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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (25 children)

Have you ever been in a city? Practically every street has stores that need deliveries. Does every street get a tram track?

[–] nei7jc -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe the tracks for the long distance trains should go to warehouse or distributions whatever then cargo bikes would deliver them locally.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen how much stuff your typical courier has in their van?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love how that clip has multiple shots of trucks absolutely full of boxes, while making the case for a vehicle that could fit inside the truck as it's replacement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you just missed the point entirely. You don't actually have to load up as many items in a cargo bike, because it's inherent advantages in urban contexts more than makes up for its inability to load up as many items.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does that mean, exactly? What inherent advantages?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They are spelled out clearly in the video:

  • Bicycle deliveries can utilize bicycle infrastructure and not get stuck in traffic
  • Bicycle deliveries can at times navigate around traffic
  • Bicycle deliveries have an easier time parking at the point of delivery
  • Bicycle deliveries for obvious reasons require less fuel
  • Bicycle deliveries require less capital cost, as their vehicles are cheaper than their counterparts
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I own a grocery, it's going to take a hell of a lot of bike trips to and from the warehouse to restock every day. Or I could employ an army of bikers. Or one truck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, so deliver food via truck. Choose the appropriate means of transportation for each type of last-mile delivery. The 200 gram Amazon package most certainly does not require a heavy truck to deliver.

[–] nei7jc 1 points 1 year ago

It seems I missed the point. I had deliveries in mind where the truck is mostly empty most of the time. Restocking with a truck or cargo tram (depending on the environment) would make more sense.

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