的国际快递运输公司DHL 正在纽约市推出其Cubicycle，参与一项试点计划，以测试使用货运自行车以缓解城市拥挤街道的交通拥堵以及空气和噪音污染。在曼哈顿部署Cubicycle 符合 DHL 雄心勃勃的环境目标，其中包括到 2050 年实现运输活动的净零排放，以及到 2025年使用绿色能源解决方案（例如电动汽车和自行车）执行至少 70% 的接送服务。
“货运自行车将在实现我们的环境目标方面发挥重要作用。DHL Cubicycle在欧洲取得了巨大成功，部署的每辆自行车至少可以减少一辆传统的送货车，有助于缓解拥堵并提高我们的服务水平，”DHL ExpressAmericas 执行官 Mike Parra 说。“我们感谢纽约市启用该试点，并希望看到 DHL Cubicycle对纽约市的交通网络产生类似的积极影响。”
纽约市今天宣布的试点计划鼓励所有货运公司在*初的六个月试用期内在城市街道上使用货运自行车。*初的参与者是DHL，亚马逊和UPS和多达100辆自行车将在曼哈顿的中央商务区南部部署的60个街道。纽约市交通部将收集有关速度、停车位、自行车道使用情况和自行车尺寸的信息，以确定它们是否是缓解交通拥堵的有效选择。
纽约市交通部专员波莉·特罗滕贝格 (Polly Trottenberg)表示：“交通部很高兴宣布该试点项目，通过鼓励使用电动货运自行车代替卡车，使纽约市的货运交付更安全、更环保。”“今年在纽约市，卡车导致骑自行车的人死亡人数过多，我们对这个试点可以为我们的街道带来的安全好处特别感兴趣。我们感谢DHL，不仅因为它参与了这次试点，还因为它在促进货运自行车交付方面发挥了领导作用。我们希望该公司可以作为其他货运公司加入的榜样，帮助我们使这次试点取得成功。”
DHL 是在拥挤的市中心使用自行车作为替代交付选择的早期采用者。Cubicycle 于 2015年在荷兰推出，现在已在德国、比利时、香港和新加坡使用。DHL 在全球的地面车队中拥有大约 85 辆货运自行车，包括Cubicycles 和较小的 Parcycle，一种带货箱的两轮自行车。该试点计划将是 Cubicycle 在美国的使用
Cubicycle有几个特点，使其对交通繁忙地区的送货业务具有吸引力：倾斜座椅为快递员提供更高的舒适度、安全性和速度；电动踏板辅助可在爬坡时提供额外的速度和支撑，并使其在狭窄的转弯半径内更易于操控。可拆卸的容器安全、防水并提供大容量的包裹，但足够低到地面，不会影响路上其他骑自行车的人的视线。它们可以配备GPS 发射器，以促进实时货物跟踪和监控，以实现安全目的。这些自行车还通过使用太阳能电池板自行供电。
通过更换传统的运输车辆，每辆部署的 Cubicycle 预计每年*多可减少 8 公吨的碳排放。与电动货车相比，这些自行车*多可减少90% 的能源使用，与配备内燃机的车辆相比甚至更多。
DHL, the world’s leading international express shipping company,is rolling out its Cubicycle in New York City, participating in apilot program to test the use of cargo bikes to alleviate trafficcongestion as well as lessen air and noise pollution in the city’scrowded streets. Deploying the Cubicycle in Manhattan fits in withDHL’s ambitious environmental targets which include achieving netzero emissions from transport activities by 2050 and performing atleast70 percent of pick-ups and deliveries with green energysolutions such as electric vehicles and bikes by 2025.
”Cargo bicycles will play an important role in hitting ourenvironmental targets. The DHL Cubicycle has enjoyed great successin Europe, with each bicycle deployed taking at least oneconventional delivery van off the road, helping to relievecongestion and increasing our service levels,” said Mike Parra, DHLExpress Americas CEO. “We are grateful to the City of New York forenabling this pilot and hope to see the DHL Cubicycle have asimilar positive impact on the city’s transport network.”
The pilot program announced today by New York City encourages allfreight companies to use cargo bikes on city streets during aninitial six-month trial period. The initial participants are DHL,Amazon and UPS and as many as 100 bikes will be deployed inManhattan’s Central Business District south of 60th Street. TheCity’s Department of Transportation will collect information aboutspeed, parking, use of bike lanes and size of the bikes todetermine if they are an efficient option to help relieve trafficcongestion.
“DOT is excited to announce this pilot to make freight deliveriesin NYC safer and greener by encouraging the use of electric cargobikes instead of trucks,” said NYC DOT Commissioner PollyTrottenberg. “With trucks involved in a disproportionately highnumber of cyclist fatalities in New York City this year, we areespecially interested in the safety benefits this pilot can bringto our streets. We thank DHL, not only for its participation inthis pilot, but also for its leadership in promoting cargo bikedelivery. We hope the company can serve as an example to otherfreight companies to join and help us make this pilot asuccess.”
DHL has been an early adopter of using bikes as an alternativedelivery option in crowded city centers. First introduced in 2015in the Netherlands, the Cubicycle now is being used in Germany,Belgium, Hong Kong and Singapore. DHL has about 85 cargo bikes inits ground fleet globally, including Cubicycles and a smallerParcycle, a two-wheel bike with cargo box. This pilot program willbe the first use of the Cubicycle in the U.S.
The Cubicycle has several features that make it attractive fordelivery operations in heavy traffic areas: a reclining seat thatprovides greater comfort, safety and speed for the courier;electric pedal assistance for additional speed and support inclimbing hills and making it easier to handle within a tightturning radius. The removable containers are secure, waterproof andoffer a large capacity for packages but are low enough to theground so as to not impair the view of other cyclists on the road.They can be equipped with GPS transmitters to facilitate real-timeshipment tracking and monitoring for security purposes. The bikesare also self-powered through the use of solar panels.
By replacing a conventional delivery vehicle, each deployedCubicycle is expected to reduce carbon emissions by up to eightmetric tons per year. The bikes reduce the use of energy by up to90 percent compared to electric vans and even more when compared tovehicles with internal combustion engines.
In the U.S DHL maintains a robust alternative fuel vehicle (AFV)fleet, which includes fully electric, hybrid-electric, compressednatural gas (CNG) and clean diesel. In 2011, the company put inplace an all-green fleet in Manhattan fully comprised of electricand hybrid vans. Earlier this year, it announced that it was adding63 NGEN-1000 electric delivery cargo vans that would be rolled outin the San Francisco Bay area and Long Island City, N.Y.