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Fewer shoppers drive to the supermarket, often favouring on-line delivery for a big shop – a single van (including electric ones) can make up to 30 deliveries a day. https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/news/latest-news/2019/11022019-electric-vans

People make more use of shops that are convenient to reach on foot or by bike https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/get-active/2019/everyday-walking-and-cycling/how-to-do-your-shopping-by-bike/ and more people use shopping trolleys https://www.argos.co.uk/sd/argos-shopping-trolleys/

Some people use a mobility scooter to go to the shops. https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/mobility-scooters/article/mobility-scooter-faqs Many types of cycle are also available, increasingly with electric assist, so more people can make local trips by bike than you might realise https://wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/types-of-cycles/

Some use cycle trailers for bigger shops – like the https://carryfreedom.com/#2  Y-Frame Large (collapsible for easy home storage). Trailers are also popular for carrying young children https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-accessories/child-bike-trailers/

More and more independent shops, restaurants and even supermarkets are making deliveries by bike https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/02/sainsburys-revives-bicycle-deliveries-london https://crossriverpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/InStreatham-BID-cargo-bike-CRP-Case-Study.pdf

Even really large things can be moved by bike and companies can make multi-drop deliveries (job opportunity). https://jobs.freddiesflowers.com/bikes 

Some mini-cab and taxi users switch to cycle alternatives like https://pedalme.co.uk/ 

Tradespeople carry tools on public transport https://www.trend-uk.com/en/UK/wheeledtoolbag/ or by bike, using compact tools https://www.screwfix.com/p/xtend-climb-professional-aerospace-grade-aluminium-telescopic-ladder-3-8m/483fh, and have the parts needed delivered to that day's workplace ( Pimlico aim to deliver within the hour) http://www.pimlicoplumbingheatingmerchants.com/delivery/ 

More use is made of local trades people, found through neighbourhood recommendation and local online forums https://nextdoor.co.uk/neighborhood_feed/

Lorries are clearly still needed but are being improved for city use – quieter, cleaner, safer – while routing technology and timed drop-offs reduce time spend idling in traffic and at the destination. https://www.truck.man.eu/uk/en/cite.html 

Car owners combine several tasks into a trip ‘daisy-chain’, making more efficient use of fewer journeys. Businesses incentivise customers to book time slots that bunch drop-offs, saving time and distance travelled https://www.logisticsmanager.com/logistics-manager-analysis-retail-home-delivery-keep-them-keen-by-going-green/

Phone calls and video meetings lessen the number of journeys that need to be made, and more people work from home for part or all of the time.

Rather than risk being out for a delivery, leading to a second van delivery, people have items delivered to a convenient point (which also means the van driver replaces several stops with one). https://clickcollect.london/ 

As streets are made safer fewer children are driven or need to use public transport as the great majority of children in London live within easy walking or cycling distance of their schools (pics show secondary schools, primary ones tend to be closer) https://maps.london.gov.uk/schools/# 

But rain! People pay more attention to weather forecasts and change the timing or take a lightweight waterproof.

All the above are additional to public transport – which the suppliers work to make as safe as possible during #Coronavirus

But it's also worth mentioning that electric bikes (or just a well chosen ordinary one) increase the distance commuters can travel easily

Photo in the original image of the Shell Centre car park where Jubilee Gardens and the London Eye is today. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/108793730

and @instreatham deliveries are made by cake maker extraordinaire @Clockwisesss https://twitter.com/Clockwisesss/status/1278641452780867586?s=20