Ep 278: Logistics and delivery lessons from lockdown

Dr Laetitia Dablanc, Professor at the University Gustave Eiffel and head of the Logistics City Chair, discusses recent research she co-authored entitled "Response to COVID-19 lockdowns from urban freight stakeholders". We discuss: A survey focusing on labour, traffic, regulations, and any other issues relevant  Need to adapt to the volatility and variability of e-commerce orders Delivering "essential" goods Home delivery vs out-of-home delivery, and the challenges of returning to residential delivery in areas where out-of-home dominated Productivity issues during lockdown Contactless delivery Robot delivery City plannings failing to integrate logistics into future plans Deliveries not transitioning from vans to cargo bikes Urban and suburban warehouses Urban hubs and local regulations Working conditions of gig economy delivery riders Precarious workers prepared to work in gig economy Speed of delivery and resulting increase in emissions Future protections of gig economy delivery workers