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Urb-E joins Santa Monica zero-emission delivery pilot

An Urb-E delivery driver travels down a Santa Monica street with his electric cargo bike

Last-mile and container-based delivery firm Urb-E launched service in Santa Monica, California, Thursday as it continues to expand its zero-emission delivery service.

Ten Urb-E electric bikes and cargo containers are being used in Santa Monica Zero Emission Delivery Zone (ZEDZ) lanes on Santa Monica and Colorado boulevards. The plan is to more than double the current fleet, which will deliver meal kits, e-commerce orders, groceries and subscription boxes on a daily basis.

“Santa Monicans have had...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electric-cargo-bike-tackles-last-mile-delivery-in-california

Middle mile meets final mile as Warp joins Urban Freight Lab

Warp joins Urban Freight Lab

Middle-mile technology company Warp is joining the University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab (UFL), the company announced Wednesday.

Warp is the first company focused on the middle mile joining UFL, which is a public-private partnership housed at the UW’s Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center. Warp co-founder and CEO Daniel Sokolovsky is familiar with the work of UFL, having served as CEO of AxleHire during a Seattle last-mile delivery pilot conducted by UFL in 2021.

“UFL is doing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/middle-mile-tech-company-warp-joins-urban-freight-lab

Urb-E tackles zero-emissions fresh food delivery with Square Roots

Urb-E delivering fresh produce for Square Roots in New York City

New York City residents looking for responsibly grown greens can now be assured their items are not only grown in an environmentally sustainable way but also delivered the same way.

Urb-E, the containerized e-cargo bike provider, is now delivering fresh produce grown by Square Roots in Brooklyn. The partnership will see Urb-E riders deliver items from Square Roots’ indoor farm to retail stores throughout the city.

“Working with local farmers to deliver their responsibly-grown fresh produce — all...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/urb-e-tackles-zero-emissions-fresh-food-delivery-with-square-roots

Park and pray: More delivery drivers park illegally amid curb congestion

Last-mile delivery has a parking problem, and it is hurting efficiency, raising costs and ultimately hurting the ability to attract new drivers.

Just 7.5% of drivers surveyed by curb management company Automotus said they are always able to find parking at the curb upon arrival, and 25% spend between four and seven minutes searching for a spot.

“From the data, we see that very few drivers are able to get a parking spot without circling around for several minutes,” said Anil Merchant, head of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/park-and-pray-more-delivery-drivers-park-illegally-amid-curb-congestion

Expansion to LA sets up potentially big year for Urb-E

Urb-E electric cargo bike delivery service expanding to Los Angeles

With several months of successful deliveries under its belt in the Big Apple, electric cargo bike company Urb-E is expanding to California. And if all goes according to plan, that will be just the first of several expansions announced this year.

In an interview with Modern Shipper, Urb-E CEO Charles Jolley said the experience in New York has taught the company some lessons, but more importantly, it has shown the Urb-E solution works. Urb-E offers an electric bike and collapsible trailer...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/expansion-to-la-sets-up-potentially-big-year-for-urb-e

Urb-E, Tortoise to partner with AxleHire on zero-emission delivery pilots

Urb-E wants to replace cargo vans with electric bikes pulling collapsible cargo trailers where it makes the most sense: in high-density urban environments.

Already proving the concept can work since its launch in New York City earlier this year, the company on Thursday announced a nationwide pilot with AxleHire.

“We’ve deployed with AxleHire and shown we can do it at scale, and it’s cheaper than gas,” Urb-E co-founder and CEO Charles Jolley told Modern Shipper at this week’s Home Delivery World...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/urb-e-tortoise-to-partner-with-axlehire-on-zero-emission-delivery-pilots

Zero emissions, zero traffic: How an EV company is making delivery sustainable

URB-E PenguinPickUp partnership electric vehicles bikes scooters container delivery Toronto Canada sustainability

For all the triumphs and successes that the logistics field has seen this year, there’s one area where it needs to make up some ground: sustainability. Freight and other modes of logistics transportation are a big driver of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for over half of the United States’ total nitrogen oxide emissions and nearly a third of volatile organic compounds emissions.

LA-based compact container delivery company URB-E is looking to Canada to change that. The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zero-emissions-zero-traffic-how-an-ev-company-is-making-delivery-sustainable