Dr. Matthias Winkenbach

While urban transportation involves the movement of both freight and passengers in urban areas, the term city logistics is explicitly limited to the domain of urban freight transportation (Bektas et al., 2015). City logistics concepts aim at increasing the efficiency and decreasing the negative environmental, social and economic externalities of urban freight transportation through consolidation and tighter coordination of shipments within an integrated logistics system (see, e.g., Taniguchi, 2014).

The design of multi-tier distribution networks for urban last mile delivery is the centerpiece of Dr. Winkenbach's research (see, e.g., Winkenbach et al., 2016). Moreover, his research addresses issues of infrastructure and policy design for urban freight transportation and delivery, and applications of data analytics, algorithms, and technology innovation in urban transportation.