Rich in operator discussion at the heart of low emission solutions for light vehicles, cargo bikes and small vans
Lomas opened with a pineapple example of supply chain delivered to the door in the exploding e-retail final mile client chain.
Rob Scott Greater London Hire, GLH, ‘We all need to be more joined up with a common view of clean air.’
Sam Clarke Gnewt, ‘It's crazy not to have parking next to charge points.’
Kevin Valentine, Addison Lee, ‘You need to scale up the rapid charges really fast.'
June sunshine, football fever as TfL LoCITY light vehicle group packed the Broadway TfL building in SW1, no seats left in the house, operators talking real delivery of clean air included, CitySprint, Addison Lee, Ocado and UPS as frank exchanges detailed the understanding of real world steps, for April 2019 ULEZ and what was going to be beyond.
With National Clean Air Day 21st June falling in the middle of Ride to Work Week 18th – 24th June, Institute of Couriers CEO, Tracey Worth thought it was a good opportunity to highlight the part motorcycles play in reducing congestion and air pollution in the UK.
IOC President Viscount, Lord Falkland was on two wheels for a week in parliament and took the opportunity during Harriet Harman's speech to announce he was commuting to the Lords on a motorcycle.
From GLA Clean Air conference at City Hall to a Manchester meeting, Tracey took to two wheels for her commute.
Great fun on a very smart red Ducati two wheeler that was an easy machine to handle in both the city traffic and the urban roads.
With a pair of panniers the bike would be at home on final mile deliveries but this trip was just between meetings. It was quick, economical and delivered a clean air solution.
London's City Hall for the Commercial EV Trial – One Year In Event.
At home in the dome of glass with vistas from the Tower of London to HMS Belfast talking clean air at the heart of the govt of London with GLA in City Hall and express folk including Addison Lee, CitySprint, GLH, Hermes, Premier, TNT, ZE Cargo.
IOC chair of electric group Sam Clarke Gnewt delivering the keynote vehicle speech. Patrick Feehily, ‘We need to get smarter about when and where we get local energy’ Christina Calderato spoke LoCITY, ‘we are helping fleets prepare for ULEZ.’ Venn Chesterton talked innovate UK project on freight trials and asked the question 'how clean is gas for alternative fuels?’.Andy Steele, delivered the results of the EV Trial one year in. ‘Smaller vehicles in the trial got to park close to delivery locations while larger vehicles had to park further away.’
Daniel Barratt, The London Mayor's Special Smart Energy lead for the Greater London Authority chaired the event at City Hall SE1 overlooking Tower Bridge.
IOC chair of electric vehicle group, Sam Clarke is looking at green beyond the power train.
Gnewt Cargo is participating in a trial to investigate whether ‘parcel porters’ could help reduce carbon emissions from delivery vans.
Researchers from four universities are delivering the project, in which porters will meet with van drivers at the kerbside and receive pre-prepared bags of parcels to deliver to homes and offices on foot.
It is expected that this could reduce the amount of time vans spend out on delivery, thus improving local air pollution due to the decreased mileage per round.
The IOC was on hand as LoCity opened their Fuels In Action roadshow today at Kempton Park racecourse.
A rich mix of alternative fuel providers and users were there to advise future fuel best practice and recount early-days experience with the current crop of alt-fuel tech.
A full house; five hundred registered guests at the Heathrow logistics hot-spot. An explanation of all things clean air for the pending ULEZ regs, April 2019. Alternative fuels is an answer to clean air, but driver training and consolidating deliveries is also the answer.
There was a big speaker line-up; three parallel seminars, all opened by TRL, the govt's Transport Research Laboratory. Operator speakers then took charge to talk real world experience of the new style vehicles. CitySprint spoke about refuelling hydrogen and new IOC fellow Jacquie O'Donovan talked about getting the most miles out of electric in the cold weather with the heaters on.
Patrick Gallagher, CitySprint group chief executive,
Since the launch of our green fleet August 2017, we’ve already cut back on our CO2 emissions by as much as 10 tonnes. The trial of a hydrogen van is on a long list of environmentally friendly vehicles we have tested over the years. We hope that, along with our growing cargo bike fleet, this can prove to be a sustainable option and continue our commitment to reducing air pollution across the UK cities we operate in.
In the latest push to reduce carbon emission output, CitySprint are delighted to announce for 2018 that they will be trialling a hydrogen van to complete same day deliveries within London. (Jan 30 Logistics summit at Heathrow will further showcase the green eco-drive)
Sam Norman TfL
ULEZ is not the end game, let's talk zero emission.
Sadiq Khan's Mayor's London Transport Policy is setting what is probably the most ambitious clean air policy in the World and its dot com vans are the only vehicle sector rising on London roads in the shadow of exploding e-retail.
There was not a word on consolidation as focus remains on the exhaust pipe for clean London air.
Institute Of Couriers chair Carl Lomas, ‘Lets never forget it's our drivers at the coal face who are breathing this air.’
9,000 deaths in London due to air pollution.
Chair of the Institute of Couriers, Carl Lomas chairs the LoCity van group for TfL, the first meeting of 2018 in the City of London was hosted by London Met University at their Moorgate Campus Jan 10th.
LoCity is all about clean air, Mayor of London is set to tackle air pollution; nine thousand deaths have been attributed to poor air quality in the last twelve months.
The van group for LoCity has become electric-centric but gas, heavy and light gets a look-in.
Lomas opened with some context from past meetings. ‘It's clear we have two types of operated vehicles, fleets returning to a base where alternative fuel or charge can be stored, then individual operators working from home where a far greater kerb side challenge faces refuelling with alternative fuels.’
Infrastructure - charging and fuel points - was voted the number one concern by the LoCity Van group in 2017.
Lomas as chair integrated the attendees to engage, air their individual concerns and take a wide look at solutions in an open and frank round room discussion that has become a key feature event of the group's steps forward.
A window on Rome, street-side petrol and diesel pumps, one thirty for diesel and one fifty for petrol but no parking and a taste of fuel in the air.
While we talk LoCity and London's lack of clean air, we are not the only congestion in Europe.
IOC chair Carl Lomas was in Rome for December, congestion around its cobbled streets is on a grand scale.
Daytime parking layers up three deep and blocks into junctions, but on the express side there is a healthy use of scooter and electric.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a consultation on proposals to expand the reach of Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) emission standards for HGVs to vehicles of this class operating anywhere in London by October 2020.
The consultation also seeks views on plans to expand the geographical area of the ULEZ itself for remaining classes of motorised vehicles - cars, light vans and motorcycles - by October 2021.
The Mayor has already announced that the Ultra Low Emission Zone will be introduced in central London over a year early in April 2019, replacing the T-Charge with an even tighter emission standard.
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