International Cargo Bike Festival 2018
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Multimodality<br />
We covered a<br />
pair of initiatives combining<br />
boats and bikes to deliver<br />
to city centres. In Amsterdam, DHL<br />
have done this successfully for over<br />
20 years. Meanwhile in Paris, Boat-<br />
<strong>Bike</strong> initiative Vert Chez Vous didn’t<br />
get off the ground; we explored the<br />
reasons why.<br />
[READ: RIPPL #36 and #37]<br />
A hot topic at the<br />
moment; in the same way<br />
that containers revolutionised<br />
shipping, many people think a revolution<br />
will happen in cycle logistics, but<br />
with smaller containers. Swedish manufacturer<br />
Velove are developing containers<br />
compatible not only with their own cargo<br />
cycles, but also with those of other manufacturers.<br />
Containerisation<br />
[READ: RIPPL #33]<br />
[VISIT @ ICBF: Velove]<br />
A recent<br />
phenomenon from the<br />
US is community movement<br />
‘Disaster Relief Trials’, which<br />
organises off-road races training<br />
local people to respond effectively<br />
to earthquakes using cargo bikes.<br />
[READ: RIPPL #20]<br />
Disaster Relief<br />
Many local<br />
authorities are experimenting<br />
with pedal<br />
powered waste collection and<br />
street cleaning. Pilot schemes in<br />
Hamburg and Waalre (a small town<br />
near Eindhoven, in the Netherlands)<br />
have seen larger vehicles replaced<br />
by pedal power.<br />
Waste<br />
[READ: RIPPL #21 and #35]<br />
London-based<br />
startup Pedal Me<br />
is taking on the likes of<br />
UBER with a fleet of custom<br />
built Urban Arrows; tests have<br />
shown that their service is<br />
faster.<br />
Mobility as a Service<br />
[READ: RIPPL #17]<br />
[VISIT @ ICBF:<br />
Urban Arrow]<br />
So as you walk around the ICBF, try to keep these trends in mind.<br />
We’d love to hear your thoughts on current and future trends in<br />
cycle logistics; we’ll both be present throughout the festival, feel<br />
free to come and say hello.<br />
RIPPL is supported by Topsector Logistiek and Connekt. Visit the<br />
RIPPL website at: www.rippl.bike and follow us on Twitter: @RIPPL__<br />
Photo credits: Vert Chez Vous, Velove, Pedal Me, Radio Hamburg,<br />
Kelley Stangl, Rita bringt’s<br />
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