We tested how cargo bikes can improve the delivery of parcels. In small distribution centers within the city - so-called micro-depots - parcels were distributed from delivery vehicles to cargo bikes and then delivered. Does this make delivery faster, more flexible and more sustainable than using large delivery vehicles directly?
In cooperation with the logistics start-up "Business forBikes" (B4B), we analyzed the daily delivery of 1.5 tons of general cargo. The goods were picked up daily in the east of Munich and later delivered using cargo bikes.
At the same time, we researched business models and evaluation methods in delivery traffic, algorithms for distribution and route planning, as well as logistics processing within distribution centers.
Current parcel deliveries in cities like Munich take up too much space, take too much time and are not sustainable due to their high emissions. Small cargo bikes can solve these problems.
Partners from science, industry and the public sector worked together on the project.
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Imagine something: There is more space for people. The streets have more trees and plants. Everyone can get around better. That's how your Schwabing-West district could be in the future. How would you like your district to be? We want to talk to you about it!
The project is called: MOSAIQ. MOSAIQ is a research project. MOSAIQ means: mobility and urban climate in the district of the future. The Technical University of Munich is leading the project.
What is MOSAIQ about?
MOSAIQ wants to make the streets in the district more beautiful. People should feel comfortable there. There should be more space. For example, for meetings, for everyone, for plants and for a good atmosphere. You can help decide what is tried out in the district. The ideas come from you. Some ideas will be tried out on the streets for a certain period of time.
The aim of MOSAIQ is to make the districts good places to live.
At the same time, the climate in the city should improve. And people should be able to move around the city easily.
What is happening in the district?
