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3. Susanne Wrighton
Austrian Mobility Research

4. City
Changer
Cargo
Bike
15. October 2019
THE ROLE OF EU
RESEARCH AND
PROJECTS IN CARGO
BIKE DEVELOPMENT
Expert Group on Cargo
Bikes and Cycle Logistics
Brussels

5. Coordinator: Susanne Wrighton
Total costs: 3,97 M€
EC contribution: 3,8 M€
Start date: 01/09/2018
Duration: 36 months
Focus/topics:
• Cargo bikes as city changer to trigger new
transport culture in urban areas
• Cargo bikes as self-multiplying tools
• Reinforcement of Unique Selling Points of cargo
bikes
• Cargo bikes to be used for commercial and
private transport purposes and as street
furniture or moving vendor.
Expected results/impact:
• Workshops and trainings for a broad variety of target groups
including city administrations, the commercial sector, the
private sector and also educational institutions
• Achieving a wide roll-out and transferability by disseminating
the CCCB approach
• Reducing congestion and emissions; increasing safety and public
space through increased cargo bike ownership
• Creation of new jobs and business opportunities
• Development of new funding schemes for cargo bike ownership
particularly in the NMS
• Establishment of Micro-Hubs for the use of cargo bikes in city
logistics
• Establishment of favourable framework conditions for cargo
bike use
Objective:
Improving the quality of city life by fully exploiting
the huge potential of cargo bikes as a sustainable
means of transport for private and commercial
logistics purposes and semi-stationary
CITYCHANGERCARGOBIKE

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20 Partners – 15 Cities

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Cargo Bikes – the new SUVs for livable
cities

10. 2011-2021
From the Exotic to the New Normal

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€14M FUNDING FOR CARGO BIKES &
CYCLE LOGISTICSWITHINTHE EU
CoBiUM
Fuel Cell Cargo Pedelecs

12. @CycleLogistics
32
of delivery trips could be replaced with
cargo bikes
50
of service trips could be replaced with
cargo bikes
77
of all shopping trips could be replaced
with cargo bikes

13. @CycleLogistics
Every SECOND motorized trip (51%) related to
goods transport in cities could be shifted in EU
cities
Enormes Potenzial
Savings: ~ 15 Mio tons of fuel/yr ~ 37 Mio tons of CO2/yr

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Ratio Vehicle : Load
CargoBike 1 : 5 - 6
Delivery Van 1 : 1 - 2

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Goals & Expected
Results Mainstreaming cargo bikes
Promoting cargo bike use in 100 cities
across Europe
Creating new jobs and business
opportunities
New Financing schemes for cargo bike
ownership

17. @CycleLogistics
100 Cities across Europe are Copenhagenized
4 million
of cargo bikes in private use

18. “
We’ve achieved a lot already,
BUT we can do so much
more!

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27. “
We want to mainstream cargo
bikes across Europe! Open
new business segments and
create new jobs!

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HILTI B&D

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Private UserProfessional User
▪ Reliability
▪ Load-bearing capacity
▪ Standardized quality
▪ Avalability of large fleets of
same model
▪ Leasing contracts
▪ Individual design to fit lifestyle
▪ Possibility to try out many models
▪ Guaranteed safety for children
▪ Sharing systems
▪ Safe infrastructure

30. @CycleLogistics
NEEDS OF NEWCOMERS
▪ Ability to purchase cargo bikes in
their cities/regions
▪ Dealers or Internet?
▪ Skilled personnel to maintain and
service cargo bikes
▪ Business models

31. @cccargobike
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Cargo bikes have the power
to transform cities and
increase the quality of life!

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33. Susanne Wrighton
Thank You!
Contact data:
Schönaugasse 8a, 8010 Graz, Austria
wrighton@fgm.at
www.cyclelogistics.eu