In article , Neil Williams
says...
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:11:44 +0100, "Brimstone"
wrote:

So how would you see urban deliveries? A rail head at every
supermarket and high street perhaps?

Why not?

Completely unrealistic. However, there may be some mileage in using a
larger number of smaller vehicles for local distribution, be that from
rail or road.

Of course. Because 26 Ford Transits[1] driving from the DC to your
local Tesco several times a day take up far less room than an artic
don't they?

[1] 26 Transits being the number required to shift one artic load

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