Ep 279: Cargo bike delivery learnings

Rob King, co-founder and CEO of Zedify, talks about his experience running a cargo bike delivery firm. We cover:

• Creating better cities via zero emission deliveries
• Delivering from urban micro-hubs
• Decoupling trunking and last mile delivery
• Consolidating consignments for local delivery
• Partnerships with 3PLs
• Recycling and reverse logistics
• Case study of battery recycling
• Practical aspects of delivering via cargo bikes
• Cargo bike capacity
• Short stem mileage
• Technology making cargo bike delivery work
• In-house developed route optimisation software
• Carbon efficiency of cargo bikes compared with electric vans
• Amazon's foray into cargo bike delivery in the UK
• Rider satisfaction
• Managing rider shifts
• Evri's trial with Zedify
• Future of last mile delivery
• Differences in cargo bike delivery in different markets
• Cleaner, safer city streets
• Infrastructure for cargo bike delivery