Lab Highlights
Research & Publications
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A UPS Story: Insights into the day-to-day of last mile drivers
read more: A UPS Story: Insights into the day-to-day of last mile driversOctober 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…
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Podcast: Can We Solve the Last-Mile Delivery Puzzle?
read more: 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.
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Future Urban Mobility Symposium, 2015
read more: Future Urban Mobility Symposium, 2015This is the annual Future Urban Mobility Symposium, organized by the Future Urban Mobility (FM) IRG of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Center. The two-day Symposium, featuring contributions from researchers at…
News & Updates
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SIOR Report: The Impact of E-Commerce on Warehousing and Commercial Real Estate
read more: SIOR Report: The Impact of E-Commerce on Warehousing and Commercial Real EstateIn a talk at the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR) Annual Conference in New Orleans, MIT’s Matthias Winkenbach discussed the current challenges in urban last-mile logistics in light of the continuing boom…
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Daniel Merchan Awarded at APICS
read more: Daniel Merchan Awarded at APICSDaniel Merchan of the MIT CTL Megacity Logistics Lab has been awarded the 2016 L.L. Waters Scholarship sponsored by APICS.
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MIT Sloan Management Review: Remapping the Last Mile of the Urban Supply Chain
read more: MIT Sloan Management Review: Remapping the Last Mile of the Urban Supply ChainIn an article for the MIT Sloan Management review, MIT’s Matthias Winkenbach outlines how data analytics and interactive visualization can enable faster, better-informed decision making on the way to more efficient last-mile delivery operations…
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WSJ Guest Voices: Delivery Companies are Redefining the Last Mile in Crowded Cities
read more: WSJ Guest Voices: Delivery Companies are Redefining the Last Mile in Crowded CitiesIn a Wall Street Journal commentary, MIT’s Matthias Winkenbach and Daniel E. Merchán write that demographic changes and shifting buying patterns are combining to change delivery in the congested cities, leading to new last-mile…