London businesses turn to two wheels to beat traffic and save planet

As businesses look for ways to both beat the traffic and cut their carbon emissions, cargo bikes are an increasingly common sight on the streets of London. While the UK has lagged behind some other European nations in adopting the vehicle, sales of E-cargo bikes are going from strength to strength in the UK market. “We can get through the traffic faster, we can get across town quicker”, says Joe Sharpe, co-founder of green logistics company Zhero.
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Another day in London another day stuck in traffic the UK capital is among the world’s most congested cities and this frustration is encouraging a growing number of businesses to move from Vans to electric cargo bikes Joe Sharp is the co-founder of one such company working in logistics we can get through the traffic

Faster we can get get across town quicker um ultimately it’s cheaper for the folks who pay to use Services you might be doing sort of 30 40 deliveries a day on a cargo bike a van 8 to 10 Zero’s carbon free model has helped it carve out a particular Niche transporting

Artworks there was a movement inside the Fine Art world to be more transparent about the the environmental impact of making art showing art exhibiting art and we as a company slotted quite nicely into that fine art world uh at that time the environmental benefits are an aspect the local government wants to encourage

Transport for London estimates the move towards cargo bikes could save up to 30,000 tons of CO2 emissions a year individual Traders are also making the change plumber Ben hum Wright switched his Ford pickup truck for an EC cargo bike in 2021 and hasn’t looked back he still owns the old vehicle but

It’s taken on a different function sever times a day I come back to the van which has become a glorified shed in order to load up with any other bits I need for my six or seven jobs of the day I’ve just found that doing jobs by bike has been so much

Faster for bigger installations Ben gets suppliers to deliver bulky items directly to the client but most of the time he gets by with just a tools he can load onto his bike and he’s found improvements in his mental health too I find that being stuck in traffic

Like this can be it can make me feel quite pressured if I’m uh if I need to get in a certain amount of jobs in a day if I’m running late for an appointment I know on my ebike exactly when I’m going to arrive to the nearest minute or two

Located in a Warren of Railway archers near London Bridge station fully charged as one of the UK’s leading retailers CEO Ben janelli says growth in the UK has been astronomical every day in the paper there’s another thing you know London’s traffic has growed to a halt you know uh

Fuel prices have gone through the roof ues um pollution this that it’s just everything it’s like a pyramid that has basically built the market for ebikes despite the growth the UK still lags behind some other European nations in cargo bike adoption Germany is the continent’s largest Market with Denmark and the

Netherlands not far behind but with a 30% increase in UK EC cargo bike sales in the year to May 2023 it’s clear that the market is continuing to shift through the gears