A third of urban deliveries by cargo bikes?
A new analysis suggests that if delivery companies switched to using cargo bikes instead of diesel vans for deliveries on the first and last mile, it would save taxpayers over GBP 4 billion EUR 4.6 billion) by reducing the costs of congestion and air pollution.
The figures were published to mark the launch of a share offer for Pedal and Post, a low emissions courier company currently operating in Oxford.
Research from the UK Department for Transport has found that 33% of all urban deliveries could be done by cargo bikes or e-cargo bikes. A recent report looking at the impact of van pollution found that the hidden social and environmental costs associated with diesel vans total GBP 2.46 billion (EUR2.8 billion) in London alone. (ben)