Presentations

Join Anne Goodchild, University of Washington, as she presents in person at the Spring 2024 Kent Seminar Series; view via Zoom or in-person. Lecture Title: “What do we want? Approaching Urban Freight from a Community Lens.” Abstract: While transportation planning has practiced community-engaged planning for many years, the practice is less well-established for freight projects. Historically freight activity was associated with industrial and commercial land uses and the impacted communities largely considered to be freight-related businesses. This oversight has for...

The Urban Freight Lab is hosting Prof. Michele Simioni (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) for a seminar on “Last-Mile Logistics Innovations: Parking Guidance Systems and Sidewalk Delivery Robots.” Abstract: The talk will delve into the topics of curbside management, simulation, and optimization. The first and main part will discuss alternative traffic management strategies for last-mile delivery operations. Various parking guidance approaches involving allocating commercial vehicles to dedicated loading/unloading bays are investigated alongside a vehicle-specific geofence strategy. Methodologically, an...

Presentation: Curb Digitalization for Last-Mile Deliveries (P26-20708) Presenter: Giacomo Dalla Chiara Panel: Unlocking the Power of Curb Data: Applications of the Curb Data Specification (Lectern Session 2048) Date & Time: Monday, January 12, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Description: Cities are increasingly recognizing the curb as one of the most valuable—and most contested—pieces of public space. From rideshare pickups and delivery zones to micro-mobility parking and freight loading, demand at the curb is higher than ever. The Curb Data Specification...

Poster: A Comparative Analysis of Commercial Vehicle Load Zone Programs Across U.S. Cities (TRBAM-26-01448) Authors: Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Yu-Chen Chu, Kelly Rula, Anne Goodchild Session: Last-Mile and Behavioral Logistics (3163) Date & Time: Tuesday, January 13, 8 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Poster: Understanding Carrier Preferences for Urban Freight Parking Pricing: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Seattle (TRBAM-26-04174) Authors: Arsalan Esmaili, Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Rubina Singh, Kelly Rula, Anne Goodchild Session: Current Research in Urban Freight Transportation (3036) Date & Time:...