What Cities Can Do to Electrify On-Demand Deliveries

The global on-demand last-mile delivery service market, which includes companies such as Uber Eats and Door Dash has a value of more than $150 billion. Gas-powered vehicles make most of these deliveries and contribute to pollution and poor health outcomes. City officials, app-based delivery platforms, and communities can mitigate these negative effects by accelerating the adoption of electric modes of transportation, while improving local economic opportunities. In this session, representatives from Uber, RMI, and the public sector will present research findings and discuss what cities can do to accelerate the electrification of delivery vehicles.

Presenters

Richard Jordan, Zenion

Ellen Kennedy, RMI Ellen Kennedy is a Principal at RMI with more than a decade of experience in the carbon-free transportation space. To be updated.

Samuel Pierce, Cycling Industries Europe

Raquel Soat, RMI

Julia Wunsch, Uber Julia Wunsch is a Global Public Policy Manager for Delivery at Uber, where she manages delivery sustainability and cities issues around the world. Her work supports Uber's delivery sustainability goals and spans plastic waste and emission reduction initiatives for deliveries on Uber Eats. Julia's sustainable packaging priorities are centered around partnering with policymakers, regulators, and NGO partners to help Uber achieve its goal of having 100% of Uber Eats trips on zero emission modes by 2040 globally.