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How cities can speed up urban logistics using containerisation By Johan Erlandsson Specialised last mile delivery vehicles, like cargo bikes, have numerous advantages and also great potential to replace a large portion of todays standard vehicle for last mile delivery - the van. If cities would actively support city logistics containerisation, a lot of this potential could be unlocked! Cargo bikes have a higher productivity as they don’t get stuck in traffic like vans do, they can take shorter routes and they never have a parking problem. They also have a lower total cost of ownership than vans. Cargo bikes are particularly competitive in cities with bike infrastructure. Cargo bikes reduce congestion, eliminate noise and emissions to air and also replace vehicles with faces in the city - all of which contributes to a more liveable city! Todays standard process for last mile delivery -vans both bring the goods into the city and do the last mile delivery. Cargo bikes use only 6 % of the electricity a small e-van uses, for doing the same transport work. The reduction in material use for the vehicle is similar. As long as we do not have 100 % CO2 free electricity, energy efficiency should be in everyone’s focus and here is an opportunity for cities to save energy! Until now, the use of specialised last mile delivery vehicles has however been limited. The van still stands strong, partly because shifting the goods to a smaller vehicle has been too difficult, time consuming and expensive. Enter the city container. By borrowing ideas from shipping containers, which increased productivity in loading and unloading vessels by a factor of 15, shifting of goods between ships, trucks and trains is now a breeze, especially if cities support containerisation. Containerised city logistics. Containers are loaded in the terminal, brought into the city with big vehicles, dropped off at terminals/handover points where last mile delivery vehicles pick them up for last mile delivery. City containers are loaded in terminals outside the city, transported by big vehicles (replacing many smaller vans) to terminals in the final distribution area. Here, specialised last mile delivery vehicles collect the containers in seconds and off they go. The goods have been safely locked, weather protected and monitored during the whole process. 14
There is an important precondition to make this work: container terminals or some sort of handover points within the distribution area. We suggest that the city actively support the setup of these terminals/ handover points. By staying in control of terminals/handover points, the city: • can make sure each carrier and goods owner is treated fairly and given access -no matter the amount of goods. This will enable more businesses to containerise. • can subsidise the facilities (just like public transport is subsidised) to make them more attractive • can decide where the terminal should be located • can argue more strongly for vehicle regulation, as it also offers a solution for last mile delivery If your city has waterways - congratulations! This makes finding terminal facilities very easy, as floating terminals can be used which dock during the day. All trucks can be directed to a point well outside the city centre, where the goods are loaded onto the floating terminals. These terminals are then taken to different points in the city. #ICBF2018 15 15
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