Urban Logistics hubs: what are London’s needs

Deliveries have been booming in London, giving convenience to many, but also creating impacts on congestion, road danger, air pollution and carbon emissions.  Centre for London interviewed industry insiders to explore how logistics hubs could potentially be part of a future solution.

The report finds that building more logistics hubs in inner London has the potential to reduce noise, carbon emissions and pollution from deliveries because they allow deliveries to be made by walking, bike and pedivan. This can also help companies to deliver a better service for their customers. Creating them is not straightforward, largely because there is so little land available, but there is scope to include them in major development schemes and to better protect the ones which already exist.

In the report, Centre for London explore topics such as ‘Logistics hubs in London today’, ‘The benefits and disbenefits of logistics hubs’, and ‘Perceived problems and solutions’.

Centre for London: ‘Urban logistics hubs: what are London’s needs?’ (2023)