Today is the day that London elects its new Mayor and Assembly, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) says that working in partnership with the logistics industry will make for a stronger, safer and cleaner capital city.
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FTA’s Freight Manifesto for London highlights a number of key issues such as airport expansion, HGV regulations and delivery restrictions, the Ultra-Low Emission Zone and road infrastructure. On top of this it also closely examines housing in light of the aspiration to build 60,000 new homes every year. The FTA have calculated that to build just one house, you need atlas 34 commercial vehicles.
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FTA’s Head of National & Regional Policy and Public Affairs, Christopher Snelling said: “It’s really important that the Mayoral candidates take into account the role of logistics and freight in the operating of London.
“We would like the new London Mayor and Assembly to work with the logistics industry. Our Manifesto sets out how we can help to deliver a stronger London, a cleaner London but also a safer London. These things can be done but they are best done through intelligently working together, not through simplistic measures that just make good headlines.”
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London requires over 350,000 tonnes of goods to be supplied by lorry each day, and this is just for the city to operate efficiently. That works out at around 15,000 tonnes picked up or dropped off every hour, or 250 tonnes every minutes. And that figure excludes vans and other modes.
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