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City delivery by
cargo bike
A business case for sustainable city
distribution
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Business case
• Velocity Fietskoeriers, Nijmegen, deliver 300/400
organic vegetable boxes per week to private
consumers using electric assist quads
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Participants
• Velocity Fietskoeriers
• Vrachtfiets
• Organic farm De Lijsterbes Groesbeek
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Velocity
• Bicycle couriers in Nijmegen since 2002
• 500 km per day, 130.000 km annual
• Cheap and sustainable alternative in city
distribution
• Over 300 customers
• Independent, 3 person ownership , 12 person staff
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Vrachtfiets
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Prototype developed at Delft University
Company start in 2011
First users in Delft en Brussel
Production and sales now with Workcycles
Amsterdam
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Organic farm
De Lijsterbes
• Local production en delivery of organic/biological
vegetables
• In operation since 20 years
• Growing customer base, now ca. 500.
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Logistic challenge
• Weekly delivery at 400 addresses in Nijmegen
• Vegetable boxes ca. 7 kilo
• Cost and delivery time frame must be competitive
compared to motorized delivery van
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Procedures
• Use of different cycle types: four wheel and two
wheel
• Start in limited city area
• Scale up to complete city
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Technical matters
• Max. load ca. 40 packages = 300 kilo
• Accu pack capacity
• Suspension (should resist notorious Nijmegen speed
bumps)
• Frame construction
• Flexible compartments in freight cabin
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Logistic matters
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Four different vegetables packages
Some addresses have custom packages
What’s the fastest navigation
Packages delivered at Velocity by motorized
vehicle
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Technical modifications
• Development of new accu pack
• Easy compartment system in freight cabin
• Improvements in frame construction
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Frame and suspension improvements
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Custom made Lion accu pack
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Flexible compartment creation in freight cabin
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Check the video on
Youtube
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwNLZvjsAU
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