Tried-and-trusted technologies–such as cycling–may always prove the fastest way of getting through congested city streets but governments prefer funding shiny-shiny futuristic tech.
A university study has found that cargobikes complete urban delivery jobs up to 50% faster than small vans. Meanwhile, the U.K. Department for TransportThis pump-priming of not-yet-existing technologies is part of a £300 million Brexit-beating investment fund to develop “cleaner, greener forms of transport.”to be faster in cities than cars or motorbikes.
And engineering students from the University of Southampton have now found that cargobikes are far faster than vans in cities. CitySprint will soon add a further 60 cargobikes to its existing London-based fleet of 40 such pedal-powered machines. Alongside its fleet of traditional motor vehicles the company also operates four electric vans and a hydrogen van, claimed to be first of its kind for courier services in the U.K. when it was introduced last year.
E-cargobikes have electric pedal assistance and can be ridden on roads and on cycleways. While vans have to go the long way round on one-way streets, e-cargobikes can speed to their destinations via cycle-only cut-throughs.
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