Tinsley Building joins Oxford University Freight Consolidation Pilot
Tinsley Building has partnered with local cargo bike delivery firm Pedal & Post and the pioneering freight consolidation pilot with university of Oxford with the goal to reduce van movements in the city.
What the project has achieved so far:
🚛 Reduced upto 15-20 van movements a day into Oxford
📦 Delivered 13,200 parcels
🌳 Saved 5 tons of co2 over 12 month period
🚲 Traveled 3120 miles!
📈 Tinsely building joining will increase the impact of the project
Goal here is to reduce the current 15-25 van movements colleges see daily from multiple different parcel companies (think DPD, Yodel, DHL, UPS, Royal mail and more!) and reduce this down to one cargo bike movement in the city. Tinsley building joining shows a commitment from Oxford university departments for cleaner air, safer roads, less congestion and parking issues.
Students have done a fantastic job at signing up to the scheme as well from the current colleges and really showing there is a demand for sustainable delivery services in the city and we understand its impacted large national carriers in a big way, pushing them towards more sustainable strategies
Working with the Tinsley Building is also an opportunity to demonstrate we can deliver everything from office supplies to lab equipment for the whole science area in the city centre of Oxford and reducing traffic in peak times especially due to the the New College Primary school being located nearby, we hope this encourages both Mansfield college and Harris Manchester to potentially join the scheme in the future and reduce there delivery vehicle movements
Christopher Benton, CEO at Pedal & Post, said: "We are delighted to continue to expand the freight consolidation project, we now have 10 locations on board and this is a great opportunity to engage with suppliers to Oxford university and departments directly and demonstrate how this project can help the local area and community with less vans with deliveries on a single cargo bike movement, we have more things in the pipeline for the stage 2 of the project and we look forward to announcing them soon"
