An expert consortium including the Berlin-based Cargobike.jetzt agency, the universities of Magdeburg and Wuppertal and Hamburg's First Mile consultancy had carried out the study after securing the tender issued by the Ministry of Economics in Hamburg. The experts surmised: "The city's goal of reducing CO2 pollution from courier, express and parcel services by 40 per cent by 2030 over 2017 and delivering at least 25 per cent of shipments with alternative means of transport such as cargo bikes requires a significant expansion of that infrastructure."
The City of Hamburg must increase the number of cargo bikes by approximately 38,000 to 51,000 units of which approximately 30 per cent should be in commercial use by late 2025 to achieve its target. The study also analyzed the "space requirements for cargo bikes" and their use in connection with so-called micro-hubs in Ottensen, west Hamburg, and the district of Hamburg-Harburg.
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