News and Announcements

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.

October 20, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is pleased to announce REEF as Member of the Year 2021.

OCTOBER 11, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) today announces the addition of green e-cargo delivery solution URB-E to its public-academic-private research consortium.Headquarted in Los Angeles, URB-E focuses on reducing emissions and increasing efficiency in the final mile of delivery.

October 10, 2021 — New Urban Freight Lab report: "The Seattle Neighborhood Delivery Hub Pilot Project: An Evaluation of the Operational Impacts of a Neighborhood Delivery Hub Model on Last-Mile Delivery", examines the operational and environmental benefits of one of the nation's first zero-emissions last-mile delivery pilots — Seattle Neighborhood Delivery Hub — a neighborhood delivery hub with e-cargo bikes as the delivery vehicle, serving as a testbed for innovative sustainable urban logistics…

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.