• Possible stupid question.

    What percentage of the space in the back of typical white van man's white van is actually used, and how much is a toolbox and a couple of spare parts rattling around?

    Is there scope for converting some of this trade motor traffic into cargo bikes?

  • I'm sure they're often pretty full, but also often quite empty, depending on the job.

    There certainly is immense scope for more cargo bike use.

    I can't remember the name of the firm that uses cargo bikes almost exclusively and I don't know if they still exist, but I talked to some of them occasionally when I bumped into them, and they seemed to be doing well.

  • I'd be incentivising this sort of thing. Love seeing cargo bikes out and about.

    Saw a dad with his kids in a bakfiets thing this morning going through Brixton. Warmed my heart.

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