Karl Reiter Conference ECLF - Donóstia San Sebastian 2015

1. Karl Reiter
Austrian Mobility Research
Cyclelogistics – Supporting cycling
for liveable cities

2. Moving goods
=
Motorised vehicles?

3. Bike based vendorsLeisure Transport
Goods &Postal Delivery Shopping Logistics
Business Services
Communal Service

4. In an average European city
of 240.000 inhabitants there are
about 1 Mio. trips a day

6. Every second motorized trip related to
goods transport in cities could be shifted

8. Private Logistics… Shop by bike
8 out of 10 shopping trips (77%) done by
car could be easily shifted to bikes

9. Potential In The Area Of Deliveries
25% of all commercial urban delivers
could be done by cargo bike!

10. CycleLogistics can be a city changer
Copenhagen Graz
530.000
inhabitants 260.000
inhabitants
~
25.000
cargo bikes ~
70
cargo bikes

11. How to exploit the
big potential
for a shift
towards CycleLogistics

12. Cities can implement:
Push & Pull strategies
- Restrict car/van use
- Support bicycle/cargo bike use

13. Citizens / Consumers:
- Ask for livable public space
- Use (cargo) bikes for private logistics
- Ask for “delivered by bike”products

14. Industry and Dealers:
- Investment in the
development of cargo bikes
- Offer of service contracts
- Promotion and test possibilities

15. NGO / Associations:
- Promotion and Lobbying
- Knowledge exchange
- Activating members to be
ambassadors
- Promotion and test possibilities

16. How to raise the image?
How to make “Cycle Logistics”
to the most normal way
to transport goods in urban areas?

17. Public Cargo Bikes ……to use free of charge

18. Support of public cargo bikes… dein-lastenrad.de

19. Funding schemes like in Graz/Austria
Graz
• Funding of 50%
of purchase prize
up to a
max.
of €1.000
• For businesses,
schools,
universities or
neighborhoods
• www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10175977/360817/
Austria
(national)
• Funding of the cargo bike
purchase
400
€ /
600€ (with electric support)
• www.klimaaktiv.at/foerderungen/elektro-­‐
transportrad.html

20. Municipal services - Leading by example
Nimes, FR
Graz, AT Strasbourg, FR
Montreal, CA
Cambridge, UK
Ferrara, IT

21. Innovative chains …from the field to the table

22. Thank you!
Forschungsgesellschaft Mobilität
Austrian Mobility Research
FGM-­AMOR
Austria
Karl Reiter
Tel: +43/316/810451-­23
E-­Mail: reiter@fgm.at
www.cyclelogistics.eu