INTRODUCTION

ASSESSING THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE MOBILITY IMPLICATIONS OF THE EXPANSION OF E-COMMERCE AND DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER DELIVERIES

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program of the National Academy of Sciences is conducting a survey on the equityEquity definition: The state or quality of being fair and just. implications of e-commerceE-commerce is defined here as the process in which the order taking and submittal, order receipt and confirmation, purchase payment, and delivery tracking and confirmation is conducted electronically. and direct-to-consumer deliveries, as it relates to community impacts, consumer access, and workforce mobility.

We request that you complete the survey, which will take between 5-10 minutes. Your responses will remain anonymous and will be combined with those of other stakeholders to help in our description and reporting on the state of equity considerations in e-commerce. Results and findings will ultimately be used to educate, support and improve the work done by public and private sector planning and transportation practitioners, among others.

We very much appreciate your taking the time from your busy schedule to share your thoughts on this important and timely topic.

Canete Medina Consulting Group Inc. is performing this study on behalf of the NCHRP. You can read more about the project by visiting this link.