Using Public Transportation to Facilitate Last Mile Package Delivery [Project Summary]

Details

• Alternative Title:
  0-6891: Using Public Transportation to Facilitate Last Mile Package Delivery Project Summary
• Creators:
  Elgart, Zachary ; Miller, Kristi ; Tan, Shuman ; Edrington, Suzie ; Warner, Jeffery
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Implementation
  • Markets
  • Package service
  • Partnerships
  • Pricing
  • Rural transit
  • State of the practice
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Edition:
  Project Summary
• Contracting Officer:
  Badgely, Sonya
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Commerce and quality of life in Texas depend on the daily delivery of millions of tons of goods shipped efficiently and affordably over Texas’ multimodal freight transportation system. Continued growth of business to consumer e-commerce has increased demand for package shipping services, and rural areas face a particular challenge in finding efficient last-mile delivery of goods (from freight drop to final destination). The network of rural transit agencies and intercity bus carriers may effectively bridge the last-mile gap in package shipping from the freight drop point to the final destination by providing last-mile package delivery services in exchange for a service fee.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6891
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66056/dot_66056_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 84.95 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b56c771fcab29a817d8a642f68335e6e6907c01da443cee96abbcf36e65a2af0427cc0d38ea10d31445a4021d9e0ef1ecc85790e71311c65410e80e12caf003