the BrightDrop Urban Freight Lab EP1 Design Competition.

JULY 8, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is pleased to announce the addition of new member Lacuna Technologies. Founded in 2018 and based in Palo Alto, California, Lacuna builds and manages open-sourced digital tools that allow cities and municipalities to create, communicate, and enforce dynamic transportation policies.

June 17, 2021 — The University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab (UFL) has launched and deployed one of the nation’s first zero operating-emissions, last-mile delivery pilots in the Uptown neighborhood of Seattle, in collaboration with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and tech and delivery companies including AxleHire, Coaster Cycles, BrightDrop, and REEF.

APRIL 29, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is pleased to announce the addition of new member Grid Smarter Cities, a U.K.-based technology company whose Kerb mapping platform provides cities with real-time dynamic management of their curbspaces, enabling commercial vehicle drivers to book curb reservations, and cities to temporarily flex parking restrictions to offer curbspace at times when it least impacts the system.

APRIL 27, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is pleased to announce the addition of new member Automotus, a Los Angeles-based software company that provides cities with video analytics technology to monitor and manage their curbspace. Automotus uses computer vision (video analytics) to automate all aspects of curb management: collecting data, sharing live availability data, automating parking payment, and enforcement.

APRIL 13, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) has released OpenPark, a first-of-a-kind web app that alerts delivery drivers in real time to available parking spaces near their destinations—both currently open and predicted. It's part of a three-year research effort to use technology to alleviate challenges in the urban goods delivery system funded in large part by the U.S.

APRIL 8, 2021 — General Motors Company subsidiary BrightDrop is teaming up with the Urban Freight Lab to host a Research Challenge, providing students an opportunity to utilize their design and engineering skills and formulate recommendations and use cases on a new product: a next-generation self-propelled electric pallet (EP1) that can drive itself onto and off of a vehicle and follow a delivery worker around a neighborhood delivering packages, increasing efficiency and sustainability and reduc…

March 10, 2021 — Urban Freight Lab Research Assistant and Student Research Group Manager Haena Kim (Ph.D. Transportation Engineering '21) defended her dissertation today, completing her graduate studies and earning her doctorate degree. Kim now joins Nike's commercial analytics team as a Data Scientist.

March 16, 2021 — The Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Master's degree program at the University of Washington is hiring for an Affiliate Instructor to design and teach a new online course on Data Analysis in Supply Chain.   The ability to collect, manipulate, analyze, and make informed decisions based on large data sets is becoming an important skill for professionals aspiring to senior supply chain & logistics roles.

February 22, 2021 — To assist in the strengthening of urban freight practices, the Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is launching a six-month Technical Assistance Program for cities, government agencies and nonprofits from outside of the Puget Sound region. We are inviting agencies and organizations who share the same passion and vision for solving urban freight challenges with UFL, to apply for the program.