{"id":37449,"date":"2025-08-21T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badania.uew.pl\/?p=37449"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:22:02","slug":"assoc-prof-maja-kiba-janiak-phd-eng-wueb-on-the-first-microhub-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badania.uew.pl\/en\/assoc-prof-maja-kiba-janiak-phd-eng-wueb-on-the-first-microhub-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Assoc. Prof. Maja Kiba-Janiak, PhD Eng., WUEB, on the first microhub in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In early June 2025, the first shared transshipment microhub in Poland was launched in Wroc\u0142aw. Dr hab. in\u017c. Maja Kiba-Janiak<\/a>, Associate Professor at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, discussed the idea of the project and its benefits for the city, businesses, and delivery providers in the Echo24 television programme Time for Economics<\/em>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In conversation with editor Jakub Dworzecki, Prof. Kiba-Janiak \u2013 coordinator of the agreement on the Partnership for Freight Handling in Wroc\u0142aw\u2019s Historic Centre<\/strong> \u2013 presented the main assumptions of the initiative developed jointly with the City of Wroc\u0142aw and its partners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The road to launching the microhub was quite long. In 2023, as the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, we signed a letter of intent with the Wroc\u0142aw City Office regarding a Partnership for the Quality of Freight Handling in the Historic Centre of Wroc\u0142aw. The idea was to initiate and jointly organize various tasks and projects to implement sustainable urban transport. <\/strong>A year ago, 24 entities joined this initiative: courier companies, foundations, a food distributor, as well as other universities.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How does the microhub work? The principle is simple: suppliers use designated spaces in the underground car park of the National Forum of Music, from where goods are distributed by cargo bikes to their recipients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The idea of the microhub is that courier companies deliver goods with vans up to 3.5 tonnes to their designated storage boxes in the NFM car park<\/strong>. From there, the goods are distributed throughout the day by cargo bikes within the centre of Wroc\u0142aw.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Why was the decision made to launch the microhub? The primary reason was the growing concern about traffic in the very heart of the city:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“More and more cities, including Wroc\u0142aw, are restricting access to their historic centres. The delivery time window is between 6:00 and 10:00 a.m. \u2013 after that, no vehicle, not even an electric one, is allowed to enter the inner city. <\/strong>A cargo bike, on the other hand, is only 90 cm wide, which makes it possible to use cycle lanes and continue deliveries throughout the entire day.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Kiba-Janiak also highlighted the benefits that all stakeholders involved in the project can expect \u2013 from the city itself, through logistics providers, to end customers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The European Union has set out specific zero-emission targets that impose various regulations on cities<\/strong>. Wroc\u0142aw has committed to implementing this objective in its central zone. We are already seeing positive outcomes of the microhub project: one of the companies operating there now sends only three delivery vans (DMC up to 3.5 t) within the permitted morning time window, instead of six. Additionally, a fourth vehicle (DMC up to 7.5 t) is stationed at the microhub, from which goods are continuously delivered to the city centre by cargo bikes. On the one hand, this increases delivery efficiency<\/strong>, and on the other, it helps reduce the number of vans circulating <\/strong>in the city centre.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the full interview on Echo24 TV:<\/strong> https:\/\/echo24.tv\/pl\/757_programy\/856_czas-dla-ekonomii\/87152_czas-dla-ekonomii-centrum-przeladunkowe-w-sercu-wroclawia.html<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about the project: <\/strong>https:\/\/uew.pl\/mikrohub-przeladunkowy-wroclaw\/<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Sebastian Rogalski<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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