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How large/dirty of a vehicle should be allowed to load/unload anywhere? My city has very narrow, small, 1700's streets and there are not limitations on 18 wheel

How large/dirty of a vehicle should be allowed to load/unload anywhere? My city has very narrow, small, 1700's streets and there are not limitations on 18 wheelers blocking whole lanes of traffic to deliver a couple of hand-carts of perishables. Seems these trucking companies should be sub-dividing their parcels into more logistically manage-able sizes, but there is no cost associated to these negative externalities.

TylerE 7y ago
So, you're willing to pay for the additional transshipment warehouses, trucks, drivers, etc? It's also not at all clear to me that replacing one semi with 20 van-sized vehicles is an improvement.
chrisseaton 7y ago
> Seems these trucking companies should be sub-dividing their parcels into more logistically manage-able sizes Are you sure that trade-off of many smaller vehicles rather than one big vehicle makes sense, in terms of pollution and congestion? I'm not as sure as you are, but who knows.
- stuaxo 7y ago
  Electric vans.
- stuaxo 7y ago
  In london there are a lot of delivery bikes now, a few years ago there were none. Basically a bike with a long cargo compartment in the front, some have logos for international mail carriers on them.