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FUTURE - Holland - Overlooked Tram Offers Revolutionary Transportation Solution
Amsterdam took an historic step in joining the Green movement when it conducted experiments using its tram system and electric vehicles to move products into the inner city
York,PA,USA -Material Handling Management (Cleveland,OH,USA) -30 May 2008: -- ... Amsterdam-based startup company CityCargo, whose novel entrepreneurial approach is responsible for the pilot project, hopes to reduce the deliveries of the 2,500 trucks that roll into the city daily... The inner city distribution system consists of freight trams that will carry goods in and out of the city on existing tram lines, and electrically powered vans ('e-cars')... The project will now move deeper into the realization stage, according to Tom Bonkenburg, director of European Operations for York, Pa.-based St. Onge Company... CityCargo is actively seeking partners and completing details that deal with the final design of the tram, cargo box and electric vehicle design. CityCargo will start off in the first half of 2009 with 10 cargo trams, 40 E-cars and one distribution center. When the project is in full operation (in about five years), it will be 58 cargo trams, 600 E-cars and four distribution centers... (Video from YouTube, by MvdHCCA - July 31, 2007: "CityCargo Amsterdam (ENG)" - CityCargo goods delivery by cargo tram)
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