Results 211 to 220 of about 455,615 (242)

Dynamic behaviour of cargo bikes

open access: yes
People’s desire for individuality and flexibility in inner-city traffic often leads to high emissions and a critical parking situation. The extensive use of private cars puts a strain on the entire transportation system. In order to counteract, this paper deals with quantifying driving behaviour in order to influence the product development of cargo ...
Vrignaud, Robin   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A new vehicle for urban freight? An ex-ante evaluation of electric cargo bikes in courier services [PDF]

open access: yesResearch in Transportation Business and Management, 2014
One possible strategy to tackle the negative effects of urban freight is the substitution of cars by electric cargo bikes for inner-city courier shipments.
Johannes Gruber
exaly   +2 more sources

I Want to Ride My Bicycle? - User Requirements and Usage Scenarios for Electric Cargo Bikes

Human Factors in Transportation, 2023
The use of electric cargo bikes (ECBs) can be a solution for emission-free and sustaina-ble mobility as well as for relieving inner cities, which often suffer from air pollution, noise, congestion, and parking pressure caused by conventional cars ...
R. Philipsen   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Development of a General Specification Sheet for Heavy-Duty Cargo Bikes

2021 Sixteenth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), 2021
On the market, there is a lack of suitable cargo bike models for heavy-duty applications. This makes the mass distribution of delivery and goods transport via cargo bike extremely difficult. Particularly, this concerns the implementation of micro-hub concepts and other professional cargo-bike applications, such as same-day shipping for retailers or as ...
Ralf Bogdanski   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Sustainable Logistics With Cargo Bikes—Methods and Applications

2019
Growing urbanization, climate change and the increasing use of home delivery require new ideas of how to solve transportation-related problems in urban areas. The cargo bike, once a common mode of transport, played a minor role in the last decades of motorization. Yet, the cargo bike is perfectly suited for inner-city transportation.
Anderluh, Alexandra   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Food Delivery Using Cargo-Bikes with IoT

2020
In order to reduce noise and limit air pollution, there is a trend of limiting or prohibiting entry by motor vehicles in urban areas. This has a major impact on the delivery of food in urban zones with classic delivery vehicles (trucks, vans, cars, etc.).
Srdjan Tegeltija   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Cargo Bike Logistics

2018
Bicycles, like so many finely tuned string and wind instruments, are rewriting the score in our cities. What we see happening now is that bicycles are finally getting some serious accompaniment from a solid and dependable bass section. Cargo bikes.
openaire   +1 more source

Design and Operation of an Urban Electric Courier Cargo Bike System

2018 21st International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2018
In recent years, the number of packages sent by Courier, Express and Parcel (CEP) services has increased significantly. Many people order products online expecting fast delivery and, additionally, more than every tenth product is sent back to the merchant.
Tanja Niels   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Urban context and delivery performance: Modelling service time for cargo bikes and vans across diverse urban environments

arXiv.org
Light goods vehicles (LGV) used extensively in the last mile of delivery are one of the leading polluters in cities. Cargo-bike logistics and Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs) have been put forward as a high impact candidate for replacing LGVs. Studies have
Max Schrader   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

DEVELOPMENT OF A STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CARGO-BIKES

Advanced Logistic Systems - Theory and Practice, 2019
To relieve busy urban areas of automobile traffic and exhaust emissions, bike sharing systems are increasingly being implemented. In order to expand the limited transport capacity of a bicycle, cargo bikes are used for private transport in the narrow urban area. The problem is often the availability of a cargo bike at a determined time.
Junge, Lars   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy