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Active Mobility
Sustainable City Logistics
Multimodality
Pollution Reduction
last-mile logistics, cargo e-bikes
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Start of operations
Year 2020Scale of operations area
Metropolitan AreaDuration
PermanentApplication Locations
Prague (Czech Republic)
Best Practice essentials
The Challenge
- Delivery vans occupy the historical centre of town
- Bicycles are not very well used in the city and cargo bikes were almost unheard of by citizens before this scheme
- The terrain in Prague city is hilly and there is a lot of traffic which creates a perception that it is unsafe and impractical to cycle
- The winters in Prague are very cold with snowfall
- There has been a very steep rise in the number of fast delivery grocery shops and use of e-commerce
- There are currently no restrictions on delivery vehicles in the centre of town
- The challenge was to show that cargo bikes are a viable solution for last mile deliveries – local businesses did not think it was possible before the scheme
- The location for the proposed depot was an underbridge parking lot and needed to be cleaned up and converted into a depot with appropriate facilities installed
The Solution
- Trialling e-cargo bikes in the city to raise awareness of this mode
- Depots for e-cargo bikes were installed to showcase a new method of last mile logistics in the city as a sustainable alternative to polluting delivery vans
- The depot in Florenc, Prague was agreed and developed within 5 months after City Council support was acquired
- The depot includes facilities for couriers including showers, toilets, a kitchen and break room. It also has 24/7 security and access restrictions
- Involving logistics providers and city officials was an important part of the scheme
- The scheme was independently funded and did not receive EU subsidies, this helped to ensure it would continue as the operation
- The City government runs the scheme and Ekolo hold the confidential data and statistics
End user involved
Type of end user: Customers, local businesses, couriers / logistics providers
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Lead operator
Organisation name
ekolo.cz s.r.o.
Organisation typeBusiness - Startup
Other entities involved in the implementation
Organisation name
DHL Express (Czech Republic) s.r.o.
Organisation typeBusiness - Large
Organisation name
City of Prague
Organisation typePublic Authority - City
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