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HGVs – the wrong vehicles for delivering urban goods

Philippa Edmunds, Freight on Rail manager, Campaign for Better Transport, London N1
07 August 2015
 

As the article analysing the steep rise in van usage states, logistics and urban deliveries are constantly changing to adapt to market developments and external constraints (‘Will anything stop the remarkable rise of the van on Britain’s roads?’ LTT 24 Jul).  

Air quality and carbon dioxide figures alone make low emission, preferably electric, vans the right economic and social choice for last mile journeys, not bigger HGVs, as the Road Haulage Association (RHA) claims....

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