Bicycles have been a reliable mode of transportation for years and years. Despite the local policeman and postman giving up on bikes and switching for faster means of transport, bikes are making their comeback. Introducing electric bikes to the scene.
Quickly being adopted by the courier industry, E-Bikes provide the ultimate environmentally friendly solution for completing last-mile deliveries. As such, not only do courier providers prefer this option for reducing their costs and carbon emissions but couriers themselves recognise the health benefits of utilising E-Bikes.
There are a number of benefits to utilising e-bikes for deliveries. Of course the obvious include the sustainability benefits, but this also includes:
Speed – you may be thinking, how is a bike faster than a car, technically it is not, but when manoeuvring around busy city centres a bikes is far more likely to gather and maintain a consistent speed over a car that will encounter traffic and speed restrictions. Finding a parking space too, will be much easier for a cyclist who can simple leave their bike securely. E-bikes in particular can reach a speed of up to 28mph.
Low emission zones access – again, across big cities, delivery drivers will have to deal with the road block of low emission zones plus charges like the CAZ and ULEZ charges. Whereas, a bike will be able to enter these with no problems. Plus, in residential areas, electric bikes do not create the level of noise pollution that cars and vans do.
Access to narrow streets – where cars can not go, bikes can. Which makes them a reliable option for making deliveries in difficult to reach areas and addresses which are often hidden or set back from a main road.
With so many electric bikes now available on the market, there’s plenty of choice for courier drivers. Some of which have been designed specifically for making deliveries.
