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As traffic volumes increase in our city centres, partly fuelled by deliveries from a COVID boosted e-commerce sector, organisations are looking for a silver bullet for urban logistics. But has it been sitting right here under our noses all this time? Tom Parr, Co-organiser of the International Cargo Bike Festival, argues that the seemingly humble cargo bike is perhaps the, fastest, greenest and most economical way to carry out last-mile deliveries in cities and should be elevated from it’s current position as a niche technology to a widespread solution.