Transportation Resources
MIT FreightLab Q4 2020 Co-Directors’ Letter
Welcome to the first to be quarterly update from the MIT Freightlab!
Research Spotlight: PhD Candidate Angela Acocella in Conversation
PhD Candidate Angela Acocella in conversation with MIT FreightLab Co-Director David Correll about her recently published paper, "Elephants or Goldfish: Carrier Reciprocity in Dynamic Freight Markets". Who are “elephants” and who are “goldfish” in your research? We’re...
FreightLab Book Review: “Sweatshops on Wheels”
BOOK REVIEWSweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking DeregulationBy Michael BelzerOxford University Press (2000)Reviewed by David HC Correll Michael Belzer wants you to know two things about American trucking: (1) it hasn’t always been this way; and (2) it...
State of the Art in Transportation Contracts
On November 3 2020, the MIT Freightlab convened an open virtual session entitled, State of the Art in Transportation Contracts”. The goal of the session was to introduce the FreightLab’s 2020-2021 research program, which focuses on innovations that expand the...
Future Freight Flows: Scenario Planning Toolkit
The Scenario Planning Toolkit is designed to help transportation planners in any organization design, plan, and run a Scenario Planning Workshop. There are two types of material contained here: Guidebooks and Workshop Collateral.
Forecasting Freight Transportation Rates
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Chris Caplice, PhD, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), as the second speaker in the Transportation in the Age of Artificial...
An Introduction to Scenario Planning Video
This animated video can be used to help an audience understand what Scenario Planning is. It complements (and can replace) the Introduction to Scenario Planning PPT.
MIT FreightLab with Chris Caplice
In 2008, CTL launched the MIT FreightLab to drive innovation in the freight transportation industry. CTL believes that tackling large-scale complex systems will lead to breakthrough developments in a domain that has traditionally been...
Future Freight Flow Scenarios Overview Video
This is a 5-minute video that provides an overview of all four scenarios. It is intended to be used in the Reveal portion of the debrief.