As part of the HUPMOBILE-Holistic Urban and Peri-urban Mobility project, the Borough of Altona, representing Hamburg, developed a concept for “last mile” logistics. The term “last mile” refers to distribution within an urban space, especially parcel delivery with cargo bikes. As cities try to shift the massive load of parcel deliveries from motorized transport to more sustainable forms as Active Mobility and Fusion Mobility, rethinking logistics in terms of deliveries for B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to Customers) within cities is inevitable.
To reduce motorized traffic in the long run, the Borough of Altona want to increase use of cargo bikes in combination with microhubs as a modern form of urban and peri-urban logistics. These microhubs function as pivotal points for parcel delivery by cargo bikes, parcel storage and other services, depending on the depot’s infrastructure, usable by private households and businesses alike. A wide array of different solutions have undergone primary testing nationwide in a number of pilot studies, each with different challenges regarding issues of hub users, creation of infrastructure, cost efficiency and many more.
If you would like to know more about the last mile solutions, feel free to contact:
Heike Bunte, Project Manager in City of Hamburg.