October 28, 2021 — Prof. Anne Goodchild has received the 2021 Outstanding Researcher Award by PacTrans (Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium), in recognition of her career of leading outstanding research with significant outcomes, incorporating meaningful student contributions, and robust community service and leadership involvement.
“I am honored to receive the Outstanding Researcher Award from PacTrans, particularly as this award embodies many of my own values in research; significant outcomes, meaningful student contributions, and robust community service/leadership involvement,” said Goodchild. “In addition, it is gratifying to receive the recognition from the PacTrans Board of Directors, who represent some of the most influential and respected researchers and educators in our region.”
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About the Urban Freight Lab (UFL): An innovative public-private partnership housed at the Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center at the University of Washington, the Urban Freight Lab is a structured workgroup that brings together private industry with City transportation officials to design and test solutions around urban freight management. Since launching in December 2016, the UFL has completed an innovative suite of research projects on the Final 50 Feet of delivery, providing foundational data and proven strategies to help cities reduce truck dwell times in load/unload spaces, and failed first delivery attempts by carriers, which lowers congestion, emissions, and costs.