In Paris, Fluidis runs an electric boat that docks at two quays in the centre. From there cargobikes provide the end delivery. The system distributes up to 1500 packets a day The boat is wide enough to allow the sorting and loading of the parcels on board. More here We have reported previously about the…
Nice photo gallery on BikePacking.com of the different users of the Mercurio cargobike around Mexico. They’re used for all manner of duties, including commerce. My favourites are packed with an enormous cooler of homemade paletas or aguas frescas, their pilots announcing their approach with a comical squeezy horn that can be heard three blocks away, often with a…
SunRider produces rear-loading cargobikes with solar panels on the roof and the sides of the cargobox. They claim that “by charging on the move one has up to an additional 100 km of range per day” Vodafone is starting a pilot using a SunRider bike in Utrecht. The bike’s on-board equipment will record a whole…
We reported earlier this year that Veolia is trialling refuse cargobikes in Central London The bikes called CyClean are built by Italian company Brezza, based near Milan They feature reverse drive, two batteries for 50km range and a tippable cargo box Another Italian company that offers refuse collection cargobikes is T-cargo; a more basic box,…
As part of its initiative to promote commercial cargobikes, the German Environment Ministry is now offering grants to set up last-mile micro consolidation depots. Micro depot guidelineMicro depots are used for the temporary storage and transfer of consignments to cargo bikes, with which the delivery “on the last mile” is carried out emission-free. The “last…
Last September Construction Manager Magazine ran a story that showed some examples of cargobikes being used in an industry that one associates with much heavier machinery. Champion of these case studies is Michael Barratt, development impact assessment manager at Transport for London. His exposure to the link between construction and cargobikes started when he had…
DPD has set up a micro depot in the forecourt of a petrol station in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. Six cargobikes, including ONO, Velove Armadillo and Radkutsche deliver approximately 400 parcels, dropped in the morning by an electric van The depot is fitted with a 75KW battery recharging station supplied by Swabbee It…
While European cycle logistics depots have been set up in collaboration with several operators, the City of London has decided to award an exclusive contract to Amazon to run a new depot. Is that wise? The Hamburg public transport agency, Hamburger Hochbahn, has just opened a last mile logistics depot. Four companies will be operating…
DHL has been operating a boat / bike service in Amsterdam for some years. They have now started to operate a similar multi-modal service on the Thames, with faster boats. From their website: DHL Express has launched London’s first riverboat parcel delivery service, which aims to ease congestion and provide a reliable and efficient way…
Tübingen, 30 km South of Stuttgart will have 20 cargobikes for public hire, in a pilot project sponsored by the Schwarz Group, the holding company of Lidl. The r-m Packsters, branded as “like-bike” will be parked at 8 virtual stations and can be released using a mobile app. The charge is €3/hour or €15/day The…
From Tech.EU EIT Innoenergy has committed a €3 million investment into Berlin-based urban mobility startup ONO, which will receive the funding over the next two years in preparation for a Europe-wide launch that’s set for 2022. The German company is rolling out its Pedal Assisted Transporter (PAT) Pioneers Edition, an e-cargo bike with a modular design,…
In Cycling Industry News, Richard Armitage, chair of the European Cargo Bikes and Cycle Logistics Experts Group has recently written on recent trends of the cargobike industry in the UK. First he highlights years of development finally bearing fruit, with sales showing 50% annual growth. However present sales figures are dwarfed by the potential: The Cargo Bike &…
In the spring, as London was at a standstill, the local authority of Lambeth, in Central-SouthWest London, awarded PedalMe a contract to distribute thousands of food and essential home products to individual homes. The cycle logistics company uses a mix of Urban Arrows XL cargobikes and big trailers. Over the duration of the contract they…
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, Ursula? Present regulation determining the status of light electric vehicles is a bodge. Essentially a list of requirements was drafted in the last century to exempt e-bikes from Regulation 168/2013 (type-approval for mopeds and motorcycles). The most important of these requirements were pedal…
Using capacity on passenger trains for transporting parcels and using train stations as hubs for urban deliveries by cargobikes is no-brainer that unfortunately is rarely exploited because of silos thinking in the rail industry. It is therefore good to see InterCity RailFreight expand its same-day parcel delivery operation in the UK. From their website: ICRF…
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