[chubbnix]

That sounds super expensive and a logistical nightmare. Imagine a pallet that has 1500 products on it, now those are reboxed, take more space, use more fuel because there will be more trips for each shipment. You also are now tracking probably a dozen boxes instead of a single pallet. There are a dozen boxes to open and inspect before accepting the delivery. You will still have the trucks in the streets too because it cant be easily eliminated if you want to keep auto shops or any light industry where the item exceeds the weight two humans can safely carry.

It would make more sense to me to legislate new commercial buildings must include a loading dock. Require developers to make the commercial buildings have shared loading dock so several small bodegas and stores can all share a dock on their building. This would reduce the amount of the trucks parking in the street with a liftgate or forklift to lower the pallets.

[jetrink]

You don't need a huge truck to move pallets. A standard Sprinter van can carry three or four and you can get specialized vans that carry six.

[Xylakant]

There's also a huge space between 18 wheels and Sprinter. Fun fact: There's even cargo bikes that can carry up to 3 euro pallets (though that's clearly stretching the definition of "bike" to the breaking point) https://pulse.dbschenker.com/de/xxl-lastenfahrrad-europalett...