“…If packages are delivered to people's doorsteps with little coordination, soaring residential freight deliveries will increase congestion, noise, and air pollution, not to mention exacerbate parking shortages in denser urban areas. If, however, last mile deliveries are coordinated, performed as part of existing daily deliveries (e.g., via the US Postal Service), done by bicycle or electric vehicles, and/or go to lockers or neighborhood convenience stores (as is commonly done in Taiwan 5 , for example), their external costs could be much reduced (e.g., see Moore, 2019).…”