Tag: cycle delivery

Counting on …day 1.060

2nd March 2023

Pedal power for delivery vehicles is already happening. Cycle courier services have been around for many years now as bikes are often far quicker than any other vehicle for short  urban journeys – and of course have been used by Royal Mail for centuries. Likewise Co-op’s use of bikes for grocery deliveries is not new. Freddie’s flowers – a weekly flower delivery service is also fulfilled by bike. Cycle delivery services such as Peddle Me, carryout same day deliveries for a variety of clients including  coffee roasters, breweries, flower suppliers, film companies, local authorities, community kitchens, charities, restaurant chains and numerous food suppliers –  “You name it, we deliver it”! They also offer a taxi service for people too! 

Hammersmith and Fulham Council have set up ‘Parcels not Pollution’ – a delivery service that uses an e-cargo bike for business deliveries in Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush town centres.

Tradespeople people carrying out repairs, redecorations, window cleaning, laundry services etc are also making use of cycle power.   

 Counting on …day 132

26th March 2022

‘Electric cargo bikes deliver about 60% faster than vans in city centres, according to a study. It found that bikes had a higher average speed and dropped off 10 parcels an hour, compared with six for vans. The bikes also cut carbon emissions by 90% compared with diesel vans, and by a third compared with electric vans, the report said. Air pollution, which is still at illegal levels in many urban areas, was also significantly reduced.’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/05/cargo-bikes-deliver-faster-and-cleaner-than-vans-study-finds

You can hire a cargo delivery service through companies such as Pedal Me to collect and deliver all manner of goods – and as a taxi service for people . Pedal Me offers such a service within a 9 mile radius of central London and can carry one/ two passengers and/or luggage and even dogs.