That Delivery Van you are waiting for a Delivery for, may turn out to be delivered on a Delivery Bike.

This Bike Trailer Can Deliver As Much Cargo As A Minivan

When a bike messenger showed up at a Manhattan warehouse on a recent weekday, he picked up five deliveries instead of his usual three. He was using new bike trailer, called BicyLift, that can hold as many packages as a minivan; the trailer, which also doubles as a forklift, can also carry an entire pallet.

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From article, (When a bike messenger showed up at a Manhattan warehouse on a recent weekday, he picked up five deliveries instead of his usual three. He was using new bike trailer, called BicyLift, that can hold as many packages as a minivan; the trailer, which also doubles as a forklift, can also carry an entire pallet. The courier company using the new technology–made by a French startup–sees it as a step toward replacing trucks for deliveries in crowded cities.

you suddenly have a guy on a bike and a trailer who has lower cost,” says Young. “So the client’s charged less, because there’s no vehicle cost, and the courier can hold more. If he’s on his commission, doing a tight route, he earns more per hour because he’s holding six deliveries instead of three deliveries. Suddenly the economies of scale kick in.”

At first glance, he says, the trailer and container are so large that might seem unmanageable. But it’s possible to pull a full load of nearly 400 pounds of cargo–with an electric bike–and to maneuver through busy traffic. Pulling the brake on the handlebar of the bike activates disc brakes on the trailer, keeping it stable. It doesn’t necessarily fit easily in a bike lane, but it can avoid obstacles in heavy traffic that larger vehicles can’t.

“You put in congestion pricing, you limit the number of vehicles on streets, and then you give incentives to companies like FlexiModal or others like it to provide the perfect kind of transport vehicle in a dense place to do these deliveries and bring goods to people,” he says. “It’s an all-inclusive vision. In a place like Manhattan, it’s going to work. It’s a matter of who gets there first and if government goes along with helping that happen.”)

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