Tag: cargo bikes

Counting on … day 73

29th May 2025

Community transport can be another plus for community resilience where it enables people to access local transport when public transport of not available or is unsuitable.  It may operate via a dedicated minibus which can be expensive to run or via volunteer drivers using their own car or a shared car. 

Boosting aces to active travel could be equally useful – with use of cargo bikes to move goods and people and the use of adapted cycles that can enable use by people with disabilities and people with young children, to get around without reliance on cars. 

https://volunteerfriends.org.uk/community-transport-services/
https://www.communities1st.org.uk/transport
https://www.communityaction.org.uk/volunteer-driver
https://www.richmond.gov.uk/services/roads_and_transport/vehicles/active_travel/cargo_bikes
https://wheelsforall.org.uk/wheels-for-all

Counting on … day 1.198

20th October 2023

Repeating a previous blog – ‘Cars might seem essential for picking up shopping, delivering goods, or transporting children, but in reality there are many alternatives. Cargo bikes can just as easily fit the bill. Our local authority of Richmond upon Thames, has a hire scheme so residents can make use of cargo bikes for a minimal outlay’ – and the first 60 minutes are free – https://www.richmond.gov.uk/services/roads_and_transport/vehicles/active_travel/cargo_bikes

And from another entry -‘Cycle courier services have been around for many years now as bikes are often far quicker than any other vehicle for short  urban journeys – and of course have been used by Royal Mail for centuries. Likewise Co-op’s use of bikes for grocery deliveries is not new. Freddie’s Flowers – a weekly flower delivery service is also fulfilled by bike. Cycle delivery services such as Peddle Me, carryout same day deliveries for a variety of clients including  coffee roasters, breweries, flower suppliers, film companies, local authorities, community kitchens, charities, restaurant chains and numerous food suppliers –  “You name it, we deliver it”! They also offer a taxi service for people too! ’ –  https://pedalme.co.uk/about

Bikes are the future!

Counting on day …1.100

14th April 2023

If more cargo bikes on our streets is a good sign for our environment, so is the news that the number of short haul air flights in Europe is dropping.
Euro News reports-

“ ‘Flight shame’ seems to be working – at least for short-haul trips within a country’s borders. According to new Eurocontrol data, 38 per cent fewer domestic flights took off in Germany in 2022 than in 2019. In Lithuania and Finland, such trips declined by 38 per cent and 35 per cent respectively. The drop can be attributed to “environmental pressure,” the Eurocontrol report suggests.”

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/04/11/where-in-europe-are-people-flying-less-and-whats-the-one-country-where-flights-are-surging?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=EN_TESTMay&utm_content=where-in-europe-are-people-flying-less-and-whats-the-one-country-where-flights-are-surging&_ope=eyJndWlkIjoiMTJjMTk2MDNmOWI2YTEwZmZmMTQ0ODYyMWQ3NDJhNDcifQ%3D%3D

 Counting on ….day 131

23rd March 2022

Cars might seem essential for picking up shopping, delivering goods, or transporting children, but in reality there are many alternatives. Cargo bikes can just as easily fit the bill. Our local authority of Richmond upon Thames, has a hire scheme so residents can make use of cargo bikes for a minimal outlay – indeed the first two hours are free. https://www.richmond.gov.uk/news/march_2022/new_cargo_bike_hire_scheme

If we are going to achieve net zero carbon and save ourselves and the whole planet from a complete climate catastrophe, we need to make real changes to the way we live our lives. Schemes like this make it that but easier.