Posts Tagged ‘sustainable transport’
Lowhub – delivery / waste model
Posted in Models by fedwards on March 25th, 2009
Lowhub is a sustainable delivery company, using electric vehicles or those fuelled with biodiesel produced from used cooking oil, to restaurants, retailers, hotels and delicatessens in Central London. They have recently been interviewed by the Food Climate Research Network and you can read the interview by clicking here or just access it from the home page.
Cargo Bikes
Posted in Models by Devin Maeztri on December 3rd, 2008
Read the full article by Mikael Colville-Andersen on the Los Angeles Times website.
“The transportation of goods and children through an urban landscape is a universal need. In Copenhagen many our of citizens choose the self-propelled transport option and cycle to work, school and on errands. … In Copenhagen, however, we have our own version of the SUV. We call it ‘ladcyklen’ or ‘the cargo bike’. Often there are goods too large or cumbersome for convenient bicycle transport and if you have a child or two or three, they have places to go and things to do and you are the one who has to get them there. In Denmark the three-wheeled cargo bike is the vehicle of choice for moving things about and the cargo bike market here continues to enjoy steady growth. A cargo bike is a generic term for any bicycle that is designed to carry ‘stuff,’ whether it has two wheels or three. …
