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Sustainable last-mile cyclists pedal as far as Jakarta

At the close of another successful Cycling UK Bike Week Stuart, the sustainable, last-mile delivery experts have revealed top cycling stats from their fleet of independent cycle couriers.

In the last two weeks alone over 4000 independent cycle couriers have used sustainable pedal-power to deliver last-mile logistics for Stuart’s nationwide clients, which include restaurants, grocery, retail and e-commerce.

This includes, for example Ocado’s recently launched under one-hour delivery service, Ocado Zoom.

The independent courier who has clocked up most miles supporting Stuart’s customers has pedalled a massive 7640 miles! That is more miles than the width of Russia, and even further than from London to Jakarta in Indonesia (just over 7200 miles).

60% of Stuart’s independent fleet use bikes, delivering packages up to five miles from their location, operating in over 28 cities across the UK.

The bicycle is one of the greenest and most efficient machines ever, delivering the equivalent of a car doing 1600 miles on a gallon of petrol! Not only is cycling the greenest way to support last-mile logistics, but a 2018 report from the Department for Transport showed that driving in urban areas is slower than cycling.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Stuart .