Lab Highlights
Research & Publications
Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery
Published on MIT DSpaceAuthors: Farri T. Gaba and Matthias WinkenbachMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Transportation & Logistics, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States Abstract This report examines the legal, regulatory, and societal barriers facing...
Quantifying the impact of urban road networks on the efficiency of local trips
Publication Details Published on Science DirectAuthors: DanielMerchán1 MatthiasWinkenbach AndréSnoeckMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United StatesReceived 7 December 2018, Revised 9 February 2020,...
Why Last Mile Logistics
Designing urban logistics operations requires in-depth understanding of consumers and channels combined with high-resolution, data-driven modeling. There are three major drivers of increased complexity of urban logistics networks.
Configuring the Last-Mile in Business-to-Consumer E-Retailing
Dr. Matthias Winkenbach Director of MIT CTL’s Megacity Logistics Lab, and Stanley Frederick Lim, PMP, recently wrote an article examining how retailers operate and have reconfigured their last-mile distribution to cope with changing omnichannel demands.
News & Updates
Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery
Published on MIT DSpaceAuthors: Farri T. Gaba and Matthias WinkenbachMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Transportation & Logistics, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States Abstract This report examines the legal, regulatory, and societal barriers facing...
Why Last Mile Logistics
Designing urban logistics operations requires in-depth understanding of consumers and channels combined with high-resolution, data-driven modeling. There are three major drivers of increased complexity of urban logistics networks.
A UPS Story: Insights into the day-to-day of last mile drivers
October 25th, 2018. 7h47. I have just locked my bicycle to a "no parking here" pole located in an industrial area just outside Boston and make my way towards the Somerville United Parcel Services (UPS) sorting facility. Dr. Matthias Winkenbach and I are about to...
Podcast: Can We Solve the Last-Mile Delivery Puzzle?
As part of the Moving Urban Logistics Forward podcast series, Megacities Logistics Lab Director Matthias Winkenbach provides his perspective on the future of Last Mile Logistics.