How cargo bikes are replacing courier vans (and fixing congestion)
They are delivering blood samples for hospitals and documents for law firms, doing more of the heavy lifting that makes the city tick.
A peloton of 80 cargo cycles traverses London’s streets one August afternoon. Among them are the familiar trikes of a “zero-emissions courier,” beside the two-wheelers of a cycling electrician.
Dalston Egg Shop owner Simon Boot says he can carry the weekly delivery of 1400 eggs without breakages. Another machine, with a sealed box at the front, carries garments between high-end retail stores and city tailors. One more, with a self-contained passenger trailer, carries Member of Parliament Stella Creasy and her daughter.
Bloomberg Citylab
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