Episode 576: The Logistics of Package Delivery

This week we're joined by Arizona State Professor Benjamin Fong to discuss an item he wrote in Urban Omnibus entitled Where's My Package? We discuss his work trying to suss out how e-commerce companies like Amazon have built their logistics systems and the difficulties of last mile deliveries. Benjamin also shares potentially beneficial legislation, movements that could benefit workers, and the process of siting warehouses that impact small towns to the benefit of big corporations. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube !

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Episode 576: The Logistics of Package Delivery is an episode from Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast by The Overhead Wire.

This episode is 01:03:48 long.

This episode was published on Apr 30, 2026.

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