International Cargo Bike Festival 2018
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Experiment in Amsterdam – LEFV Battle: a practical competition with<br />
students, teachers and researchers<br />
The LEFV-Battle was organised for the first time in December 2017.<br />
Two teams, each consisting of four students and two teachers/<br />
researchers, experimented with LEFV in Amsterdam under real circumstances.<br />
The competition started and finished on the premises<br />
of logistics service provider Deudekom, just outside the environmental<br />
zone. Both teams had to deliver 10 shipments in the city of<br />
Amsterdam with three different LEFVs: an Urban Arrow cargobike,<br />
a Stint and a Goupil. The shipments included a fruit basket, pillow,<br />
boxes of coffee, printing paper, and a Christmas tree. The students<br />
used the planning software of RoutiGo, which enables logistics<br />
service providers to choose between cycling routes and car routes.<br />
The teams experienced that cycling routes<br />
can be much shorter than car routes. Using<br />
the cycling path saved one of the teams 15<br />
minutes as compared to the car route,<br />
because of the many one-way streets.<br />
Despite this saving, the other team won<br />
the battle because their better score on<br />
vehicle-efficiency.<br />
Student, participant<br />
LEFV battle:<br />
“Finding the most efficient route and<br />
navigating through the city was<br />
challenging and fun. Being part of a<br />
competition made it even more excited.”<br />
Student, participant<br />
LEFV battle:<br />
“It was nice to experience<br />
logistics in practice,<br />
instead of leaning<br />
theory all the time”<br />
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