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That's the same problem for me in Berlin. Taxi drivers cause the most dangerous situations on our streets. Second in line are delivery and post vehicles regula
by odiroot 7y ago
That's the same problem for me in Berlin. Taxi drivers cause the most dangerous situations on our streets.
Second in line are delivery and post vehicles regularly blocking the cycle lanes.
- chrischen 7y agoI get the taxi problem but what is the solution do delivery and postal vehicles?
- Symbiote 7y agoOn most pedestrian streets in Europe, delivery vehicles are allowed at particular times. That's often very early in the morning, but varies according to the street. (One with lots of bars and nightclubs might allow deliveries during the day.) For example, Copenhagen's main pedestrian streets are restricted to people on foot at all times, except residents at any time, and delivery vehicles between 04:00 and 11:00.
- danmaz74 7y agoReserve for them parking lots which don't block bike lanes. Enforce them not parking on bike lanes. When parked there, they are a safety security threat.
- chrischen 7y agoThen you'd have to create parking spots and the delivery vehicles would have to be in those spots at specific times of the day? Sounds great for bikes but impractical for the delivery vehicles.
- Steltek 7y agoI like how enforcing the law is portrayed as a nice-to-have here and offering to build specialty parking (in a city no less) is a hardship for the benefactors.
- Mirioron 7y agoOr you could think of it as enforcing the law would kill the businesses in the area, because you're asking them for a huge additional cost.
- adrianN 7y agoLoading zones where other cars are aggressively towed. Last mile delivery with cargo bikes.
- Hamuko 7y agoHow do you deliver a pallet of Fruit Loops on a cargo bike to the corner store?
- adrianN 7y agoYou don't, you use a dedicated loading zone.
- icebraining 7y agoUsing a trailer? You can't carry a full pallet, but for a small corner store, 180kg of Fruit Loops (about 350 packages?) might be enough. It's not like they have huge storing space inside anyway. https://www.fleximodal.fr/pallets https://www.fleximodal.fr/pallets
- dagw 7y agoHere's another similar solution: https://1kunva278v7137enrsgbuqym-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/KLIMATKLIVET-43.png https://1kunva278v7137enrsgbuqym-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-... Basically this problem is absolutely solvable if you actually want to
- bufferoverflow 7y agoFruit loops are light. How do you deliver a pallet of bottled water on a bike?
- dagw 7y agoUsing one of these? https://1kunva278v7137enrsgbuqym-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/KLIMATKLIVET-43.png https://1kunva278v7137enrsgbuqym-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-...
- ollie87 7y agoI visited Berlin last year - our taxi driver nearly slammed us head on into a Tram at 40+mph. Scary stuff!