Deliveries wreak havoc on cities

This article really covers the dirty side of final mile and the changing habits of e-commerce in urban markets. I have been lucky enough to work on projects with 6-startups in the final mile space both on the asset and non-asset side of the business over the years. What is the solution? Make deliveries after hours to reduce daytime traffic and increase your stops per man hour. Use electric vehicles and trikes to reduce air pollution. Really push incentives on weekly volume deliveries rather than daily. Large buildings require a different set of rules as final mile now includes vertical deliveries. Why not allow startups to test live trials and different delivery methods in different cities to expedite testing methods like air, water bike and drone... What do you think? #finalmile #transportation #logistics

Excellent reportage and analysis from Matthew Haag and Winnie Hu of the New York Times on the massive problems cities face as commerce moves more and more online. Decarbonizing transportation is necessary but not nearly sufficient. We need cities and private groups to work much more closely together on a whole host of solutions, from smart curbside management systems to dynamic congestion pricing. This can no longer be acceptable: “The immense changes in New York have been driven by tech giants, other private businesses and, increasingly, by independent couriers, often without the city’s involvement, oversight or even its awareness, The New York Times found.” #amazonbusiness #electricvehicles #rivian

Indeed, "digital" is not always so "sustainable": granularity before the last step of the value chain creates complexity. https://lnkd.in/edtpgEW

A better system needs to be developed. Not necessarily faster.

Happy to see that the study I contributed to comparing online shopping habits in Manhattan and Paris and the impact of just-in-time delivery has made its way onto The New York Times front page! Kudos to 6t-Bureau de recherche team, Nicolas Louvet, Fran?ois Adoue, Sarah Kaufman and the NYU Rudin Center!

I’m in today’s The New York Times, discussing freight and our online shopping habits: “We’ve entered an entirely new way of buying goods and services, but our infrastructure is only adapting incrementally,” Ms. Kaufman said. “We need to completely rethink how we use our streets if we want to maintain our current shopping and delivery habits.” https://lnkd.in/dRNg6MU #nyc #transportation #logistics #ecommerce #retail