If you have been following my blog about electric cargo bikes for a while, you know that I often make predictions about where the market for these bikes will go. Over time, many of my predictions have come to pass, but usually later or on a smaller scale than I had anticipated. For example, I [...]
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Today’s topic strays from my usual focus on electric cargo bikes, but it relates to my broader interest in finding transportation options that are practical for my family and sustainable for the planet. With these criteria in mind, where does the all-electric Nissan Leaf fit in? To answer that, we recently traded our Toyota Prius [...] It has been 7 months since I posted my first article mentioning the Trek Transport+. After a very long fall and winter, the bike appears to be available to order. Trek has removed the “available late fall” qualification from their web site, and dealers in my area would be happy to take my order. With [...] For the past week, Seattle has been blessed with cold, sparkling clear weather. The crisp air makes the snow-capped mountains that surround us appear 50 miles closer. Did I mention we live in paradise? It’s also extra-tempting to hop on the bike and enjoy a few moments in the sun as it slinks along [...] An eventful year has passed since my first New Year status report. A lot has happened in my life and the cargo biking scene that would have strained my imagination last January. And a few things didn’t happen that I confidently anticipated. I would be thrilled to repeat last year’s progress in 2011, but I’ll try to [...] About five months ago, I wrote an article called Dawn of the (U.S.) cargo bike revolution. At the time, the title seemed like a pretty big leap. I was extrapolating a new market and mode of transportation based on two barely-available cargo bikes with electric motor options. If I was worried I was out on a [...] I worked in the computer industry for three decades, so I am accustomed to the furious pace of innovation associated with that enterprise. Even so, I have been surprised by the pace of development of electric bikes in general. While competition in the electric cargo bike category has been a little less fierce, it’s amazing [...] This month marks the one-year anniversary of my cargo bike and my blog. What an interesting year it has been! I realize I’ve already made that point in several recent blog posts, so I won’t repeat myself here. But I will take just a moment to marvel at the timing of this: shortly after I returned to [...] Christiania cargo bike There are many ways to haul cargo on bikes – a fact that was demonstrated daily on the streets of Copenhagen during the year we lived there. By far the most popular were Christiania bikes, which were used to haul various daily goods including kids and girlfriends. There were also quite a [...] Today I was sitting in my mini-van, waiting in a pretty long line of cars for a left-turn signal to change. As I waited, I was excited to see an electric bicycle pass me. It wasn’t a cargo bike, but sightings of electric bikes are still rare enough to catch my eye. I watched as [...] |
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