MIT FreightLab
Driving Innovation within the Transportation Industry
What is the MIT FreightLab?
The MIT FreightLab mission is to drive innovation into the freight transportation industry in order to reduce cost, minimize risk, and increase the level of service. Freight transportation is subject to highly volatile demand and costs that are typically outside of a firm’s ability to control or even influence. This is compounded by a dominant design in terms of how freight is historically procured and managed. FreightLab research focuses on working with companies to develop and implement real-world solutions to these challenges.
FreightLab objectives are to develop innovations in freight transportation planning and operations and drive them into practice. Recently, we have developed methods for forecasting both short term spot-market rates and longer-term contract rates. We are exploring alternative contract forms between shippers and carriers that increase the level of trust in the relationship and yield better results for both parties. Working with a wide range of shippers, carriers, and third-party providers, the freight lab team develops and delivers better ways to design, procure, and manage large-scale freight transportation systems.
Our Research
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Our Team
Dr. Chris Caplice
Co-Director
Dr. David Correll
Co-Director
Dr. Jarrod Goentzel
Principal Research Scientist
Dr. Angi Acocella
Research Assistant
Dr. Josué Velázquez Martínez
Research Scientist
Shraddha Rana
Research Assistant
Updates from the Lab
David Correll in conversation about his new MIT FreightLab working paper, Two Quasi Experiments Concerning Working Conditions of American Truck Drivers
Q: “Two quasi-experiments”? To start, can you explain what this means? Firstly, it’s two experiments because there were two phenomena of interest. First, drivers quitting, and second, tight markets. We wondered, what’s different in the ELD data...
Book Review: Trucking Country by Shane Hamilton
Reviewed by David HC Correll To me, Shane Hamilton’s book, Trucking Country: The Road to America’s Wal-Mart Economy reads like watching a classic horror movie. Before you even begin, you know that the titular monster is coming. And as the movie progresses,...
Drilling Deep: Tapping into the brains of a leading college to aid trucking – Podcast withFreightWaves
NEW FreightWaves Podcast featuring FreightLab’s David Correll.
Get In Touch
Interested in collaborating with us? Do you have a research idea?
Send us a note at freightlab@mit.edu to set up a time to discuss your ideas, questions, and transportation goals.