Growing demands and changing regulations—our industry is evolving.
Cities are challenged to meet new emissions goals, while consumers still expect deliveries to their doorstep. Here are some relevant articles from the last months.
BARCELONA
Strategy to halve emissions from delivery vehicles
In a bid to make urban goods distribution more efficient and sustainable, Barcelona City Council and the city’s main business associations and unions in this sector have agreed on a strategy with ten goals.
The intention is to halve emissions by delivery vehicles by 2030, and for 40% of online orders not to be delivered to homes but rather to parcel collection points. To help achieve this, the network of collection points will be expanded so that everybody has one within 200 metres of their home.
NEW YORK
Testing local delivery hubs this summer
According to an April 6 news release from the city’s Department of Transportation. Microhubs in the city will provide designated curbside or off-street locations for trucks to unload items onto low-emissions transportation modes, like electric vehicles or cargo bikes, for last mile delivery.
The city DOT will launch up to 20 sites to test both curbside and off-street delivery sites in the program’s first phase, beginning this summer and extending into the fall.
COLORADO
Visibility for delivery charges
The retail delivery fee is due at the same time as your sales tax return. Returns are generally filed on a monthly basis and must be filed on or before the 20th day of the month following each reporting period. Retailers permitted to file state sales tax returns on a quarterly, annual, or other basis will file the retail delivery fee return on the same schedule.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Future of the Last-Mile Ecosystem
Growing demand for e-commerce delivery will result in 36% more delivery vehicles in inner cities by 2030, leading to a rise in both emissions and traffic congestion without effective intervention. Without effective intervention, urban last-mile delivery emissions and traffic congestion are on track to increase by over 30% in the top 100 cities globally.
The Future of the Last-Mile Ecosystem analyses 24 interventions that can reduce emissions, congestion and delivery costs for the urban last-mile. With the ecosystem-wide change, interventions could reduce emissions and traffic congestion by 30%, and delivery cost by 25%, compared to the “do-nothing” scenario.
