Applied Research

Off-Hour Delivery In NYC

This project is an innovative example of receiver-centered freight TDM. This initiative relies on incentives (financial or otherwise) to induce receivers to accept deliveries in the off-hours (7PM to 6AM). Since the incentives remove the opposition of the receivers, and the carriers are generally in favor, entire supply chains can switch to the off-hours, and the effect of these shifts reverberate through entire supply chains. Read more about Off-Hour Delivery

Freight Trip Generation and Land Use

This research seeks to provide improved freight generation (FG) and freight trip generation (FTG) models for different land use characteristics related to freight facilities and commercial operations to better inform state and local decision-making. Read more about Freight Trip Generation models