Vehicle transportation storage system and method

A method comprising:

• providing plural storage containers on a platform of a vehicle, each of the storage containers includes multiple module walls and a container door, the module walls defining a cavity configured to receive an object, the container door mounted to the module walls at an access end of the storage container and encloses the cavity when the container door is in a closed state, the storage containers further comprising electronic locksets mounted to the storage containers and configured to lock the container doors in the closed state;
• mounting a frame on the platform, the frame comprising frame members that define plural bays, each of the bays sized and shaped to receive one or more of the storage containers therein;
• loading a pod of the storage containers into one of the bays, the loading of the pod comprising securing the container doors and the electronic locksets of the pod to the frame and translating a block of plural shelves, representing the module walls of the one or more storage containers, into the bay such that the shelves align with the container doors to define the storage containers;
• orienting the storage containers within the bays of the frame such that the container doors are accessible to an individual that is off-board the vehicle or that is on the platform to extract the object from the cavity or to deposit the object into the cavity;
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• responsive to receiving an unlock signal, unlocking the respective container door of one of the storage containers associated with the unlock signal, via a corresponding one of the electronic locksets, to permit opening the container door for extracting the object or depositing the object.