BRITISH CITIES USE POOLED DELIVERIES TO REDUCE TRUCK TRAFFIC

Core77 reports on how British cities are reducing truck traffic even as deliveries increase. Because the British do more shopping on the internet than almost anyone else in the world, increased demand for delivered packages was clogging urban streets with delivery trucks, adding both congestion and pollution. British cities have begun requiring pooled delivery: companies (including competing firms) stop their trucks outside of the city limits, consolidate packages onto a lesser number of trucks which are then allowed into the city; traffic is thus reduced. The last-mile delivery vehicles operate over a very limited range, which makes the approach ideal for electric vehicles that can remain close to their recharging home base. Regent Street in the West End of London has cut delivery traffic by almost 80% since firms there started combining deliveries in 2008. https://bit.ly/2EwwtX9