tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80750869759248726952024-03-05T16:01:27.186+01:00International Cargo Bike Festivalthe international cargo bike festival, the biggest festival in the world with bakfietsen, transport bicycles, bicycle trailers International Cargo Bike Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07930682750835754617noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075086975924872695.post-819627193393531142018-01-30T21:44:00.001+01:002018-08-29T23:36:11.384+02:00Low Impact City Logistics; Introducing the 'Net-Neutral' e-Trailer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Low Impact City Logistics is a collaborative project that has developed an innovative ‘net-neutral load’ electric powered trailer. To the rider, the e-trailer feels ‘weightless’; meaning high payloads can be carried with relative ease. The e-trailer can carry a payload of 200kg and also has a walking mode so that it can, if required, be de-coupled from the bike and walked, still using e-assist, closer to the loading/unloading point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">How the e-trailer achieves this ‘weightlessness’ is down to its ability to regulate speed so that, when on the move, it is always going at the same speed as the bike. It does this by using its motor to either add or remove energy from the wheels, based on feedback from a coupling which constantly senses the distance between the bike and e-trailer.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The coupling senses the speed of the bike and feeds this back to the motor.<br />Photo still from Skotkonung <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TFgXvB9bk">video</a>: "UPS Low Impact City Logistics Trial".</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The e-trailer is also designed to be as energy-efficient as possible. When it slows down, rather than simply dissipating energy as heat from friction, the energy is fed back into the battery. This is achieved by reversing the motor. Robin Haycock, Director at Fernhay, the company which developed the e-trailer, puts it like this: “Basically you have a battery full of energy, this energy is used to accelerate a mass (the e-trailer and parcels). If I want to decelerate that mass, then I want to save that energy back to the battery. In conventional freight bikes or pedelecs there is no function or capability to do this and the energy is converted into heat and lost via the disc brakes.”</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Low Impact City Logistics as a project however, is not just about development of innovative bike-trailer technology. The aim is to design a complete system which will provide more efficient ways to provide door to door delivery services to cities, with a particular focus on the last mile. The project is also looking at methods by which packages can be loaded at depots (to get rid, for example, of double handling) all directed by innovative distribution software. A trial period of the systems involved ran in Camden, London, in November and December 2017, further details from which will be available later on this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The project, part-funded by government agency Innovate UK, has several partners besides Fernhay, all of whom fulfil different roles. Technology company Skotkonung wrote optimisation algorithms which allow routing efficiency to be continuously improved using a GPS tracker in the e-trailer. The University of Huddersfield provided some of the expertise with which the e-trailer was developed. Cambridge-based cycle logistics operator Outspoken! Delivery conducted initial testing on the e-trailer. UPS, as the lead logistics partner on the project, operated the trailer in London and it was their packages that were being delivered in London during the trial.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Project: Low Impact City Logistics</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisations: Fernhay, Outspoken! Delivery, Skotkonung, UPS and Huddersfield University.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: London</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: UK</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">London Evening Standard: <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/parcel-delivery-firm-ups-trials-environmentallyfriendly-bike-trailers-to-replace-diesel-trucks-in-a3698111.html"><i>“Parcel delivery firm UPS trials environmentally-friendly bike trailers to replace diesel trucks in central London”</i></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">UPS: <a href="https://www.pressroom.ups.com/pressroom/ContentDetailsViewer.page?ConceptType=PressReleases&id=1511883753076-442"><i>“Innovative ‘depot-to-door’ system reduces traffic congestion and carbon emissions”</i></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Post & Parcel: <i><a href="https://postandparcel.info/74232/news/electric-powered-delivery-trailers-to-be-trialled-in-london">“Electric-powered delivery trailers to be trialled in London”</a></i> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">That’s Cambridge: <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JUdtZo5_1E">“A New Form Of Cargo Transport”</a></i> (Video)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Skotkonung: <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TFgXvB9bk">"UPS Low Impact City Logistics Trial"</a></i> (Video)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The RIPPL project has been running for a year now; so what better time to look back and reflect upon what we’ve discovered? We’ve picked out our top 5 most interesting trends so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Firstly though, our thanks go not only to you, our readers, for reading, but also to the 39 initiatives we’ve featured so far for sharing their valuable ideas and experiences with us. Later in this article we’ll also give you a taste of what is coming up for the RIPPL project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b><i>Trend 1: Heavy Duty Components</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">When it comes to making multiple deliveries, a fully loaded bike is an efficient bike. With many delivery vans now not carrying more than 150kg, it has become more and more common for us to ask bikes and trikes to carry heavier loads. The problem; standard bike components aren’t designed to cope with such heavy loads. Logistics operators and manufacturers alike are responding to this design challenge.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/03/outspoken-delivery-heavy-duty-components.html"><i>Click here to read more</i></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b><i>Trend 2: Containerisation</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In the mid 20th century, containerisation revolutionised the global shipping industry. As cycle logistics becomes more and more popular, the possibilities offered by containerisation are being considered by operators and manufacturers alike. In October, we wrote a feature about the possibility that standard sizes of container will emerge, and how that could play out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/10/velove-and-radkutsche-towards-container.html"><i>Click here to read our feature on standardisation in containerisation</i></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b><i>Trend 3: Mobility as a Service (MaaS)</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In July we featured Pedal Me, an impressive London-based startup. Taking on the likes of UBER, they are using cargo bikes to provide an efficient and competitive app-based taxi service in central London. In 2018, expect to see expansion from Pedal Me and more initiatives like this popping up elsewhere.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/07/pedal-me-maas-by-bike-on-streets-of.html"><i>Click here to read our feature on Pedal Me</i></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b><i>Trend 4: Sharing</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike share for personal mobility is now mainstream; around a thousand cities worldwide have a system. Parallel to this, more and more cargo bike sharing services are popping up. They’re especially popular in Germany and Switzerland, where they’ve been shown to break down barriers to participation; users who have tried a shared cargo bike are more likely to buy one for themselves.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/09/tink-affordable-cargo-bike-sharing-in.html"><i>Click here to read about TINK, a bike sharing initiative in two German cities</i></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">There’s more to the combination of food and cycle logistics than Deliveroo, Foodora, UBER Eats and the like. We’ve written about sustainable home delivery food businesses making healthy food, whose model is based on use of cargo bikes for delivery. There are also many social initiatives doing great work; with food which would otherwise have been wasted, or by ensuring that food waste does not unnecessarily end up in landfill.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/search/label/Food"><i>Click here to read RIPPL articles about food businesses and initiatives</i></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">It is safe to say that at the beginning of 2018, there is a lot going on in cycle logistics. Honourable mentions for fascinating trends that didn’t make our top five go to <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/08/disaster-relief-trials-community-racing.html">Disaster Relief</a>, <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/03/waltham-forest-council-christmas-courier.html">Government Intervention</a> and <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/search/label/multi-modal">Multi-modality</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Looking Ahead: What's Next?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">As well as looking back, we’ve also been looking forwards and are very pleased to announce that our partnership with smart sustainable mobility network <a href="https://www.connekt.nl/en">Connekt</a> will continue for another 6 months. This allows us to continue writing independent articles about innovation and best practices in cycle logistics. Our overall aims remain the same, to share knowledge and inspire those thinking about using cycle logistics as part of an initiative of their own, so many thanks go to Connekt for their continued support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">We have also been considering the above trends and have decided that our posts for the next six months will mostly focus on those trends that, in our opinion, will have the greatest impact on cycle logistics in the near future; namely <b>Containerisation</b> and <b>Heavy Duty Componentry</b>. As ever, if you have a suggestion about a concept or initiative you think we should cover, <a href="http://www.cargobikefestival.com/contact/">please get in touch</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In other news, we will also shortly be launching a dedicated RIPPL website. Watch this space for an announcement in the near future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Last but not least, don’t forget that the International Cargo Bike Festival will be held in April. This year, for the first time, it is moving to Berlin and will run concurrently with <a href="https://veloberlin.com/home.html">VELOBerlin</a> on the Tempelhof airfield. Festival dates are 14th and 15th April and you can <a href="http://www.cargobikefestival.com/program/">read more about the programme here</a>. We’ll see you there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The Dutch Post Office, PostNL, have begin systematically testing last-mile delivery vehicles. Naturally this includes cargo bikes, but they are also trying out Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs), such as the Stint. I met Nanette Wielenga, Bicycle Network Project Manager for PostNL, to find out more. We met at a depot on the western edge of Amsterdam at around 6pm and discussed the project as PostNL delivery riders, known Stadsbezorgers, returned from their evening rounds on various bikes, trikes and LEVs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The overarching idea behind the project is to replace the PostNL’s city-based delivery vehicles with a cleaner, more agile alternative. It’s an ongoing project - so far based in 8 locations across Amsterdam, although this may be expanded. During this phase, the aim is to replace 60 of PostNL’s conventional delivery vehicles with 60 bikes, trikes or LEVs. If successful, it will be scaled up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">What is interesting about the project is the manner in which PostNL have chosen to evaluate the options available to them; it is thorough and evidence-based. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are being employed, and a combination of the two will inform the decisions that are eventually made.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">As you would expect from any project being conducted by a large organisation, a lot of data is being gathered for analysis. This includes things like financial costs, but also productivity figures, for example comparisons of the time taken to do the same tasks using a van, versus each different model being tested. Some of the bikes, trikes and LEVs are GPS tagged, meaning all sorts of data can be collected and analysed. According to Nanette, the bikes, trikes and LEVs tested so far are much faster at the job than the vehicles they replaced: “you see the difference in the data”. GPS tagging also plays another role: security. The system allows PostNL to keep track of where each bike, trike or LEV is, and only allows a locked box to be opened by a Stadsbezorger who is actually using it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">PostNL are taking the qualitative side just as seriously and it is here that the Stadsbezorgers (who were all previously doing the same tasks, but in a van) are heavily involved. Taking part in the program was optional, the idea being that those involved would be open-minded and invested in making it a success. Each Stadsbezorger tries out every bike, trike and LEV, then feedback is gathered in a series of interviews from the people actually using them.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">This qualitative side of the process is important for a number of reasons. Firstly, it provides context for findings that come up from the data. For example; imagine a situation where a particular trike is taking longer to do a postal run than the other models being tested. The first thing PostNL would do in this situation would be to ask their Stadsbezorgers what was going on. More often than not, the answer would be forthcoming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Secondly, an engaged workforce that knows it is being listened to can provide myriad advantages in terms of labour relations. Stadsbezorgers feel like they are being listened to, because they really are.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Thirdly, it has allowed PostNL to develop and test new processes so that the bikes, trikes or LEVs are managed in the most efficient way possible. Management of a fleet of cargo bikes can be a very different thing to managing a fleet of vans; keys, batteries and maintenance routines must all be handled in different ways. This test phase is allowing PostNL to iron out any issues before scaling up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Another important aspect of the project is that of the relationships that PostNL has with the manufacturers of the bikes, trikes and LEVs being tested. The process has allowed PostNL to give manufacturers feedback on design changes that would make the bikes, trikes or LEVs more suitable for the job. Naturally, all of the manufacturers are keen to ensure that their bike, trike or LEV is chosen by PostNL, so both parties have an interest in making it work.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Nanette makes it clear that PostNL are keen to let the process run it’s course before making any decisions about which solution will work for them. In fact, they are open to choosing different solutions for different cities; after all, the medieval streets of central Utrecht, post-war boulevards of Rotterdam and, say the suburban outskirts of Eindhoven are all very different environments in which to operate. Delivery runs, where you know in advance how much you are carrying, may require a smaller capacity than collections, where a few full postboxes could mean a time-costly return to the depot to offload before heading out again to complete the run. This would suggest that designs with larger and smaller capacities might both have a place at PostNL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">I ask Nanette if there are any early indications as to what they will decide: “No, but what I can tell you is that we’re never going back to the vans. We don’t want it and neither do our Stadsbezorgers. The most popular amongst them is the Stint - it’s cool and they enjoy the attention.” Cargo bike manufacturers, take note!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><i>We’ve covered Post Offices shifting to the bike before, see <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/08/youve-got-e-bike-mail.html">RIPPL #24</a> to read about how the Croatian Post Office did it.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: PostNL</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Amsterdam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: The Netherlands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturer(s): Babboe, Urban Arrow, Johnny Loco</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Tom Parr: Interview with PostNL Bicycle Network Project Manager, Nanette Wielenga, Nov 2017</span><br />
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Tom Parrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852259387838086160noreply@blogger.comAmsterdam, Netherlands52.3702157 4.895167899999933152.2150437 4.5724443999999327 52.5253877 5.2178913999999335tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075086975924872695.post-8601076207119055462017-11-30T13:23:00.001+01:002018-08-29T23:39:07.115+02:00Marleen Kookt - Meals on Two Wheels<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The fleet. Note the hanging charging cables; not for the e-assist batteries,<br />but for the phones. Photo credit: Marleen Kookt</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Marleen Kookt is an Amsterdam-based meal delivery business founded in 2012 by Marleen Jansen and Joris Keijzer. Following a 6 month sabbatical spent in Majorca, during which Marleen experimented with various recipe ideas, they returned to Amsterdam. Finding that they did not want to return to their office jobs (both have backgrounds in large-scale retail) they started Marleen Kookt (Dutch for 'Marleen Cooks').</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">For the first six months, the operation was small scale; Marleen did all of the cooking herself and Joris the deliveries, delivering only to their postcode. After this, they started to recruit delivery riders (Bezorgers) and the delivery radius grew. As demand increased over time, Marleen recruited help in the kitchen, Joris began spending less time in the saddle and more time in the office, and more Bezorgers were enrolled. Today, Marleen herself is still to be found with her sleeves rolled up in the kitchen, whilst Joris takes care of operations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The service is aimed squarely at busy, convenience-seeking yet health conscious city dwellers. The menu changes each day, with three dishes on offer, plus soup, dessert and children’s options. The meals are delivered cold, in porcelain dishes and are accompanied by simple heating instructions. The porcelain is simply collected when the customer orders next.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The company currently has a fleet of 23 cargo bikes. They are mostly Urban Arrow <a href="https://www.urbanarrow.com/en/cargo/cargo-l">Cargo L’s</a>, with a few larger <a href="https://www.urbanarrow.com/en/cargo/cargo-xl">Cargo XL’s</a>. The fleet is always growing and new bikes will all be XLs; this is because in some areas of the city there are higher concentrations of customers. A bike with more capacity is more efficient and the Bezorgers are now experienced enough to ride these longer bikes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Since the beginning, Marleen Kookt have had a close relationship with Urban Arrow, who are also based in Amsterdam. The two are in regular contact, passing solutions and real-life feedback back and forth. A result of this symbiotic relationship is the numerous modifications to the bikes, one example being a internal shelf in the box, hinged like a trapdoor. This allows two layers of meals to be loaded. Another is a custom tamper-proof, handlebar mounted phone holder, which allows hands-free navigation on the move and avoids theft whilst Bezorgers have their backs turned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The company occupies a deceptively large premises in a typically dense residential area on the edge of the city centre. It’s a series of ex-printing, bookbinding and sewing workshops which have been knocked through into a single complex, consisting of a large kitchen, adjacent bike garage, office space. There is also, importantly, a large table around which staff eat together; Bezorgers receive a warm meal for each shift they work. According to Keijzer, there is room for the operation to double in size on this site, but: “It’s not about growing for growing’s sake. Quality always comes first for us. We see an opportunity to improve quality and grow at the same time”.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">There are currently around 50 Bezorgers working for Marleen Kookt. They are mainly students and young people with flexible schedules, working for a minimum of two days a week. A typical delivery run is 30km in length and lasts 2½ hours, in shifts running between 16:00 and 20:00. More experienced riders are given runs of up to 40 to 50km. In return, they are paid a decent hourly wage. Friendly contact with customers is a really important aspect of the business, so Bezorgers are given a taste of the day’s menu before each delivery run, so that they can evangelise to customers on the doorsteps.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The area covered by Marleen Kookt now covers most of the city.<br />Image credit: Marleen Kookt</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">After six months the operation was beginning to get quite complex, so the company had a custom, bike-friendly app made for them by Workwaze. On the handlebar mounted phones order information and routing for bikes is clearly shown - everything a Bezorger needs to carry out their deliveries. The back end of the system is more complex; a combination of factors is fed into the software, including bike capacity, the ½ hour delivery window chosen by each customer, order size, Bezorger working hours and Bezorger speeds. The slower average speed of less experienced riders is taken into account, as is the local knowledge of more seasoned Bezorgers, who tend to know shortcuts and routes to avoid. Following a manual check and some adjustments, the system creates packing lists and routes for each bike. These are ready by midday, in time for the kitchen to begin loading orders onto the bikes.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Marleen Kookt has a lot in common with another business we featured in <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/07/rita-bringts-viennese-meals-on-pedal.html">RIPPL #16</a>. Vienna-based <a href="https://www.ritabringts.at/">Rita Bringt’s</a> also use a significant fleet of cargo bikes to deliver healthy, hand cooked ready meals to customers’ homes. Both are figureheaded by a local woman who is passionate about healthy food. Both have built up a team of fairly-treated delivery riders. For all their similarities, there are differences; whilst Rita Bringt’s is also in the business of catering, Marleen Kookt have chosen to focus solely on home delivery. And while Marleen Kookt always offers a vegetarian option, Rita Bringt’s is fully vegetarian.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where the magic happens: a sneak peek in the kitchen.<br />Photo credit: Marleen Kookt</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">So, why did Marleen Kookt choose to use cargo bikes? There’s a straightforward answer; practicality. “It just makes sense. They meet our needs.” says Keijzer “Using cars in Amsterdam is expensive and frustrating. We looked at mopeds, but they didn’t have the capacity. So we considered our needs and made a conscious, practical decision to use 2-wheeled cargo bikes; they are manoeuvrable and stable, parking is easy and they have the capacity.”</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Another aspect is that the business is able to take advantage of Amsterdam’s cycling infrastructure. But even here, using cargo bikes is a way of future-proofing. “Amsterdam is getting clogged up. In 10 years I feel that cars will not reign the city like they do now”, predicts Keijzer. Why invest in anything else, if that’s the way you see things going?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another gratuitous photo of lots of cargo bikes in a row.<br />Photo credit: Marleen Kookt</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">I point out that an equivalent business in, say, the UK would be seen as remarkable for using so many cargo bikes as a central part of their operation. For Marleen Kookt, whilst cargo bike delivery is clearly an important part of the overall image of the company, there is also a sense that they don’t make too much fuss about the fact. Again, Keijzer is characteristically pragmatic “The green credentials are a ‘nice to have’. But the real reasons for choosing to use bikes were all business driven.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Marleen Kookt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Commercial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Amsterdam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: The Netherlands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturer: Urban Arrow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.marleenkookt.nl/">www.marleenkookt.nl</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/marleenkookt">Marleen Kookt Facebook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/marleenkookt">Marleen Kookt Instagram</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Contact: <a href="mailto:marleen@marleenkookt.nl">marleen@marleenkookt.nl</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Tom Parr: Interview with Joris Keijzer, Nov 2017</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Volkskrant: <i><a href="https://www.volkskrant.nl/archief/uitgekookt~a3288076/">“Uitgekookt”</a></i> (2012)(Dutch)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Paris has suffered unprecedented levels of air pollution in recent years. In response, Mayor Anne Hidalgo has declared war on the car and </span><a href="http://www.lejdd.fr/JDD-Paris/Hidalgo-veut-diviser-par-deux-la-place-de-la-voiture-dans-le-coeur-de-Paris-837976" style="font-family: arial, serif;">aims to reduce their number by half</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">. Swathes of the city will be pedestrianised. Regular, city-wide </span><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-car-ban-day-pollution-climate-change-a7981196.html" style="font-family: arial, serif;">car free days</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> are now held. Diesel vehicles will be banned from the city by 2020, much earlier than in comparable European capitals such as London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">It was against this backdrop that sustainable Paris-based logistics operator Vert Chez Vous began operating in 2012. The company used a multi-modal logistics chain delivering to the centre of Paris without using motorised vehicles. Instead, a barge delivered packages to moorings along the Seine, from where e-trikes carried out last-mile deliveries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Packages and trikes alike were loaded and unloaded by crane using a suspended cage (see video below). At the start of the day the barge, named “Volkoli”, was loaded at a dock at the edge of the city centre, making several scheduled stops at points along the river. Each trike met the barge 3 or 4 times per day, not necessarily at the same point, to pick up or drop off packages. The system was reversed for collections. The trikes were also stored on board Volkoli. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">You’ll notice this is written in past tense. This is because, unfortunately, Vert Chez Vous stopped using the boat in September 2014. The company is still a cycle-logistics operator in Paris, Toulouse and Aix-en-Provence; without boats. Jean François Mounic, CEO of parent company Labatut, cited economic reasons for the discontinuation of the boat-bike initiative - it was not profitable: “We are still looking for the business model. But I know that it exists and we are five years behind Germany.” Unfortunate, and as with any similar situation, the full picture explaining exact reasons behind the non-profitability is not immediately available.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">That leaves us with speculation. It’s possible that for Paris, the boat-bike model was tested too early. Often, it is not enough to provide a carrot - a reward. In this case the carrot is a sustainable method of delivering goods around the city. Perhaps the initiative would have worked had the carrot been accompanied by a stick; a disincentive.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">It’s possible that disincentivising use of the unsustainable alternatives being used instead of Vert Chez Vous; for the most part diesel-fuelled delivery vans, may have tipped the balance so that the boat-bike initiative became financially viable. The stick could be a financial disincentive such as a road congestion charge, or an outright ban on fossil-fuelled vehicles, or something else. Anyhow, a situation in which deliveries to the centre in diesel vans became undesirable would mean that alternatives would become more desirable. More demand would allow initiatives to upscale. Upscaling would allow operators to make significant savings using economies of scale. These savings could then in turn be passed onto customers, making the service competitive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">What is clear is that we will never really know what would have happened had things been different. However, it is still possible to learn from what happened. Governments and Municipalities have a big role to play, and whilst the carrots they offer often do have positive impacts, sticks are often also necessary to make the situation work. A balance must be struck.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Logistics often occupies a lower priority level in the minds of those in charge of urban planning policy than personal mobility, but in reality, the fate of both are tied up in the policies and infrastructure chosen by a city. Logistics is both affected by and profoundly affects the cityscape. The good news in the case of Paris, of course, is that disincentives are in the pipeline. It will be interesting to follow developments in the city as the 2020 diesel ban approaches and organisations in the city realise that change is coming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">We’ve covered boat-bike combinations before in RIPPL; <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/10/boat-bike-dhls-multi-modal-amsterdam.html">click here</a> to read about DHL’s multi-modal logistics chain in Amsterdam. Using often under-used waterways in dense, historic cities allows operators to reduce or even eliminate use of full size vehicles on congested urban road networks. In this way, the boat-bike combination can form the basis of smart, powerful solutions to perennial issues of congestion and pollution, allowing public space to be given over to projects that make cities more liveable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: Boat-Bike, multi-modality</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Vert Chez Vous</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Commerical</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Paris</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: France</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.vertchezvous.com/">www.vertchezvous.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/VertchezVous/">Vert Chez Vous Facebook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/vertchezvous">Vert Chez Vous Twitter</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Sources: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">C. A. Brebbia: <i>“Urban Transport XX”</i> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">p287 </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">(WIT Press 2014)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">La Tribune: <a href="http://www.latribune.fr/blogs/la-tribune-du-grand-paris/20141113tribb8f2e76c9/fret-quand-la-vertu-est-hors-de-prix.html"><i>“En logistique urbaine la vertu est hors de prix”</i></a> (November 2014)(French) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Logicities: <a href="http://www.logicites.fr/2017/03/07/dinitiatives-de-logistique-urbaine-sarretent/"><i>“Trop d’initiatives de logistique urbaine s’arrêtent. Pourquoi?”</i></a> (French)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The Guardian: <i><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/08/paris-mayor-anne-hidalgo-plan-restrict-traffic-pedestrianise-city-centre-france">“Paris mayor unveils plan to restrict traffic and pedestrianise city centre”</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sustainable Food In Urban Communities Blog: <i><a href="http://www.sustainable-everyday-project.net/urbact-sustainable-food/2013/04/26/vers-chez-vous/">“Vert Chez Vous”</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">femininbio: <i><a href="http://www.femininbio.com/agir-green/actualites-nouveautes/livraison-eco-responsable-a-paris-75599">“Faites livrer vos colis sans émission de Gaz à effet de serre”</a></i> (May 2014)(French)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The Economist: <a href="https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21728997-motorists-denounce-hipster-takeover-bicycles-and-bans-are-reshaping-city"><i>“Driverless Paris? Bicycles and bans are reshaping the city”</i></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Forbes: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2016/12/12/paris-cant-breath-worst-pollution-in-a-decade-has-city-scrambling-for-solutions/#ad07a331c2f5"><i>“Paris Can't Breathe: Worst Pollution In A Decade Has City Gasping For Solutions”</i></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Fluvialnet: <i><a href="http://www.fluvialnet.com/murmures-actualites-la-peniche-parisienne-vokoli-debarque-ses-triporteurs-pour-livrer-propre/8201">“La péniche parisienne "Vokoli" débarque ses triporteurs pour livrer "propre"” </a></i>(May 2012)(French)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Isabelle et le Velo: <i><a href="http://isabelleetlevelo.20minutes-blogs.fr/archive/2012/11/06/vert-chez-vous.html">“Vert chez vous, le livreur qui s'adapte à votre ville”</a></i> (November 2012)(French)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Send a DHL package to the centre of Amsterdam and there is a good chance it will take an unconventional multimodal journey. Bikes, with their ability to navigate the last mile in the narrow, busy streets of Amsterdam’s old centre, act as the last link in an unconvential logistics chain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Here’s the chain in full:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Step 1: Plane</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Packages arrive at Amsterdam Schipol airport by plane and are sent to a nearby DHL sorting centre. So far, so normal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Step 2: Electric Vehicle</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">At the sorting centre, electric vans collect the packages and take them to a dock on the northwestern edge of the city centre. This involves a road journey of around 22km, much of which necessarily takes place through urban areas, so electric vans are used to avoid emissions.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, serif;">Step 3: Boat</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">At the dock, packages are transferred onto a specially adapted boat. Dubbed the “DHL Express Floating Service Centre”, it travels down Amsterdam’s iconic canals to a pre-arranged city centre mooring.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, serif;">Step 4: Bike</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Packages are then transferred onto bikes and taken to their final destinations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Arguably the most unusual part of this journey is the boat-bike combination. ‘Hollands Glorie’, built in 1947 as a pleasure cruiser, was converted and is now a multi-functional space; part delivery vehicle, part container, part sorting office. The bikes are also stored onboard at night - which involves a slightly awkward lifting process from dock to boat. DHL began using the boat to deliver to the centre of Amsterdam in 1997, complimented by a fleet of 6 bikes, a number which has now grown to 9. The scheme was made permanent following a successful 18-month trial.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Switching to the boat/bike combination allowed DHL to reduce their city centre vehicle fleet from 10 to 2 at the time. This amounted to 150,000km less travelled per annum, saving 12,000 litres of fuel. All whilst the agility of the boat-bike combination allowed overall capacity to grow. To this day however, DHL does still deliver larger packages to the centre with vans, some of which are also served by the boat and some of which are not. Some of these vans are electric and some diesel.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At night Hollands Glorie acts as secure bike storage. Photo credit: Tom Parr</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">This multimodal chain is also reversed for collections - with bikes taking on the first mile and the boat meeting the electric vans again at the dock, before a return journey to Schipol... and then the world. DHL themselves seem to think it’s a model worth singing about, anyhow...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: multimodal, boat-bike</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: DHL</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Commercial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Amsterdam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: The Netherlands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturer(s): Larry vs Harry/Bullitt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.dhl.com/">www.dhl.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dhl/">DHL Facebook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/dhlnl">DHL NL Twitter</a> (Dutch)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Carlos Ocampo-Martinez (2015): </span><i style="font-family: arial, serif;">“Transport of Water versus Transport over Water”</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> p421</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Volkskrant: <i><a href="https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/pakjesboot-dhl-mag-langer-door-grachten~a519637/">“Pakjesboot DHL mag langer door grachten”</a></i> (August 1999)(Dutch)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Nieuwsblad Transport: <a href="http://www.nieuwsbladtransport.nl/Archive/Article/ArchiveArticleID/73706/ArticleName/DHLbootzorgtvoorlaagziekteverzuim"><i>“DHL-boot zorgt voor laag ziekteverzuim”</i></a> (December 2001)(Dutch)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Reuters: <i><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dhl-amsterdam-boat/in-amsterdam-packages-travel-via-canals-bicycles-idUSTRE56E2TE20090715">“In Amsterdam, packages travel via canals, bicycles”</a></i> (July 2009)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Kombuispraat </span><a href="http://www.kombuispraat.com/viewtopic.php?t=38&start=8400" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Forum</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> (Feb 2014)(Dutch)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Vereigninging ‘De Binnenvaart’: <i><a href="http://www.debinnenvaart.nl/schip_detail/11831/">“Databank: De Binnenvaartschepen > Hollands Glorie”</a> </i>(Dutch)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH), the organisation responsible for keeping Hamburg clean, have begun using cargo trikes for some of their operations. Two custom-built electric cargo trikes fitted with GPS trackers have taken on work that was previously carried out by light commercial vehicles. In total SRH will pilot ten cargo cycles as part of a research project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">As part of TrasHH, as the 3 year project is called, SRH are working together with a team from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt or DLR for short, which despite the name, also has a department looking at ground-based transport). The DLR team will be analysing the switch to e-bikes and cargo e-trikes and will share the results so that other municipal authorities can follow suit according to the best practices identified.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The DLR team systematically identified which of the many operations carried out daily by SRH, an organisation with 2,600 employees and around 700 vehicles, could feasibly be carried out on e-bikes. For each task, of workers and vehicles were taken into account, as were the distances involved and what needed to be carried. For example, whilst collections of bulky waste such as furniture were deemed out of scope, street cleaning was found to be potentially suitable and was put forward for the trial phase.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The main driver for the project was to reduce emissions, but just as importantly, a need was also identified for public sector organisations to act as a role model in sustainable practices. The project is also looking for economic efficiencies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The DLR team found that there were significant challenges in applying change to</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> the organisation - especially since the culture has always involved using vehicles. Not insignificant was the challenge of convincing staff and managers that using a cargo bike for an 8 hour s</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">hift outdoors during winter was possible and desirable. Employee comfort was found to be a key motivator; because of this the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> the DLR team are now investigating cargo cycles with closed cabins, to help keep SRH workers warm and dry.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Another issue identified was that the distances involved mean that carrying street cleaning waste to and from SRH depots could be more efficient. In response, DLR are developing a multi-modal solution based on last-mile consolidation centres. The waste is dropped off by bike locally at on-street storage containers, from where it is later collected by a truck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The scheme, funding for which comes from the <a href="https://nationaler-radverkehrsplan.de/de/praxis/einsatzmoeglichkeiten-von-lastenraedern-kommunalen">National Bike Transport Plan</a> (which also provided funding to TINK Bike, <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/09/tink-affordable-cargo-bike-sharing-in.html">featured in RIPPL #26</a>) runs until April 2019.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">We’ve written before about a much smaller Dutch municipal waste authority switching to pedal power; <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/08/waalre-waste-collection-by-e-trike-and.html">click here</a> to read about how Gemeente Waalre approached it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Innovations:</b> waste, emissions reduction</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Organisation:</b> SRH and DLR</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Sector:</b> Public/Government</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>City:</b> Hamburg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Country:</b> Germany</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Basis:</b> Trial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.dlr.de/vf/">DLR.de</a> (German) / <a href="http://www.dlr.de/vf/en/desktopdefault.aspx">DLR.de</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> (English)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Facebook:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DLRde/">DLR Facebook</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> (German)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DLRen/">DLR Facebook</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> (English)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Twitter:</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/DLR_de">DLR Twitter</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> (German) </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">/ </span><a href="https://twitter.com/DLR_en" style="font-family: arial, serif;">DLR Twitter</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> (English) / <a href="https://twitter.com/SRHnews">SRH Twitter</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>Contact:</b> <a href="http://www.dlr.de/vf/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-948/mailcontact-30270/">Dr-Ing Christian Rudolph</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Institute of Transport Research, German Aerospace Centre (DLR): <i>“TrasHH - Clean Transport for a Clean City. Applications of Electric Cargo Cycles in City Cleaning”</i>, Christian Rudolph and Verena Charlotte Ehrler. Presented at the International Cycling Conference, Mannheim, 20/09/2017</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">DLR Institut für Verkehrsforschung: <a href="http://www.dlr.de/vf/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2974/1445_read-47520/"><i>“TRASHH: Technologisch-wirtschaftliche Analyse der Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Lastenrädern in kommunalen Einrichtungen öffentlichen Rechts am Beispiel der Stadtreinigung Hamburg”</i></a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Hamburg.de: <a href="http://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/8785822/2017-05-17-bue-e-bikes-fuer-raeumpatroullie/">“E-Bikes für die Räum-Patroullie”</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Stadtreinigung Hamburg: <a href="https://www.stadtreinigung.hamburg/ueberuns/presse/archiv/"><i>“Umweltsenator stellt Elektro-Lastenräder der SRH vor: Abgasfrei für mehr Sauberkeit (17.05.2017)”</i></a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik - Fahrradportal: <a href="https://nationaler-radverkehrsplan.de/de/praxis/einsatzmoeglichkeiten-von-lastenraedern-kommunalen"><i>“Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Lastenrädern in kommunalen Unternehmen”</i></a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">ELEKTROFAHRRAD24: <a href="https://www.elektrofahrrad24.de/news_trashh-hamburger-abfallentsorgung-setzt-auf-e-lastenraeder-12796"><i>“TRASHH: Haumburger abfallentsorgung setzt aud e-lastenrader”</i></a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">electrive.net: <a href="https://www.electrive.net/2017/05/17/hamburger-stadtreinigung-nutzt-lasten-pedelecs-video/"><i>“Hamburger Stadtreinigung nutzt Lasten-Pedelecs”</i></a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Hamburgize: <a href="http://hamburgize.blogspot.nl/2017/05/hamburg-stadtreinigung-setzt-auf.html"><i>“Hamburg: Stadtreinigung setzt auf Cargobikes”</i></a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Radio Hamburg: <a href="http://www.radiohamburg.de/Nachrichten/Hamburg-aktuell/Hamburg-regional/2017/Mai/Durch-diese-Elektro-Fahrraeder-wird-Hamburg-sauberer/Stadtreinigung-03"><i>“Durch diese Elektro-Fahrräder wird Hamburg sauberer”</i></a> (German)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial, serif; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">Register of Initiatives in Pedal Powered Logistics - RIPPL #34</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The road network of São Paulo is notorious for traffic congestion. According to Rede Nossa São Paulo, some motorists spend a month per year sitting in traffic. In 2012, the World Bank found that traffic jams caused by the 8.5million cars in São Paulo made it the 6th most congested city on earth and cost the Brazilian economy $17.8 billion; 1% of national GDP in 2012. Another study by Agência Brasil found that at city level the average daily length of traffic jams in 2013 was 300km, costing the metropolitan economy just under 8% of it’s GDP. In 2011, São Paulo University Faculty of Medicine found that poor air quality caused more deaths (4,655) amongst Paulistanos than traffic accidents (1556), AIDS (874) and breast cancer (1,277) combined.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Those are the statistics, but it’s important to remember the impact this must be having on the lives of São Paulo’s 20 million residents, not to mention the difficulties caused to organisations trying to function in the city. It is against this backdrop that insurance company Porto Seguro has introduced a new way of providing breakdown assistance to stranded motorists in the city; e-bike.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yep.... E-bike to the rescue. Photo credit: Porto Seguro</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Yes, you read that right; it’s strange but true - bikes are now being deployed to help keep cars on the road. Porto Seguro offers two services to their customers: Bike Socorro - call outs to roadside breakdowns, and Bike Vistoria - call outs to customers’ homes.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Porto Seguro have a fleet of 50 bikes in São Paulo, from which simple repairs such as tyre replacements, are carried out. The pedal-powered mechanics are even able to recharge car batteries using the e-bike’s battery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Reasons for the switch to e-bikes cited by Porto Seguro include an aim to reduce response times by 25% as well as reductions in the costs associated with running motorised vehicles, such as maintenance and fuel. Another goal is to reduce emissions as part of the organisation’s Corporate Social Responsibility plan; the organisation claims that their Bike Vistoria service avoids 218 kg of CO2 / month.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In a city where traffic congestion is taking such a toll, hopefully the irony will not be lost on the stranded motorists being helped by the pedal-powered mechanics. Meanwhile, Porto Seguro hopes to roll out their e-bike services to more areas of the country in the near future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: bikes fixing cars, emissions reduction</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Porto Seguros</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Commercial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: São Paulo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: Brazil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Rede Nossa São Paulo: <a href="http://www.nossasaopaulo.org.br/portal/arquivos/apresentacao-pesquisa-mobilidade-urbana-2013.pdf"><i>“Dia Mundial Sem Carro”</i></a> (Portugese)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">World Bank: <a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/05/01/changing-commuter-choices-helps-sao-paulo-reduce-traffic-congestion"><i>“Changing Commuters’ Choices Helps São Paulo Reduce Traffic Congestion”</i></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Agência Brasil: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/economia/noticia/2014-07/custo-de-congestionamentos-no-rio-e-sao-paulo-atinge-r-98-bilhoes"><i>“C</i></a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/economia/noticia/2014-07/custo-de-congestionamentos-no-rio-e-sao-paulo-atinge-r-98-bilhoes"><i>usto de congestionamentos no Rio e em São Paulo atinge R$ 98 bilhões”</i></a> (Portugese)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Globo: <a href="http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2013/09/estudo-aponta-que-poluicao-mata-mais-que-o-transito-em-sao-paulo.html"><i>“Estudo aponta que poluição mata mais que o trânsito em São Paulo”</i></a> (Portugese)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Mundo Eco: <a href="http://www.mundoeco.com.br/arquivo/mundoeco-bicicleta_eletrica.html"><i>“Bicicleta elétrica”</i></a> (Portugese)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">When talking about innovation in cycle logistics, the term ‘containerisation’ could refer to one of two things; use of shipping containers as </span><a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/01/foodlogica-last-mile-food-delivery.html" style="font-family: arial, serif;">flexible loading space</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, or the use of transferable containers to move items around using pedal power.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Speaking of the latter, Velove and Radkutsche, two of the most prominent manufacturers of pedal powered cycles, recently took a first small step towards container standardisation. Specifically, it is now possible to use Velove’s ‘City Container’ on a Radkutsche Musketeer. This is a significant development; it marks the first time two manufacturers have cooperated on a cycle logistics container standard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Let’s rewind </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">though, because it’s worth revisiting the reasons containerisation is thought by many to be of benefit. In fact, the benefits are the same as those found in the shipping industry for the standard, now ubiquitous shipping container.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Firstly, it makes reloading of goods safe and quick. Logistics operators can skip the step of reloading at depots and between modes, keeping all of the costs associated with these activities down to a minimum. The implications of this? Many logistics operators not currently operating pedal-powered last miles (perhaps under the impression that it would be complicated, inefficient, unsafe or expensive) could be encouraged to make the switch.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Multiple City Containers are transferred from trailer to LEV. Photo credit: Velove</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Secondly, the concept is both multi-modal and highly scalable. Most importantly it works on a local scale; a single container can be easily be transported by pedal-power. Equally though, multiple containers can easily be carried longer distance on a single medium van, or larger vehicles such as lorries, boats or trains. In between the two, articulated pedal powered trailers could carry two or three containers if the rider had electric assistance.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The Velove-Radkutsche project, which was funded by Swedish State innovation agency Vinnova, saw the adaptation of a Radkutsche Musketeer to fit Velove’s ‘City Container’ standard, which was then tested by cycle logistics operator MOVEBYBiKE Stockholm. Johan Erlandsson and Stefan Rickmeyer, CEOs of Velove and Radkutsche respectively, discussed the project at the 2016 and 2017 editions of the International Cargo Bike Festival in Nijmegen.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Radkutsche Musketeer, with City Container. Photo c</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">redit: </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">MOVEBYBiKE Stockholm</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Several manufacturers, including </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Radkutsche themselves, are developing their own container systems. Does this mean we are heading towards a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war">VHS vs. Betamax moment</a> in cycle logistics containerisation; in which different standards compete until one is left? Not yet, according to Johan Erlandsson, founder and CEO of Velove, manufacturers of the Armadillo: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">"Velove's stance is that it’s not yet crucial to get to a point where there is one standard. What is most crucial at the moment is meeting the potential to replace vehicles. If different manufacturers have different standards that’s not a showstopper. We can come pretty far without a standard.” Erlandsson is referring to the massive potential of cycle logistics to replace traditional motorised deliveries in urban environments; a </span><a href="http://cyclelogistics.eu/docs/111/CycleLogistics_Baseline_Study_external.pdf" style="font-family: arial, serif;">CycleLogistics study</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> found that up to 50% of light goods could be delivered by bike. Recent moves by several European cities to ban traffic from central areas, </span><a href="https://www.oslo.kommune.no/english/politics-and-administration/green-oslo/best-practices/car-free-city/" style="font-family: arial, serif;">notably Oslo</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, only make this closer to reality. Other cities are certain to follow as they make changes intended to make public space more liveable, and </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/london-breaches-toxic-air-pollution-limit-for-2017-in-just-five-days" style="font-family: arial, serif;">improve air quality</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Erlandsson continues: “In the end there will be one standard, but for now I’m happy that different ideas are being tested. Look at shipping containers; it took 30-40yrs until a standard was agreed upon.”</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Pling Transport City Container, with 1/4 pallet boxes. Photo credit: Velove</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The ‘City Container’, originally designed to fit onto the Armadillo, is a very specific size; a europallet </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">fits inside. However, the reason for this is not as obvious as it might first seem; this size is also perfect for carrying the quarter-pallet sized trays common in the food and catering industries.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Meanwhile, Velove are also in dialogue with other light vehicle manufacturers, for them to also begin using City Container. This process brings challenges, as manufacturers generally need to adapt their designs to the container; by definition, a standard does not conform to you, you conform to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">It’s important to note, though, that the City Container is still in development. Erlandsson expects improvements to be made not only to the anchoring system, but also the box. Several adapted designs could emerge, each catering for different functions, perhaps using different materials or available at different quality levels. The ink on the ‘standard’ is still far from being dry.</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: container standardisation</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Velove and Radkutsche</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Private</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Countries: Sweden and Germany</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturers: Velove and Radkutsche</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://velove.se/">http://velove.se</a> and <a href="http://www.radkutsche.de/">http://www.radkutsche.de</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Velovebikes/">https://www.facebook.com/Velovebikes/</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/radkutsche/">https://www.facebook.com/radkutsche/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/velovebikes">https://twitter.com/velovebikes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Contact: Johan Erlandsson, Velove co-founder and CEO. <a href="mailto:johan.erlandsson@velove.se">johan.erlandsson@velove.se</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://velove.se/city-container-on-radkutsche-musketier/">Velove: “The City Container can now be used with the Radkutsche Musketier cargo trike”</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Fietskoeriers.nl is a collective of 15 bicycle courier companies who together cover every major town and city in the Netherlands. They offer a number of different services, but one in particular is unique: they are able to deliver packages by bike on a same day service, nationwide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Nationwide same day delivery of packages by bike; it sounds impossible. How do they do this? First off, the Netherlands is not a large country, so that works in their favour. However, the short and possibly unsurprising answer is that not all of the journey takes place on bikes. However, the collections and deliveries - the first and last miles, are covered by bike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The system is based around a central hub in Amersfoort. Orders placed online before 12:00 midday are collected by bike and taken to one of 30 local Fietskoeriers.nl de</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">pots. From there, 15 vans converge on the Amersfoort hub.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Fietskoeriers wanted to reduce the ecological footprint of the operation as much as possible. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Unfortunately electric vehicles, which emit nothing locally (although of course, depending upon the method of generation, emissions may occur upstream) don’t yet provide the range required for the distances involved.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> Therefore biogas vehicles, which although still not ideal in terms of environmental impact, do <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167779907002910">emit significantly less</a> poll</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">utants into the atmosphere than diesel vehicles, are used. Fietskoeriers will continue to review electric vehicle technology and implement it as soon as longer distances are viable. Despite the admittedly minimised emissions that do take place, the difference is felt in the urban realm, where replacing vehicles with bikes brings myriad </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">benefits</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">in terms of air quality and use of public infrastructure and space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">At the Amersfoort hub, packages are sorted and swapped between vehicles before return journeys to the local depots. Back at the depots, packages are loaded onto bikes and delivered to customers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">It’s a complex operation, and if it sounds impossible to you that this could all take place within working hours, you would be right. The deliveries take place in the evening between 18:00 and 22:00; this is what allows enough time for the whole operation to take place.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The service is designed to connect retailers and their customers; customers who tend to be at home in the evenings and not in the day. The numbers show that this evening delivery time slot works well for both Fietskoeriers and their customers; with 98% of packages being delivered on the first attempt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: first mile collections, last mile deliveries, nationwide same day delivery</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Fietskoeriers.nl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Commercial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: The Netherlands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.fietskoeriers.nl/">www.fietskoeriers.nl</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/fietskoeriersNL">www.facebook.com/fietskoeriersNL</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FietskoeriersNL">https://twitter.com/FietskoeriersNL</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Contact: <a href="mailto:info@fietskoeriers.nl">info@fietskoeriers.nl</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Global logistics operator UPS have been trialling a new way to reduce vehicle movements in the dense city streets of Hamburg, Dublin and Leuven. Once every day, an on-street storage container - the rear of a short articulated truck - is placed in a pre-arranged central location. The container is pre-loaded with all of the packages to be delivered to the central area that day and becomes UPS’ delivery hub. From here, cargo bikes or trikes can load up, deliver and return multiple times per day, without the time penalties involved in travelling to and from a depot on the edge of the city. Another advantage of a very central location is that deliveries on foot also become a possibility.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Logistics operators typically spend the second half of their day collecting packages to be delivered the next day; naturally at this point the container plays it’s role, acting as a drop off point for the bikes, trikes and foot delivery workers. The container is then driven to an out of town depot where the packages are sorted and join the logistics chain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The idea was first piloted in Hamburg; following the success of this trial, there are now four such containers on the city’s streets. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Dublin and Leuven followed.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> During Dublin’s 6 month trial period, the Council are hoping to prevent 150-200 daily vehicle movements in the city centre. The aim in all of the cities would be to find permanent locations for containers to be located; perhaps off street. But for now the objective of the pilot projects is to test the general concept. UPS haven't published figures on any targets associated with the pilot projects, such as </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">reductions in </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">emissions, vehicle movements or finanical savings, so it will be interesting to see if any results are published once the trials conclude.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">We’ve covered consolidation centres before in <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/search/label/consolidation">RIPPL articles</a> and there are a few models out there, including those in which several companies share the same facility. Larger operators such as UPS are better equipped to set up their own facilities, but will this prove. It will be fascinating to see how this trend develops in different cities, each of which has it’s own issues and political realities; especially where public space is at a premium. After all, although there’s no question that consolidation centres do provide myriad benefits to cities by reducing vehicle movements, they do still require space to be sacrificed. Whether or not this space is public or private depends upon the reality on the ground in each city and on each individual street.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: consolidation, containerisation, emissions reduction</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: UPS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Commercial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Cities: Hamburg, Dublin, Leuven</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Countries: Germany, Ireland, Belgium</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.ups.com/">www.ups.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ups/">https://www.facebook.com/ups/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/UPS">https://twitter.com/UPS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://pressroom.ups.com/pressroom/ContentDetailsViewer.page?ConceptType=PressReleases&id=1472222109879-503">UPS Pressroom “UPS begins a six-month test in cooperation with local authorities”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://sustainability.ups.com/committed-to-more/sustainability-solutions/">UPS “Sustainability Solutions”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://longitudes.ups.com/hamburg/">UPS Longitudes “Narrow Streets, Unlimited Innovation”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://freightinthecity.com/2015/08/ups-urban-delivery-projects-address-congestion-and-air-quality-in-cities/">FREIGHT in the CITY “UPS urban delivery projects address congestion and air quality in cities”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/4442626/2015-01-28-bwvi-lieferkonzept/">Hamburg.de “Modellprojekt: Nachhaltiges Lieferkonzept für die Innenstadt wird ausgeweitet”</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.paketda.de/news-ups-hamburg-paketcontainer.html">Paketda! “UPS beliefert Hamburgs Innenstadt aus Paketcontainern”</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf471dVg4tM">UPS on Youtube “City Logistik bei UPS: Nachhaltiges Zustellen in Hamburg”</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.dublininquirer.com/2017/08/30/a-search-for-ways-to-ease-conflict-between-delivery-vans-and-cyclists/">Dublin InQuirer: “A search for ways to ease conflict between delivery vans and cyclists”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/container-to-be-placed-in-dublin-city-to-cut-down-on-delivery-vans-1.3087589">The Irish Times: “Container to be placed in Dublin city to cut down on delivery vans”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.supermarktblog.com/2017/03/06/das-ende-der-paketwagenpolonaise-ups-will-die-zustellung-in-der-innenstadt-neu-erfinden/">Supermarkt blog: “Das Ende der Paketwagenpolonaise: UPS will die Zustellung in der Innenstadt neu erfinden”</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article136896611/Paketdienst-UPS-testet-die-Paketzustellung-zu-Fuss.html">Hamburger Abendblatt: “Paketdienst UPS testet die Paketzustellung zu Fuß”</a> (German)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">La Tricyclerie is an initiative based in Nantes, France, which collects organic waste from local businesses on cargo tricycles and bike trailers. The waste, which comes from 30 restaurants in three Nantes neighbourhoods, is collected by a team of volunteers. Twice-weekly collections add up to an estimated 20 tons annually, which is taken to local composting facilities. All collections are weighed, with the business or restaurant’s contribution tracked.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The businesses are provided with buckets in which to collect their waste. The resulting compost is redistributed to urban gardens and green spaces, as well as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peri-urbanisation">peri-urban</a> farms. The scheme also aims to raise awareness of food waste and to give local residents access to the composted material for community projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The initiative is the brainchild of Coline Billon, a local Environmental Engineer who founded La Tricyclerie in 2015, on her return to Nantes from time spent in Peru. It was there, at the 2014 </span><a href="http://www.cop20lima.org/" style="font-family: arial, serif;">COP20 United Nations Climate Change Conference</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> in Lima, that she was inspired to become involved in ecological innovation back home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Billon has ambitious plans; by 2018 she plans to collect 30 tons of waste annually, double the number of restaurants involved and develop a network of farmers who would benefit from the compost. There are currently 15 people in the organisation, three of whom are paid. Expansion outside of Nantes is also on the agenda; Billon plans to develop a framework for supporting those who want to imitate the initiative in their own cities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Billon was recently shortlisted in </span><a href="http://www.unep.org/youngchampions/bio/europe" style="font-family: arial, serif;">the UN’s Young Champions of the Earth competition</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, in which La Tricyclerie could win $15.000 in funding. Results will be announced at the end of September 2017.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">We’ve covered initiatives involving the circular economy, food, outreach programmes and cargo bikes before on RIPPL; <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/08/gruten-turning-coffee-waste-into-soap.html">Gruten in Oslo</a> and the <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/08/food-justice-by-bike-in-colorado-and.html">Food Rescue movement in Colorado</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: La Tricyclerie</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.latricyclerie.fr/">www.latricyclerie.fr</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/latricyclerie/">https://www.facebook.com/latricyclerie/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Latricyclerie">https://twitter.com/Latricyclerie</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Contact: <a href="mailto:latricyclerie@gmail.com">latricyclerie@gmail.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://lingmagazine.com/feature/la-tricyclerie-or-how-to-recycle-while-you-exercise/">Ling Magazine: “La Tricyclerie, or how to recycle while you exercise”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://detours.canalplus.fr/nantaise-recycle-dechets-pedalant/">Canal+ Detours: “A Nantes, elle recycle les déchets en pédalant”</a> (French)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nantesmetropole.fr/actualite/l-actualite-thematique/la-tricyclerie-recycle-les-epluchures-et-seduit-les-nations-unies-dechets-95066.kjsp?RH=WEB_FR">Nantes Metropole: “La Tricyclerie recycle les épluchures et séduit les Nations Unies”</a> (French)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-la-tricyclerie-selectionnee-aux-nations-unies-votez-pour-eux-5203598">Ouest-France: “Nantes. La Tricyclerie sélectionnée aux Nations Unies : votez pour eux”</a> (French)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.say-yess.com/2016/10741/collecte-de-compost-roulez-jeunesse/">Say-Yess.com “Collecte de compost: roulez jeunesse!”</a> (French)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/l-esprit-d-initiative/l-esprit-d-initiative-15-mars-2017">France Inter: “Quinze restaurants de Nantes trient leurs poubelles pour qu’elles soient transformées en compost pour les jardins ou les fermes alentour”</a> (French)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.helloasso.com/associations/la-tricyclerie/collectes/la-tricyclerie">helloasso "La Tricyclerie)"</a> (French) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.20minutes.fr/nantes/2043543-20170405-nantes-tricyclerie-collecte-dechets-organiques-restaurants-restaurants-velo">20 Minutes: "Nantes: La Tricyclerie collecte les déchets organiques des restos à vélo"</a> (French) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">How can cycle logistics operators become more efficient? How can they prevent theft? How can they better control their operations? PAZTIR is a system that aims to address all of these questions. Appropriately enough since the system protects and provides oversight, the name Paztir means shepherd in Slavic languages (for those interested in etymology, it comes from the same origin as the English word ‘pastor’).</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Andrej Sobotkiewicz and Nerina Corbadzic, two of the four co-founders (the others are Jure Vizintin and Jurij Celesnik) have a background in “Lock and Charge” systems. These cables, which simultaneously provide power and security, were initially being developed by Andrej and Nerina for e-bike sharing applications. However, their PAZTIR system is specifically designed for cycle logistics. PAZTIR was developed with the support of <a href="https://worldstartupfactory.com/">World Startup Factory</a>, a business incubator in Den Haag/The Hague in The Netherlands which provided office space, connections to investors and technical expertise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The video above briefly demonstrates how the PAZTIR system works from a user’s point of view, but there’s more to it than this. Uniquely, locking and an alarm are combined with GPS and management features; it:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Locks - allows quick locking and unlocking of both the rear wheel lock and the box at the same time. This is done using a remote, wrist-mounted key which is assigned to the user, via a smartphone app, or remotely via a secure web app.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Guards - there is an alarm which goes off if the bike is tampered with whilst locked.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Communicates - GPS coordinates and status of the alarm, locks and battery is sent to the cloud, and from there to the logistics company’s management software (the data sent can be configured with an API).</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Why does this matter though, to logistics operators? It’s not too much of a stretch to imagine a situation in which it would be useful to know who opened a box, when, where and how. Packages can be tracked in real time. The GPS data can even integrate with software that plans and optimises routes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Nerina and Andrej calculated that it takes around 15 seconds to lock a cargo bike and box, plus another 10 seconds to unlock. That doesn’t sound like a lot in isolation, but for operations where couriers have to make perhaps 50-100 stops per day for collections or deliveries, they estimated that the PAZTIR system could save around 40 minutes with a more efficient method of locking and unlocking.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">A related problem is that of couriers not locking their bikes and boxes. This is especially an issue for those couriers who are paid per delivery; unintended consequences of this pay structure can be that riders are motivated more by efficiency than by security. So it follows that a system that makes it easier and quicker to lock the box could reduce couriers’ motivation to take such risks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">“There are more bikes in cities and more organisations are using them for logistics.” says Andrej, who has received feedback from operators that reflects changing attitudes from some interesting quarters. “Online shopping means that a more of the packages being delivered are more valuable, so actually it’s online retailers who are demanding more security from their couriers.”</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">This leads Andrej to further thoughts about possible future trends in cycle logistics: “Insurance companies haven’t caught up yet, but we think they will when they see these trends and realise that there are ways of reducing the risks involved. Perhaps in the future, operators will be able to get cheaper insurance if they can prove they are using a secure system; perhaps there is even a role for certification”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">For now, the PAZTIR system is in a piloting phase; Andrej and Nerina are rolling out pilot schemes first of all in order to get real life feedback. These are with Dutch cycle couriers <a href="https://www.cycloon.eu/">Cycloon</a>, Dutch cargo bike manufacturers <a href="https://www.babboe.nl/">Babboe</a> and German cargo bike manufacturers <a href="http://www.radkutsche.de/">Radkutsche</a>, amongst others. Once complete, there will be another round of pilots and refinements with the aim to go into production in 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: Internet of Things, efficiency, management, security</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: PAZTIR</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Commercial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: Slovenia, Italy and The Netherlands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturer(s): Douze Cycles, Radkutsche, Babboe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent - currently in pilot phase</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.paztir.com/">www.paztir.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paztir/">https://www.facebook.com/paztir/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/paztir">https://twitter.com/paztir</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Contact: <a href="mailto:info@paztir.com">info@paztir.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://worldstartupfactory.com/startup-updates-april/">World Startup Factory: “Startup Updates in April”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://lockandcharge.me/paztir-ready-for-growth/">Lock&Charge “Ready for Growth”</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Answer: It would look like this. Photo credit: Teemu Saloriutta/Box Bike Helsinki</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Box Helsinki was a project run by the Nature League of Finland (LUPPI) in which young people were invited to design and build a cargo bike. The idea for the project stemmed from the question: what would cargo bikes look like if designed by urban teens? Cargo bikes are generally designed by adults, for adults, after all. What design features would a cargo bike have, if it was designed by teenagers, for teenagers, to fulfil the differing needs they have in their lives? Where do they go? How often? What do they need to carry? Possibly most importantly, how should it look?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Following a competition in 2015, a group of six 13-20 year olds was invited to take part in weekly design sessions, guided by mentors. Designing gave way to building and the group gained practical and teamwork skills. As part of the program, these skills were reinforced by bike maintenance classes given to the group, setting the teens up for a lifetime of tinkering with bikes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">By engaging young people in the whole process of designing and building a cargo bike, LUPPI hoped to encourage the group to think about using sustainable forms of transport and to consider the possibility that a bicycle could provide for their daily transportation needs.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The finished cargo trike was unveiled at the end of November 2016. It was donated to the youth centre where the group of youngsters regularly meet up. Should they have a need to use it, the trike is available to the teens and their peers at the centre to borrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: community, DIY build</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: LUPPI (Nature League of Finland)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Voluntary</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Helsinki</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: Finland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: One-off project</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.luppi.fi/boxbikehelsinki/eng/">http://www.luppi.fi/boxbikehelsinki/eng/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/boxbikehelsinki">https://www.facebook.com/boxbikehelsinki</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BoxBikeHelsinki">https://twitter.com/BoxBikeHelsinki</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://momentummag.com/bike-box-helsinki/">Momentum Mag: “Box Bike Helsinki”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.bikecitizens.net/box-bike-helsinki-cargo-bikes-made-by-youngsters/">Bike Citizens: “Box Bike Helsinki: Cargo Bikes Made by Youngsters”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://kantsu.munstadi.fi/2016/03/17/mika-ihmeen-boss-bike/">munstadi.fi “Mikä ihmeen Boss Bike?”</a> (Finnish)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The Armadillo is a unique vehicle. It's perhaps best to leave it to Swedish manufacturers Velove to provide a succinct description:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><i>“a four wheel, fully suspended cargo cycle . . . Somebody called it a ‘mix of gokart, bike and van’, which we think pretty much nails it!”</i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The Armadillo is growing in popularity; in the last couple of years it has been adopted by a growing number of logistics operators across three continents, notably DHL who <a href="http://velove.se/city-containers-new-pilot-dhl-express-frankfurt-utrecht/">trialled it in Utrecht and Frankfurt</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">One of Velove’s claims is that the Armadillo is extremely efficient; in terms of space, energy and resources used to manufacture it. To test their claims in one of these areas, namely energy efficiency, Velove teamed up with Gothenburg-based cycle logistics operator Pling Transport to run some research funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. Together, they ran a series of A-B tests in March 2017 to compare the efficiency of the Armadillo and a small electric van.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The results were very clear. The Armadillo was by far the most efficient, using just 6% of the electrical energy used by a standard Nissan e-NV200 with a similar load.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Measurements were taken on the actual amount of energy consumed whilst charging the batteries of both vehicles. Velove and Pling speculated that the following factors contributed to the results:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Weight difference: the Nissan was 17 times heavier than the Armadillo (this factor also has implications for resource efficiency)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Start-stop traffic adversely affecting the battery life of the Nissan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Charging losses and energy constantly being drawn whether the Nissan is driving or not</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Of course as demonstrated above, the vehicles weren't taking the exact same routes either - they took slightly different routes, but overall the distances taken were very similar. In practice however, the more nimble Armadillo would in many cities be able to take shorter routes in the dense urban landscape. Another factor could be the contribution provided by pedal-power to the Armadillo; a contribution fuelled, naturally, by food. The scope of the research didn’t stretch to evaluating what the couriers had had for breakfast (that would have made the research much more complicated), but it is true that energy from food would have contributed somewhat. An idea to include for future research perhaps, and it’s worth noting that Velove do tackle this point <a href="http://velove.se/the-armadillo/energy-resource-and-space-efficient/">on their website</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><i>“Some people argue that muscle powered transport is inefficient, as it is fuelled by food and there are a lot of energy losses when producing food and transforming it to muscle power. In one sense that is true, but on the other hand we all need exercise anyway to stay healthy. If you ride in a car or a van, you need to get the exercise some other way, which will most likely not produce useful energy, as transporting yourself and/or cargo.”</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Lastly, a note about Pling, who not only use the Armadillo for transporting goods, but also to provide a taxi service to the people of Gothenburg. The only example we at RIPPL know of a pedal powered articulated trailer providing Mobility as a Service.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: efficiency, emissions reduction, MaaS</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Velove and Pling Transport</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Commercial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Gothernburg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: Sweden</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturer: Velove</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://velove.se/">http://velove.se</a> <a href="http://plingtransport.se/">http://plingtransport.se</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Velovebikes/">Velove Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plingtransport">Pling Transport Facebook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/velovebikes">Velove Twitter</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/plingtransport">Pling Transport Twitter</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Contact: <a href="mailto:info@velove.se">info@velove.se</a> or <a href="mailto:info@plingtransport.se">info@plingtransport.se</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://bakfietstreffen.blogspot.nl/2017/07/fietskoeriers-bij-dhl.html">International Cargo Bike Festival: "Fietskoeriers bij DHL"</a> (Dutch)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://velove.se/armadillo-cargo-bike-use-6-electricity-small-electric-van/">Velove: "The Armadillo cargo bike use 6 % of the electricity of a small electric van"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://plingtransport.se/elassisterad-lastcykel-15-ganger-energieffektivare-elskapbil">Pling Transport: "Elassisterad lastcykel 15 gånger energieffektivare än elskåpbil"</a> (Swedish)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcaq7vTYymQ">Pling Transport - Youtube: "Cargo bikes replacing van and truck deliveries"</a> (Swedish, subtitled)</span><br />
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Tom Parrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852259387838086160noreply@blogger.comGothenburg, Sweden57.70887 11.97455999999999757.165845 10.683666499999998 58.251895 13.265453499999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075086975924872695.post-4287436231495871522017-09-01T12:32:00.000+02:002018-08-29T23:43:40.479+02:00TINK - Affordable Cargo Bike Sharing in Germany<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">TINK, or (<b>T</b>ransportrad <b>I</b>nitiative </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><b>N</b>achhaltiger <b>K</b>ommunen - Cargo bike Initiative of Sustainable Communities), is a cargo bike sharing initiative based in two German cities. 24 cargo bikes and trikes have been made available to members of the public in the northern city of Norderstedt, whilst in the south</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> 24 more are available in the University town of Konstanz. The two cities were chosen for the project because of the already high levels of cycling there.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Having begun in summer 2016, TINK is initially a 2-year pilot project and is part of the National Cycling Plan 2020 (<a href="https://nationaler-radverkehrsplan.de/">NRVP</a>). Funding mostly comes from the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), with a small amount coming from the two municipalities. The scheme will be monitored and data analysed by partner teams of <a href="https://www.innoz.de/">mobility experts</a> and <a href="http://www.e-fect.de/">environmental psychologists</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Registration is free for users, as is the first 30 minutes of use. After this the costs kick in, although they are minimal: it’s €1 for every 30mins, up to a maximum of €9 per 24 hour period. Cargo bikes can be rented at one on-street hire station and left at another, without penalty. The bikes are unlocked with a code sent to the user via a smartphone app, SMS, telephone hotline or on the website. Frequent users can buy an electronic chip key for €5.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In Konstanz, the initial aim was to have 1,500 users after two years; this had been surpassed after only six months, with 1,744 users already having signed up for the service. In Norderstedt the service is run by bike sharing company Nextbike and in Konstanz by fahrradspezialitaeten.com.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The scheme is being promoted in novel ways.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> A </span><a href="https://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article209182213/Eine-Bankraeuberin-flieht-mit-Lastenrad.html" style="font-family: arial, serif;">fake bank robbery</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> carried out, naturally, <a href="http://epaper.umschau.de/mabmex/144/">by cargo bike</a> was covered by German press and caught the attention of Guerilla Marketing gurus. No less conventional, but perhaps more ambitious, was </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">TINK Project Leader Marco Walter and colleague Nathalie Niekisch's effort. Together they embarked on a 14-day, 1,000km ride from Konstanz to Norderstedt dubbed </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">“TINK on TOUR”</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, using cargo bikes from the scheme. This occured</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> in November of 2016; a strong demonstration that cargo bikes are suitable for heavy use all year round. On the way</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> they stopped in ten cities (</span><a href="http://presse.karlsruhe.de/db/meldungen/verkehr/lastenradverleih_hat_zukunft_in_karlsruhe.html" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Karlsruhe</a>,<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> Mannheim, <a href="http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/kommt-der-sprudelsprinter_17504317.htm">Darmstadt</a>, Frankfurt, <a href="http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/nachrichten-mainz/sprudel-sprinter-oder-kinderkutsche_17506866.htm">Mainz</a>,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/lokales/wiesbaden/nachrichten-wiesbaden/tink-tour-stoppt-in-wiesbaden-lastenraeder-zum-mieten-auch-fuer-hier-interessant_17526052.htm" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Wiesbaden</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, Marburg, Kassel, Hanover and Hamburg) and held information sessions explaining the scheme to the municipalities and other interested parties. A full report on the tour is <a href="http://tink.bike/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170207_Abschlussbericht_TINKonTour.pdf">available here in</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://tink.bike/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170207_Abschlussbericht_TINKonTour.pdf"> German</a> (link opens pdf). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The municipalities of Konstanz and Norderstedt will take ownership of the bikes after the pilot and are already making arrangements for the service to continue beyond the 2 years. The concept is likely to be rolled out to other German cities following the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">trial period</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: Sharing, Public Sector involvement as a catalyst</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: TINK</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Government</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Konstanz and Norderstedt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: Germany</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturer(s): Bakfiets.nl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Pilot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://tink.bike/cms/">http://tink.bike/cms/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tink.bike/">https://www.facebook.com/tink.bike/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://nationaler-radverkehrsplan.de/de/praxis/tink-transportrad-initiative-nachhaltiger-kommunen">Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik - Fahrradportal: "TINK - Transportrad Initiative nachhaltiger Kommunen"</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article207952929/Norderstedt-startet-grosses-Transport-Radsystem.html">Hamburger Abendblatt: “Norderstedt startet großes Transport-Radsystem”</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.suedkurier.de/region/kreis-konstanz/konstanz/Mietbare-Lastenraeder-sind-ein-Erfolg-in-Konstanz">SÜDKURIER: “Mietbare Lastenräder sind ein Erfolg in Konstanz”</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.shz.de/regionales/30-minuten-kostenlos-norderstedt-vermietet-lastenraeder-per-app-id14388566.html">shz.de “30 Minuten kostenlos: Norderstedt vermietet Lastenräder per App”</a> (German)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://tink.bike/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/161114_Pressemitteilung_TINK-on-Tour_.pdf">TINK: “”TINK on TOUR”</a> (German)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">(opens pdf)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://tink.bike/cms/wp-content/uploads/docs/PM_Start_TINK_Konstanz_290716.pdf">Stadt Konstanz: “Sprudel-Sprinter und Hörnle-Hopper: Konstanz startet TINK Transportrad-Mietsystem”</a> (German)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">(opens pdf)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://tink.bike/cms/wp-content/uploads/docs/Pressemitteilung_Start_TINK_Norderstedt.pdf">Stadt Norderstedt: “Stadt Norderstedt startet größtes Mietsystem für Transport-Fahrräder in Deutschland”</a> (German)(opens pdf)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Denver and Boulder, two American cities about 50km apart, are nestled at the feet of the Rocky mountains in Colorado. They have plenty in common, even in terms of cycling culture; for example, both cities host regular ‘Cruiser Rides’ which look like great fun (check them out here </span><a href="http://www.cruiserbikeride.org/" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Denver Cruiser Ride</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, and here </span><a href="http://denvercruiserride.com/" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Boulder Cruiser Ride</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">).</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The two cities are also home to Food Rescue organisations Denver Food Rescue and Boulder Food Rescue, both of which use volunteer-ridden bikes with trailers to collect food which would otherwise be discarded from grocery stores. The same trailer bikes then deliver the food to projects which distribute free groceries to people on low-incomes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The model is different to the many food banks that distribute food; Food Rescue is about taking food from the source directly to the destination without a consolidation step in between. Doing it this way means that distribution of fresh, perishable food such as fruit and vegetables is possible, rather than only tinned or packaged food. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">It’s also a more affordable way of running an organisation, effectively eliminating the costs associated with running a consolidation centre.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">This in turn allows those on low incomes access to the superior nutrition provided by fresh produce. The central idea behind food justice is that giving everyone access to good quality food will lead to favourable and more equitable social outcomes. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Nationally, levels of food waste in the US are staggering; estimates range between 30 and 50%, depending upon the source. USDA aims to halve the amount of wasted food by 2030.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Against this backdrop, the Food Rescue concept appears to be spreading, with initiatives popping up neighbouring towns in Colorado and as far-afield as Wyoming and Seattle (some of which were set up by former Denver and Boulder volunteers). In response, Boulder Food Rescue has set up the <a href="https://www.boulderfoodrescue.org/food-rescue-alliance/">Food Rescue Alliance</a>, a peer learning network which aims to provide free support to start-up initiatives focusing on food waste. The Food Rescue Alliance also organises annual <a href="https://www.boulderfoodrescue.org/forward-food-summit/">“un-conferences”</a> on food justice and has developed the <a href="https://www.boulderfoodrescue.org/logistics-tracking-tool/">Food Rescue Robot</a>, a web application that helps food rescue groups to keep track of all of the tasks required to run a food rescue initiative.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The use of bikes to carry out these operations is central to both the Boulder and Denver initiatives’ overall philosophies. Sustainability in the form of use of non-motorised transport (where possible) as well as reduction of food waste </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">is a stated aim. Some of the neighbourhoods served by the initiatives are amongst the most polluted in the country; using bikes also ensures that operations don’t contribute to this pollution. Denver Food Rescue estimates that they saved 8 tons in CO2 emissions in 2016, just by using bikes.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Boulder Food Rescue estimates that 80% of their transport is carried out by bike. Even offshoot initiative Colorado Springs Food Rescue, operating in a city with a significant urban sprawl, manage 50% of their deliveries by bike. These figures are high for American cities in which so coverage of cycling infrastructure is patchy at best. Although in general Colorado is seen as fairly progressive when it comes to provision of cycling infrastructure, it is for the most part currently still at an early stage of development. Like many car-dominated cities at similar stages, it is therefore thought of by many as a hostile environment in which to ride a bike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The use of cargo bikes for community-based initiatives seems to be a growing trend in the last few years in North America. Another great example is the Disaster Relief Trials which we’ve <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/08/disaster-relief-trials-community-racing.html">written about previously</a>. These initiatives also touch on the trends of <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/search/label/Food">Food</a> and <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/search/label/waste">Waste</a> in cycle logistics.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Denver Food Rescue and Boulder Food Rescue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Voluntary</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Boulder and Denver, Colorado</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: USA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="https://denverfoodrescue.org/">https://denverfoodrescue.org</a>, <a href="https://www.boulderfoodrescue.org/">https://www.boulderfoodrescue.org</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/denverfoodrescue/">Denver Food Rescue Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/boulderfoodrescue/">Boulder Food Rescue Facebook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/denverfoodrescu">Denver Food Rescue Twitter</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/BldrFoodRescue">Boulder Food Rescue Twitter</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://denverfoodrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DFR-Annual-Report-2016-1.pdf">Denver Food Rescue Annual Report 2016</a> (opens pdf)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.urbanconversion.com/how-to-start-your-own-food-rescue/">Urban Conversion: "How to Start Your Own Food Rescue"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.urbanconversion.com/boulder-food-rescue-a-catalyst-for-change/">Urban Conversion: "Boulder Food Rescue – A Catalyst for Change"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.westword.com/arts/food-rescue-ride-connects-denver-communities-with-free-fresh-produce-8194577">Westword: “Food Rescue Ride Connects Denver Communities With Free, Fresh Produce”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/american-food-waste/491513/">The Atlantic: “Why Americans Lead the World in Food Waste”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.usda.gov/oce/foodwaste/faqs.htm">United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): “U.S. Food Waste Challenge / FAQ's”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.ultra5280.com/lifestyle-1/2015/6/5/lifestyle-a-great-cause-in-your-backyard-denver-food-rescue">Ultra Fifty Two Eighty: “A Great Cause In Your Backyard | Denver Food Rescue”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.budgetdumpster.com/blog/community/denver-co/how-denver-food-rescue-is-reducing-food-waste/">The Fill: “How Denver Food Rescue is Reducing Food Waste One Pedal at a Time”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/12/21/cyclists-rescue-produce-for-those-in-need/">CBS Denver: “Cyclists Rescue Produce For Those In Need”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hana-dansky/boulder-food-rescue-redefining-food-systems_b_7307098.html">The Huffington Post: “Boulder Food Rescue: From Passion To Impact, Redefining Food Systems”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://bouldercolorado.gov/newsroom/march-31-2016-city-partners-with-boulder-food-rescue-to-evaluate-food-waste-in-boulder">City of Boulder, Colorado: “City partners with Boulder Food Rescue to evaluate food waste in Boulder”</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Although the use of bicycles for mail delivery is not a new thing, the growing popularity of e-bikes coupled with the fact that many postal services are now carried out by petrol-powered vehicles, arguably makes their reintroduction innovative once more.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">It was with this in mind back in 2015 that the Croation Post Office - Hrvatska pošta - trialled the replacement of 180 petrol-powered mopeds with e-bikes. The results were clear: savings of around €920, or 85% per vehicle per year, plus a total annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 100 tonnes compared to using mopeds. Positive feedback was also received from the delivery workers using the e-bikes. In fact, the pilot was so successful that Hrvatska pošta decided to buy 180 new e-bikes before the 6-month trial period was even over, and they were unveiled by Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The scheme was one of a series of 30 pilots run by the </span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/en/projects/pro-e-bike" style="font-family: arial, serif;">EU-funded Pro-E-Bike project</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, which aimed to promote:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><i>“electric bicycles and electric scooters (E -bikes), for delivery of goods and passenger transport among private and public bodies such as delivery companies, public administration and citizens in European urban areas as an alternative to "conventionally fossil fuelled" vehicles”.</i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In this case, the EU project co-funded the purchase of the e-bikes.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Royal Mail Postal workers on bikes: now a thing of the past. Photo credit: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail#/media/File:Royal_mail_bicycle_messenger_Ilminster.JPG">TheEgyptian</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Hrvatska pošta’s switch to e-bikes came at roughly the same time as the UK’s Royal Mail decided to go in the opposite direction, citing concerns over safety. Royal Mail have now mothballed a bicycle fleet which was at one point the largest in the world and which dated back to the late 1800s. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Encouragingly though, the trend amongst postal services elsewhere seems to be going the other way, with even TNT, their direct rivals for UK postal services, developing a bicycle fleet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Meanwhile over the English Channel, France’s La Poste is building on it’s own history, having used bikes for deliveries since 1893. Their service already uses 20,000 e-bikes and there are plans to increase this number to 28,000; allowing numbers of petrol-powered mopeds to be reduced from 10,000 to 6,500. Over in The Netherlands, mail service PostNL has replaced 100 routinely taken car journeys in central Amsterdam with <a href="https://www.postnl.nl/over-postnl/pers-nieuws/nieuws/2017/postnl-vervangt-100-autoritten-door-e-bakfiets-in-amsterdam.html">60 e-bikes</a> and a network of inner-city bike transfer points.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: Croatia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Initially a pilot; now permanent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="https://www.posta.hr/">https://www.posta.hr</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HrvatskaPosta">https://www.facebook.com/HrvatskaPosta</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/hrvatskaposta">https://twitter.com/hrvatskaposta</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Contact: <a href="mailto:info@posta.hr">info@posta.hr</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://hrvatska.posta.hr/180-postmen-deliver-on-electric-bicycles-instead-of-mopeds">Hrvatska pošta: “180 postmen deliver on electric bicycles (instead of mopeds)"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://ecf.com/groups/new-move-business-eu-cities">European Cyclists' Federation: "A New Move for Business in EU Cities"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.eltis.org/discover/case-studies/procuring-e-bikes-cleaner-postal-deliveries-croatia">Eltis: “Procuring e-bikes for cleaner postal deliveries in Croatia”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.mppi.hr/default.aspx?id=23999">Ministarstvo Pomorstva, Prometa I Infrastrukture: "S prvih 180 električnih bicikala poštari Hrvatske pošte kreću u dostavu pošiljaka"</a> (Croatian)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.vecernji.hr/zagreb/postari-na-struju-od-rujna-posiljke-ce-dostavljati-biciklom-na-elektricni-pogon-1016512">Večernji list doo: “Poštari na struju: Od rujna pošiljke će dostavljati biciklom na električni pogon”</a> (Croatian)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://postel.sf.bg.ac.rs/simpozijumi/POSTEL2015/RADOVI%20PDF/Menadzment%20procesa%20u%20postanskom%20i%20telekomunikacionom%20saobracaju/1.%20Mostarac-Kavran-Rakic-Barlovic.pdf">Postel 2017: “Impact of Transport Means in Postal Traffic on Environment” (Katarina Mostarac, Zvonko Kavran, Estera Rakić, Žarko Barlović)</a> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">(opens pdf)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2013/dec/09/royal-mail-post-bikes">The Guardian: "Royal Mail to phase out post bikes completely in 2014"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://tradesmansbike.wordpress.com/1983-pashley-post-office-bicycle/">Museum of Tradesman's Delivery Bikes "1983 Pashley Post Office Bicycle / History of Post Office Bicycles"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.latribune.fr/regions/pays-de-loire/velo-nouveau-moteur-eco-3-4-la-poste-et-le-velo-toute-une-histoire-590361.html">La Tribune: “Vélo, nouveau moteur éco (3/4): La Poste et le vélo... toute une histoire!"</a> (French)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Major infrastructure upgrades in Sydney’s Central Business District (CBD) have prompted State and Municipal authorities there to begin experimenting with promoting cycle logistics. Construction of a </span><a href="http://www.sydneylightrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/" style="font-family: arial, serif;">light rail line</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, upgrades and work on Central Station and the main ferry hub, and several large construction projects in central areas are causing disruption and changes to normal traffic flows. Perhaps traffic ‘flow’ isn’t the best term to describe traffic conditions which are, even at the best of times in this car-addicted city, congested to say the least. The average speed of vehicles in Sydney is said to be </span><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-is-congestion-capital-of-australasia-report-shows-20170104-gtlmwq.html" style="font-family: arial, serif;">the worst in Australasia</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, and that was before the current disruption in the CBD.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In response, authorities have set up a cycle-logistics consolidation hub in a car park on the southern edge of the CBD. The project is a collaboration between Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW)(the State Government transport authority) and the City of Sydney (CoS)(the municipal authority covering the centre of Sydney). CoS owns the car park and TfNSW provided the cages and infrastructure. Several logistics companies are participating in the scheme, which began in early 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The rationale behind the hub’s location is that it will allow last-mile deliveries to be made by bike, eliminating at least a portion of the CBD vehicle movements which would otherwise occur. Goods destined for the CBD are delivered by van to the hub and then loaded from off-street parking bays into secure cages. Bike couriers are then able to access these cages to collect and then deliver the goods to their final destinations. TfNSW estimates that at full capacity, the hub could reduce pressure on central loading bays by 4,600 hours (dwell time) per year and that 26,000 fewer kms would need to be driven in the CBD as a result.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">It’s worth noting that this consolidation hub is different from those we’ve covered before in RIPPL; although it is on the edge of the CBD, it is still well within the city and in fact occupies a very central location. </span><a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/05/outspoken-delivery-consolidation-and.html" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Outspoken in Cambridge</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> or </span><a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/01/foodlogica-last-mile-food-delivery.html" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Foodlogica in Amsterdam</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">, for example, are on the fringes of their respective cities and prevent vehicles from needing to enter urban centres altogether. In a sprawl city such as Sydney it could be argued that this is less practical, and in any case this project aims to have an impact on the CBD alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In order to test out the efficacy of the system, TfNSW ran side-by-side tests of delivery vans and bikes as they carried out 10 deliveries. The results were clear. Because bikes could travel via more direct routes, they travelled a third fewer kilometres than the vans. Bikes also took less than half the time to complete their rounds. Meanwhile, vans spent three times as long parked up compared to bikes. What’s more, whilst bike couriers hardly needed to walk at all, van drivers found themselves walking approximately a third of their total distance, all whilst their vehicle was parked up - it’s easier than driving around looking for a space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The scheme is an example of public-sector involvement in encouraging cycle-logistics, <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/03/waltham-forest-council-christmas-courier.html">a trend we’ve covered before</a> in RIPPL articles. It's a rare and welcome positive development for a NSW State Government which is not exactly renowned for cooperation with the progressive cycling policies of it's municipal City of Sydney counterparts. The Goulburn Street hub is not alone in Australia; a recent redevelopment of the Queen Victoria marketplaces in Melbourne set aside space for consolidation of last kilometre freight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Transport for New South Wales / City of Sydney</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: State and Municipal Government</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://mysydneycbd.nsw.gov.au/supporting-business/freight-and-servicing">http://mysydneycbd.nsw.gov.au/supporting-business/freight-and-servicing</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransportForNSW">https://www.facebook.com/TransportForNSW</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cityofsydney/">https://www.facebook.com/cityofsydney</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sydneycycleways">https://www.facebook.com/sydneycycleways</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TransportforNSW">https://twitter.com/TransportforNSW</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/cityofsydney">https://twitter.com/cityofsydney</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Contact: <a href="mailto:CBDfreight@transport.nsw.gov.au">CBDfreight@transport.nsw.gov.au</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sources:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://mysydneycbd.nsw.gov.au/news/courier-hub-helping-ease-cbd-congestion">TfNSW: “Courier Hub Helping Ease CBD Congestion”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/business/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/288981/TfNSW_CBD_ITLS_October_2016.pdf">TfNSW: “Challenges for CBD Freight in Sydney’s Transformation”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.qvm.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Retail-Plan.pdf">Queen Victoria Market: “Melbourne’s Marketplace - Retail Plan”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jun/19/smart-city-traffic-social-isolation-melbourne-technology">The Guardian: “Smart city: using technology to tackle traffic and social isolation in Melbourne”</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Launched in 2014, Gruten is a small business which collects coffee waste from cafes in Oslo on an e-cargo bike. The bike has a name - Hurtigruten, after a Norwegian cruise ship operator. The coffee waste is used to produce hand made natural scrub soap and as compost for growing mushrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The e-cargo bike is integral to Gruten’s business model; founder Siri Mittet intended to use the bike for logistics from the very beginning. Indeed the company has a focus on sustainability in general; all profits go back into the running of the business and to social causes. For a business such as Gruten, an e-cargo bike is first and foremost a convenient form of transport. However </span>using a bike can also make a statement about the ethos and aims of the organisation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Gruten and the cafes enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship; the cafe has their coffee waste taken away and Gruten</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> gets the main ingredient for the soap. The soap is sold in shops in and around Oslo; delivered by bike as much as possible. The finished soap is often sold in the same cafes the coffee grounds were sourced from; in these cases, a sticker is placed on the product saying so. The product is effective at getting rid of grease from hands, so is popular with people and businesses involved in bike maintenance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Oslo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturer: Bullitt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.gruten.no/">http://www.gruten.no</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gruten/">https://www.facebook.com/gruten/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/GrutenOslo">https://twitter.com/GrutenOslo</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Contact: Siri Mattet / <a href="mailto:post@gruten.no">post@gruten.no</a></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADUFKPPhnhE" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Journalen TV: “Oslos sorte gull” (Norwegian)</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.tv2.no/v/1071676/">TV2: “Slik dyrker du sopp i kaffegrut!” (Video)(Norwegian)</a></span><br />
<a href="http://infinitummovement.no/gruten-gjor-soppel-om-til-sort-gull/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Infinitum Movement "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gruten gjør søppel om til sort gull" (Norwegian)</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://bus446.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/anyones-up-for-a-coffee-break/">BUS 446: “Anyone's up for a coffee break?”</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Gemeente Waalre, a small Dutch municipality located south of Eindhoven, has been piloting use of an e-trike with trailer for domestic waste collection. The 9-month trial, which ran from September 2016 in Voldijn, a small area of the town a 10 minute ride from the centre, aimed to reduce traffic in the area whilst increasing collection frequency. The e-trike replaced the truck which had previously serviced the area, and collections rose from once to twice per week in order to prevent rubbish piling up and beginning to smell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The custom Redkutsche e-trike, which along with the trailer has a capacity of 200kg, allows all of the different waste streams (waste, nappies/diapers, food waste, plastic, metal and drink cartons) to be separately collected simultaneously. A third goal of the scheme was to reduce the amount of waste which was not recycled; in other words, to encourage residents to recycle more. Three months into the trial, the amount of waste going to landfill had approximately halved.</span><br />
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Gemeente Waalre engaged the local community throughout the process and the trike rider, Roel van den Boom, featured in regular newsletters. Residents were able to put a human face and name to the scheme, a face which was present and accessible in the neighbourhood because he was riding a trike rather than a truck. This appears to have aided the popularity of the scheme, which has in turn increased cooperation and contributed to it’s success.<br /><br />
Gemeente Waalre are not alone in recognising the potential of bikes for waste collection; in fact, waste is a growing trend in cycle-logistics. Many other examples exist across the world and we’ll be featuring the most interesting ones in future posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: The Netherlands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Bike Manufacturer(s): Radkutsche</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.waalre.nl/inwoners-en-ondernemers/afvalproef-voldijn.html">Gemeente Waalre: “Waste Test in Voldijn” (Dutch)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.ed.nl/waalre/op-pad-met-de-afvalfiets-in-waalre-video~a4984a11/">Eindhoven Dagblad: “On the road with the waste bike in Waalre” (Dutch)</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQwbA-dJZvw">Eindhoven Dagblad: "New in Waalre, the waste bike" (Video)(Dutch)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/255036782/Waalre+neemt+fietsende+vuilnisman+in+dienst+vier+rondjes+per+dag+met+de+afvalfiets.aspx">Omroep Brabant: “Waalre puts cycling garbage man into service” (Dutch)</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/263129912/Fietsende+vuilnisman+in+Waalre+een+succes.aspx">Omroep Brabant: “Cycling garbage man in Waalre a success” (Dutch)</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.duurzaambedrijfsleven.nl/recycling/17785/fietsende-vuilnisman-haalt-afval-met-een-luchtje-op-in-waalre">Duurzaam Bedrijfsleven: “Cycling garbage man collects stinky waste in Waalre” (Dutch)</a></span>
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Tom Parrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852259387838086160noreply@blogger.comWaalre, Netherlands51.3878333 5.44320249999998451.3481953 5.3625214999999837 51.427471299999993 5.5238834999999842tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075086975924872695.post-78025308033404594312017-08-01T14:14:00.002+02:002018-08-29T23:45:59.470+02:00Disaster Relief Trials: Community, Racing and Preparedness<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The American Pacific Northwest sits on the Cascadia fault line, which runs north to south from Vancouver Island, Canada, past the cities of Vancouver, Seattle and Portland, before reaching northern California. The last major earthquake in the area <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake">was in 1700</a>, but due to the nature of the fault, the next one could be very strong, with the potential to cause catastrophic levels of destruction in the area.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But what does this have to do with cycle logistics? In response to the threat of a future major earthquake, members of Portland's cycling community have held a series of events dubbed the Disaster Relief Trials (DRT), to test just how prepared they are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a disaster it is critical that food, water and medical supplies can quickly reach the places they are needed most. Conventional supply methods are often unable to operate when roads are damaged or fuel is scarce. The group has therefore identified the bicycle, and in particular the cargo bike, as central to their response.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The DRT is an exercise that trains a diverse group of volunteers from across the community to be able to respond to disasters using their cargo bikes. The format of the DRT turns this rather serious exercise into something enjoyable; a race. This injects a realistic sense of urgency to proceedings, making it a community event that is, fun builds skills and provokes thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Participants are challenged to carry heavy loads of water and supplies across rough terrain. Consignments of delicate medical supplies are simulated with eggs, which must make it to the end of the course intact. The courses are carefully picked to simulate a possibly hostile landscape, devoid of useful infrastructure. The competition format also encourages the collaboration that would be necessary in</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> real life: competitors work together to help haul each other's loaded bikes over obstacles such as walls and ditches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The format proved so popular and effective in Portland that Seattle and San Francisco have followed suit, holding their own DRTs. The idea is spreading too; the town of Bend, Oregon, held it's own DRT in June 2017 and a Winter version of the DRT was held at the 2016 Winter Cycling Congress in Minneapolis. For a more detailed account of the DRT, watch the video or click on the links below for further reading. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Organisation: Disaster</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> Relief Trials</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Cities: Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Memphis</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website (Portland): <a href="https://disasterrelieftrials.com/">https://disasterrelieftrials.com</a> / </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DRTpdx">Portland DRT Facebook</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website (Seattle): </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://seattledrt.org/">https://seattledrt.org</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> / </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/SeattleDRT">Seattle DRT Twitter</a></span></div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QlgYIXsmOCSHe-vzisc8nBRZ2xPkjzFUH9HubwopsHw/edit" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DRT San Francisco: "Xtracycle presents Disaster Relief Trials San Francisco"</a><br />
<a href="http://bicycletimesmag.com/courting-disaster/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bicycle Times: "Courting Disaster"</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://bikeportland.org/2015/10/17/disaster-relief-trials-demonstrate-bikings-potential-after-the-big-one-166087">Bike Portland: " 'Disaster Relief Trials’ demonstrate biking’s potential after The Big One"</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://cargocycling.org/2014/09/cargo-race-disaster-relief-trials.html">cargocycling.org: "Cargo Race: Disaster Relief Trials"</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://wintercyclingcongress2016.org/2016/01/17/join-the-winter-disaster-relief-trial-at-wcc16/">Winter Cycling Congress: "Join the Winter Disaster Relief Trial at #WCC16"</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://community.fema.gov/story/disaster-relief-trials-pedal-toward-community-resilience">FEMA: "Disaster Relief Trials Pedal toward Community Resilience"</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.citylab.com/environment/2012/11/power-bicycles-disaster-recovery/3834/">CITYLAB: The Power of Bicycles in Disaster Relief</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Even in death there is a role for cycle logistics. In the UK the co-operative Funeralcare have made sure of that.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">In 2010, in response to a request from the family of a cyclist, the UK-based funeral group arranged for a tandem hearse to be built. Co-op have since added a second tandem hearse to their permanent fleet and ‘last rides’ are now available on request at the group’s 900 nationwide branches. It is part of a wider trend towards alternative funerals; according to Co-op’s research, with 1 in 15 UK funerals in 2013 featuring a non-traditional hearse.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The Co-op is not the only organisation to have had this idea. Over in the US, a funeral home in Eugene, Oregon also has a pedal-powered mode of transport. Wade Lind, owner of Sunset Hills Funeral Home, had the idea for an e-trike hearse, designed and then built it within the space of two weeks. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Lastly, The Netherlands are rarely outdone when it comes to cycling and it's often said that the Dutch are born on their bikes. To complete this journey from cradle to grave, Wim Koning built a beautiful <a href="https://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2015/02/cargo-bike-for-wedding-and-funeral.html" target="_blank">funeral bike</a>, which he presented at the ICBF in 2015. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">We at RIPPL can't think of a better way to go.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: funeral hearse</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Co-operative Funeralcare</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.co-operativefuneralcare.co.uk/">http://www.co-operativefuneralcare.co.uk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.co-operativefuneralcare.co.uk/arranging-a-funeral/organising-the-day/hearses/tandem-cycle-hearse">Co-operative Funeralcare: “Tandem Cycle Hearse”</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/sep/25/personalised-hearses-co-op-funeral">The Guardian: “Personalised hearses the new way to go”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.co-operative.coop/media/news-releases/custom-hearses-hit-top-gear">Co-operative Group: “Custom Hearses Hit Top Gear”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.google.com/patents/US7213855">Patent for Hearse assembly (US 7213855 B2)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="https://www.eta.co.uk/2013/05/22/pedal-powered-hearse-proves-cycling-neednt-end-after-death">ETA: “Pedal-powered hearse proves cycling needn’t end after death”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.walb.com/story/22278009/funeral-home-offers-bike-hearse-basket-coffin">WALB News 10: “Funeral home offers bike hearse, basket coffin”</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cassandra-profita/go-green-to-the-grave_b_3294116.html">Huffington Post: “Go Green to the Grave in a Tricycle Hearse”</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">A pilot scheme in Maastricht is allowing entrepreneurs and businesses to try out electric cargo bikes for free. Maastricht Bereikbaar (”Accessible Maastricht”, the city transport authority which is a collaboration between several government bodies, the local Municipality, the Province of Limburg and local businesses with an interest in logistics) is giving local initiatives the chance to test e-cargo bikes for six months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">How does it work? Firstly, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">businesses</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> buy or lease the e-cargo bikes themselves. In order to qualify for 100% reimbursement up to a maximum of €4000, participating businesses must make at least 4 journeys per day in and around the Maastricht area during the six month trial period. To ensure this condition is met, Maastricht Bereikbaar fits each e-cargo bike with a GPS tracker, which also provides valuable data about user behaviour. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br />In August 2017 major works which will close the Noorderbrug, one of Maastricht’s main river crossings, so one of the scheme’s stated aims is to reduce traffic in Maastricht in anticipation of the disruption caused during this period. Therefore another requirement is that the e-cargo bike purchased replaces trips that would otherwise be taken by trucks or vans.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hva.nl/kc-techniek/gedeelde-content/contentgroep/levv/levv.html">LEVV-LOGIC</a>, a research project focussing on using light electric vehicles for freight, will evaluate the GPS data generated as well as the experiences of users, treating the trial as a Living Lab (we’ve covered CityServiceBike, another LEVV-LOGIC Living Lab <a href="http://cargobikefestival.blogspot.nl/2017/05/cityservicebike-last-mile-meets-park.html">in a previous post</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The scheme, which runs between July 2017 and March 2018, is open to a limited number of participants and interested parties can </span><a href="https://www.maastrichtbereikbaar.nl/nl/logistiek/e-cargo-bike-proberen" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">sign up here</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> before 30th September. Several similar schemes, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in which public sector subsidies are made available to promote cycle logistics, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">exist in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Cargobike.jetzt has compiled a list </span><a href="http://www.cargobike.jetzt/kaufpraemien/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Maastricht Bereikbaar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Government</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">City: Maastricht</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="https://www.maastrichtbereikbaar.nl/">https://www.maastrichtbereikbaar.nl</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MaastrichtBereikbaar">https://www.facebook.com/MaastrichtBereikbaar</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/naarMaastricht">https://twitter.com/naarMaastricht</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Contact: Mark Luikens and/or Francoise van den Broek / <a href="mailto:info@maastricht-bereikbaar.nl">info@maastricht-bereikbaar.nl </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://www.hva.nl/binaries/content/assets/subsites/kc-techniek/publicaties/levv-logic-nieuwsbrief-3---juli-2017.html?1499080696440">LEVV-LOGIC July 2017 Newsletter (Dutch)</a></span><br />
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Tom Parrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852259387838086160noreply@blogger.comMaastricht, Netherlands50.8513682 5.690972500000043550.690994200000006 5.3682490000000431 51.0117422 6.0136960000000439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075086975924872695.post-77954160449286028332017-07-18T10:54:00.001+02:002018-08-29T23:47:08.626+02:00Pedal Me - MaaS by bike on the streets of London<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">London-based startup Pedal Me is taking the trend of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and applying it to bikes. The company exists to carry a precious cargo around the city; passengers. To do this, specially adapted bikes, which were developed in collaboration with Dutch manufacturer Urban Arrow, are used. A</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> smartphone app allows c</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">ustomers to request rides, get a price estimate and follow the progress of their rider as they approach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Pedal Me's unique selling point in such a congested city is speed; bicycles can travel much faster across London than traditional vehicles. To prove this beyond doubt, trials were run in summer 2016 which included tests over five different 2 mile courses in Central London. Average times were compared to Google Maps estimates for a car taking the same trip (estimates which in practice are mostly underestimated, time-wise).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The test results were clear: on average, journeys took 10mins for the bike and 19mins for the car. The verdict; once Pedal Me are operating at scale they should be able to complete almost twice as many journeys as cars. This potentially puts them in an immensely advantageous position compared to other MaaS providers such as Uber; bikes cost less to run but can do more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlk_d6lMwFRz0ViyNFmLk8ooyGe00QXjfRljn0LFct7bZtd7iFSLlWXxeQQUsu2WVGua7gnfnVs0X5v5vZ6SYqe0I7_yVrCfnZOoI7mnOV_8wqtq20C0HraQIODRbJlzRCvzsLDlFG4w/s1600/pedal_me_phone_in_hand_64-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="655" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlk_d6lMwFRz0ViyNFmLk8ooyGe00QXjfRljn0LFct7bZtd7iFSLlWXxeQQUsu2WVGua7gnfnVs0X5v5vZ6SYqe0I7_yVrCfnZOoI7mnOV_8wqtq20C0HraQIODRbJlzRCvzsLDlFG4w/s320/pedal_me_phone_in_hand_64-1.png" width="187" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">This extra capacity allows Pedal Me the financial space in which to operate a responsible business model where close relationships with direct employees working for reasonable pay can be fostered. This focus on good </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">labour relations</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"> will allow quality control over how employees ride and eliminate perverse incentives.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">The plan is indeed to scale up the idea, firstly in London and then across the UK. If it works in London, with the perceived intensity and hostility of the road conditions there, it should be able to work anywhere, although each new location would come with a unique set of challenges. London's network of separated cycle lanes is growing, but is currently nowhere near that of any city in The Netherlands. So as London makes the transition to a more cycle friendly city over the coming decades, as current trends suggest it will, business conditions for Pedal Me are likely to grow ever more favourable.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Despite this, founder Ben Knowles is pragmatic about working within the current situation: “The main issue we have here in London is training the riders to a level that we're happy with them riding in traffic with customers on board. The things that are generally good practice for riding in traffic are not that intuitive, such as riding in line with the vehicles and being confident about taking the whole lane. It's much safer but it is quite intimidating for new riders.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">“Our test is quite hard; you have to pass Bikeability Level 3, then there's a handling test away from traffic, followed by a 30 minute test similar to the UK driving test, with minor, major and serious faults. If there are any major or serious faults, that could potentially end up with a collision, then that rider fails. We'd review at that point and decide whether to invite that person back again. A serious fault is defined as one where you only have to do it 5-10 times and you'll have a collision and are taking evasive action; a major fault is any which fails the 'Bens Granny Test' - something which would either make my Granny nervous, or would result in a collision if you tried the same move 500 or 1000 times. It's based on a risk assessment and we wrote the requirements of the testing to suit that.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Another aim is for Pedal Me to act as a catalyst, to inspire others to cycle and think about cargo bikes in particular. This has inspired the Pedal Me team lead to introduce elements of diversification into their business model. Regular school runs and delivery of small packages are already parts of Pedal Me's repertoire. Knowles adds: “One of the impacts I'm hoping it's going to have is to increase the number of people on cargo bikes, because you're showing people what's possible, getting people thinking. We quite often have conversations with passengers about where you could get a bike like this.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Innovations: Mobility as a Service (Maas)</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Organisation: Pedal Me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Sector: Mobility</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Cities: London</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Country: UK</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Basis: Permanent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Website: <a href="http://pedalme.co.uk/">pedalme.co.uk</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Twitter: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/pedalmeapp">http://twitter.com/pedalmeapp</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Facebook: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://facebook.com/pedalmeapp">http://facebook.com/pedalmeapp</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;">Instagram: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><a href="http://instagram.com/pedalmeapp">http://instagram.com/pedalmeapp</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span lang="en-US">Contact: Ben Knowles, +44 (0)203 189 1612, <a href="mailto:support@pedalme.co.uk">support@pedalme.co.uk</a> </span></span></span></div>
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