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…
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…
From Scottish Power Energy Networks £20 million green economy fund comes a grant for a community delivery service run by Soul Riders in Glasgow. Glasgow has a target of becoming the UK’s first net zero emission city by 2030. The bikes, two Urban Arrows and one Bullitt, will be run by SoulRiders from its warehouse…
Prodrive Academy in the Netherlands offers cargobike riding lessons to corporate riders, who may not be familiar with the handling skills required to ride safely a heavily laden two wheeler. “The collaboration between Urban Arrow and Prodrive came about through a shared contact at PostNL,” says Mark Maaskant, founder of Prodrive Academy. “We help companies…
From March 2021, companies and organisations in the Swiss town of Sankt Gallen can hire one of 10 e-cargobikes for one year for free. The bikes can be branded with the logos of the individual businesses. At the end of the rental, the businesses can purchase the bike with a 30% discount, or return it.…
The pilot is an initiative of Fulpra and PostNL, in cooperation with the municipality of Nijmegen. Nijmegen is working on an emission-free inner city. The cargobikes are made by the Utrecht-based Fulpra. The Province of Gelderland has contributed to the development and construction of the cargobikes. The Gelderse Corridor programme stimulates sustainable and clean transport.…
Darmstadt will have two complementary cargobike hire systems; one using the hosting model, and free to users, and one using docking stations, and available to users for a small fee. The city in Hesse already has a fleet of five cargobikes available for hire for free; there are plans to expand the number of bikes.…
