Eco-friendly cargo bike

About the city. The companies are bringing the e-Cargo Cycles to Miami as part of the DHL GoGreen strategy to reduce its carbon footprint.

Goal

The main DHL’s short term goal is to implement clean pick-up and delivery solutions for 70 per cent of its operations by 2025. Each e-cargo cycle deployed enables the company to take one conventional delivery van off the road, reducing road traffic, pollution, and noise.

The Reef’s mission is to “build the ecosystem that connects the world to your block”, as they say, by creating last-block mobility and logistical hubs that serve the needs of cities, residents, and businesses.

Implementation period. The pilot program started in 2020.

Fact

The Miami city government plans to go carbon neutral by 2050 (reach the goal of an 80% reduction by 2050), a pledge that will change everything from what city employees drive to how the city builds to how it powers itself.

Miami became the first city in Florida and 96th in the world to join C40 Cities, an international climate organization that helps cities lower their carbon footprint.

Solutions

The city of Miami, DHL Express and Reef Technology are partnering to trial the use of low-power, electric-assist e-cargo cycles for deliveries across the city to help reduce congestion, carbon emissions and promote sustainable city living.
This two companies brought four environmentally friendly e-cargo cycles to the city as part of the international express shipper’s GoGreen strategy.

The three-wheeled cycles, equipped with an accompanying cargo container, can transport up to 400 pounds or 60 cubic feet in volume.

For the Miami e-Cargo cycle pilot, a DHL straight truck equipped with a customised trailer will carry up to nine cargo containers for the e-cargo cycles. The containers are delivered to the Reef hub, where they will be connected to the e-cargo cycles at Reef hub garages for last-mile inner-city deliveries in the morning.

The containers can then be reloaded for outbound shipments in the afternoon. The partners claim the four e-cargo cycles being deployed in Miami will result in an expected reduction of 101,000kg of CO2e annually.

Team

City of Miami, the Downtown Development Authority, Miami Parking Authority, Reef Technology and DHL

Timeline

Environmentally-friendly vehicles are believed not only to support emissions-reduction efforts but also significantly reduce the challenges associated with urban business deliveries, improving safety, productivity and costs: results will be available after the end of the pilot program period.

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