by Walther Ploos van Amstel
A new Europe-wide survey commissioned by Geotab reveals a troubling picture of rising stress levels and road safety concerns among commercial vehicle drivers. The survey, titled “The Unseen Toll: Driver Stress and Road Safety,” gathered insights from 3,501 truck and van drivers across seven European countries and paints a clear warning: driver stress is on …
Transport is becoming more complex daily, from electrification and an aging workforce to stricter regulations and rising customer expectations. Companies that want to stay ahead must gain better control over their people and fleet. Most of the Time is Spent In the City Even though drivers might cover 80% of their distance on highways, they …
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled the new London Safety Standard for Cargo Bikes, fulfilling a key commitment from its Cargo Bike Action Plan (CBAP) published in March 2023. The standard was developed in collaboration with industry stakeholders and aims to promote safe practices as cargo bike usage grows across the capital. Raising Safety Standards …
Research by the Dutch Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market arises from the Social Charter between Uber and the municipality of Amsterdam. It aims to provide a view on both the earnings and working hours of drivers who supply services via Uber in Amsterdam and drivers’ satisfaction with their work via Uber. The …
Last-mile delivery optimization is complex. Companies are implementing TMS-tools to include customer-specific or other constraints such as time windows and congestion patterns in their last-mile delivery plans. But, what if drivers do not follow the planning information provided by the routing tools in TMS systems.