The Traffic is Coming
It happens every year. August is quiet, with people on holiday, schools off - then September comes. A trickle at first, then a flood of traffic hitting our streets. Building all the way through October to the end of November. This year will be different Where in...
Pedal Me x Lambeth Council during the Covid-19 lockdown: The logistics of delivering 10,000 care packages using e-cargo bikes
Through a collaboration with Lambeth Council, Pedal Me demonstrated that e-cargo bikes offer a clear alternative to vans for large scale logistics operations. In late March 2020, as the U.K. entered lockdown to urgently flatten the exponential rise in Covid-19 cases, Lambeth Council decided to partner...
Pedal Me x Padella = Pasta Delivered Faster
Catching Up With Jordan From Padella. Above: Rider Yo at Borough Market Padella. Padella has cemented its status in London's food scene as serving some of the best pasta in the capital. They realised that the way they were moving food and equipment between their restaurants was inefficient. How...
Passenger service – Supporting London
During the lockdown so far our passenger jobs have been mainly vulnerable individuals making journeys to hospital, but it's likely that with some relaxation of lockdown in the future, there will be greater demand for travel. In addition - it's very clear that there is...
Sharing is Caring
Helping customers spread the costs. With the massive growth in home delivery options that we are seeing at the moment, it's fair to say that this brave new world is forcing companies to reimagine their business models. For some businesses, it may not be cost-effective to...
Home Delivery is here!
The corona virus crisis has completely transformed every aspect of life in the UK, and PedalMe has seen business shift remarkably quickly. Central London deliveries to busy offices are usually the bedrock of our work. Instead we are now seeing a bigger variety of jobs including...
Car(bon) Free Daze – Car Free Day Write Up by Henry
I will never forget when I walked over the river Thames in April 2019. The air was crisp, the sun was shining, and the bridge was full of life. There were parents, grandparents, children and their dogs having picnics. People were skateboarding, singing and dancing...
The Long Game
We plan to change cities. Really change cities. Not the kind of small change that means tinkering around the edges of a system that doesn’t work. The kind of bold, sustainable change that could forever alter the everyday lives of people in cities all over the world. We enable...
The Anti-Uber
Before we started Pedal Me, we spent a lot of time thinking, analysing, and investigating. We’re curious people, and this stuff matters. We looked at Rickshaws, and how they operated, with many cycle rickshaw companies leasing rickshaws with few checks and staff who are incentivised to...
Our Vision
We realise that our offering seems confusing to some interested in investing in us because what we do is so broad - we deliver adults to meetings; children to school; bread from bakeries to cafes; large scale hot food to offices; reprographics - this is...