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As a former delivery driver I’m curious how shops get shipments of multiple pallets of...everything? Early in the morning are trucks allowed? are the pallets br

by xref 7y ago

As a former delivery driver I’m curious how shops get shipments of multiple pallets of...everything? Early in the morning are trucks allowed? are the pallets broken down and handtrucked to each shop?

Semaphor 7y ago
Pedestrian zones here in Lübeck, Germany: Delivery trucks are allowed between 6 and 8 in the morning.
reaperducer 7y ago
I've seen this in some cities (Vienna, for example), and the bollards are lowered (either manually or hydraulically) in the early hours of the morning so that deliveries can be made. They go back up around 7am.
- WalterBright 7y ago
  I was in Denmark where they had that. Unfortunately, they'd constantly let through "special" vehicles, just enough to pretty much ruin it.
  - jopsen 7y ago
    In many smaller Danish towns you _can_ drive on top the shopping streets, but there'll be big signs telling you that it's only allowed for "service/special vehicles". If you get caught there you'll probably get a nice fine. And you can be sure all the pedestrians will make you drive slow. Finally, the road usually has tiles so you don't get in there by accident, nor would you want to.
    - WalterBright 7y ago
      There were plenty of them driving, slowly, and loudly beeping. Enough so it was simply impossible to walk without constantly having to move over for them. It didn't really work as a pedestrian mall. I've been in other European cities where it did work, i.e. no vehicles.
      - LeonidasXIV 7y ago
        > There were plenty of them driving, slowly, and loudly beeping. Enough so it was simply impossible to walk without constantly having to move over for them. Where in Denmark was that? I don't see any loudly beeping delivery cars in Copenhagen.
        WalterBright 7y ago
        It was about 10 years ago. I don't remember just where it was.
rhacker 7y ago
Perhaps we need more electronic handtruck startups...
MiddleEndian 7y ago
In Boston there's a pedestrian only area downtown. Commercial vehicles, taxis, and cops are still allowed to drive into the area. They go very slowly.
IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago
Either in the morning or, especially for larger stores, they have delivery docks on the other side of the building. Usually, only a single street is closed for cars.
usrusr 7y ago
A common design is to interleave pedestrianized representative main roads with parallel utilitarian back alleys that are used almost exclusively for deliveries.
- xref 7y ago
  I’m extra curious for things like Madrid’s superblocks that are 9 blocks square!

by xref 7y ago

Semaphor 7y ago

Pedestrian zones here in Lübeck, Germany: Delivery trucks are allowed between 6 and 8 in the morning.

reaperducer 7y ago

I've seen this in some cities (Vienna, for example), and the bollards are lowered (either manually or hydraulically) in the early hours of the morning so that deliveries can be made. They go back up around 7am.

WalterBright 7y ago
I was in Denmark where they had that. Unfortunately, they'd constantly let through "special" vehicles, just enough to pretty much ruin it.
- jopsen 7y ago
  In many smaller Danish towns you _can_ drive on top the shopping streets, but there'll be big signs telling you that it's only allowed for "service/special vehicles". If you get caught there you'll probably get a nice fine. And you can be sure all the pedestrians will make you drive slow. Finally, the road usually has tiles so you don't get in there by accident, nor would you want to.
  - WalterBright 7y ago
    There were plenty of them driving, slowly, and loudly beeping. Enough so it was simply impossible to walk without constantly having to move over for them. It didn't really work as a pedestrian mall. I've been in other European cities where it did work, i.e. no vehicles.
    - LeonidasXIV 7y ago
      > There were plenty of them driving, slowly, and loudly beeping. Enough so it was simply impossible to walk without constantly having to move over for them. Where in Denmark was that? I don't see any loudly beeping delivery cars in Copenhagen.
      - WalterBright 7y ago
        It was about 10 years ago. I don't remember just where it was.

rhacker 7y ago

Perhaps we need more electronic handtruck startups...

MiddleEndian 7y ago

In Boston there's a pedestrian only area downtown. Commercial vehicles, taxis, and cops are still allowed to drive into the area. They go very slowly.

IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago

Either in the morning or, especially for larger stores, they have delivery docks on the other side of the building. Usually, only a single street is closed for cars.

usrusr 7y ago

A common design is to interleave pedestrianized representative main roads with parallel utilitarian back alleys that are used almost exclusively for deliveries.

xref 7y ago
I’m extra curious for things like Madrid’s superblocks that are 9 blocks square!