The move comes as UPS delivery company tested a scheme with Dublin City Council last year, which saw a decrease of around 200 van deliveries throughout the city. The council has now drafted bylaws to extend the 'Last Mile Delivery' plan, which would see parcel hubs set up on the outskirts of the capital. Chair of Dublin City Council Transport committee Ciaran Cuffe says an expansion of the previous pilot scheme is much needed. "Dublin City Council initiated a pilot study in the north inner city, on Jervis St, where we worked with UPS to bring in a big truck every morning," he explained. It's taken a lot of big trucks off the streets and it's a real win for sustainable deliveries.

Source: Irish Examiner September 09, 2018 21:11 UTC