“Our van drivers are averaging between 10 and 12 deliveries a day while the e-cargobike riders can do more than 30 deliveries a day,”said Doug Hutchinson, Head of Absolutely Sameday, a Central London courier firm. More here Advertisements
Olvo is a Paris-based cargo bike cooperative, in great expansion; from eight employees at the end of August 2018, there are now 19 in the team. Cycling Industry News reports on a new customer for the cooperative: Ikea’s first downtown store in La Madeleine, Paris, opened on Monday, and customers can now have products sold…
Hamburg is adding 20 electric cargobikes to its fleet of StadtRad rental bikes. The electric cargo bikes can transport up to 60 kilogrammes and have a fold-out bench with adjustable safety belts with space for a two-year-old and a seven-year-old child. Similar to other StadtRad bikes, the first 30 minutes are free of charge. However,…
The Department for Transport is offering 20% of the cost of e-cargobikes (up to £1000 (=€1160) per bike) to businesses in the UK Transport for London’s scrappage scheme is for small businesses and offers up to £3500 (=€4060) to replace old vehicles which would be subject to charges to enter the Ultra Low Emission Zone
On 04.04.19, Team London Bridge hosted a Cargobike Expo, an opportunity for operators of electric cargobikes to pitch their services to local businesses. The Expo is part of the Bikes for Business initiative. The project aims to convert 15% of business deliveries in London Bridge to cargobikes to coincide with the introduction of the Ultra Low…
The City of London (the small central financial district) has published its draft Transport Strategy. There are several mentions of cargobikes (and special needs cycles). Essentially the measures break down in two different sections: Provisions for private users and potential users of cargobikes. The cycle network will cater for all types of cycles, including cycles as…
More and more companies are offering in situ bike repairs, with bike mechanics fixing and servicing bikes where customers work, live or are stranded. One example is Live Cycle in Berlin: Traditional bike shops risk of losing an important regular income if they don’t offer a similar service. Shimano is coming to their rescue by…
“I Decongest the City” is a German initiative to encourage businesses to test cargobikes. Around 120 companies are participating. Greenpeace Energy is one of them. They have been using an electric Christiania Bike Matti Pauls (left above), the Greenpeace Energy Regional Partner now rides the bicycle four to five times a week (approx 60km) for…
Where would you rather live: a country drifting away into deluded isolation or in cities that are taking concrete action to wean people off the poisoned chalice of motor vehicles. Three contrasting headlines: UK Transport minister rules out extending ‘low emission vehicle’ grants to e-bikes – BikeBiz National subsidy for large cargobikes (min: 150kg, 1m3…
VeloStrom reports that Correos, the Spanish postal service, are expanding their testing of cargobikes from the original city of Sevilla to other Andalusian towns, Malaga Granada and Cordoba. With the new pilots, the cargobox has been increased from 300l to 550l. The tricycles have also been redesigned to improve ergonomics and stability, with 20″ rear…
Twenty seconds to set up and a 180kg pallet is ready to be towed by bike. Made by FlexiModal, a company based in Rennes, the trailer can increase scope and speed of micro-delivery hubs: Even the larger cargobikes are not able to transport pallets at present. If BicyLift is available at a micro-consolidation hub, a wider…
We have written about two catering businesses (one in Vienna and one in London) with large cargobike fleets, essential for an efficient distribution. ICBF reports about another one in Amsterdam, Marleen Kookt, which has grown from a two-people operation in a home kitchen to an operation that includes 50 part-time riders (Bezorgers) on 23 Urban…
