What is a Logistics Hub?
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A logistics hub is a site that couriers use for their day-to-day deliveries as a place to receive, sort and then send deliveries to their destination.
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Logistics hubs have an important role to play in promoting healthy and efficient deliveries in London. They act as a crucial step for sorting deliveries, which can reduce the number of vehicle trips and congestion, to then enable deliveries to be made on electric vehicle, by bike or on foot. This reduces harmful exposure to toxic air pollutants that are bad for our health.
Cross River Partnership has worked with transport consultants Steer to identify potential logistics hub sites in London through this report. This has been funded by the Transport for London supported Central London Sub-Regional Transport Partnership which CRP manages. The map has also been developed by the Defra-funded Clean Air Villages 4 project, which supports 26 public and private project partners to reduce pollution by ambitious, clean air freight interventions in London.
It is a one-stop-shop for information on potential logistics hubs in LondonIt provides opportunities for landowners to develop revenue from vacant spacesIt provides an opportunity to contribute to your sustainability and CSR goals by improving air qualityThere is an opportunity to develop new business relationships and collaborate on innovative logistics projectsYou can help to improve the health of LondonersYou can become part of the future of zero-emission logistics
If you are interested in a potential logistics site on the map or would like to submit a site, please fill in the contact form below and Cross River Partnership will be in touch.
What is a Logistics Hub?
A logistics hub is a site that couriers use for their day-to-day deliveries as a place to receive, sort and then send deliveries to their destination. They range in size and nature of operations. Larger sites hosting fleets of electric vans are referred to as logistics hubs.
What is a Micro Site?
A micro site is also a logistics hub that functions in the same way as a larger site, except smaller sites hosting cargo bikes are often referred to as micro sites.
What are examples of hubs in practise?
There are already a variety of established logistics hubs in central London. Parcel delivery company DPD provides distribution services from a logistics hub in Westminster, utilising a fleet of 10 electric vans and eight micro-vehicles. In December 2020, The City of London approved its first Last Mile Logistics Hub for Amazon Logistics.
How do I submit a site to the map?
Great news! Please fill in the contact form above with your details and Cross River Partnership will be in touch. Once sites are approved and submitted, the site is maintained and updated regularly.
How do I find out more about a space on the map?
Please use the contact form above and Cross River Partnership will be in touch. If you notice a site has incorrect information or if you are a site owner and no longer wish to have the site publicly shared, please get in touch with us.
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A Cross River Partnership report published in December 2020 which identified potential sites for urban logistics hubs in central London and developed an understanding of the market demand for such facilities.
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A Cross River Partnership report published in December 2020, identifying potential sites for Urban Logistics Hubs in central London and developing an understanding of the market demand for such facilities.
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The Central London Sub-Regional Transport Partnership (CLSRTP) is a collective of senior transport officers and directors from ten London boroughs who provide strategic advice for, and on behalf of, Transport for London (TfL). The partnership, which has been active since 2009, acts as a trusted impartial forum for the boroughs to share experiences and enable collaboration on key sub-regional transport priorities, delivering projects, innovative pilots and trials, forward-thinking research and strategies. The map has also been developed by the Defra-funded Clean Air Villages 4 project, which supports 26 public and private project partners to reduce pollution by ambitious, clean air freight interventions in London.
The CLSRTP partners are:
