My article on e-cargo biking as a social practice is now available open access online - it summarises the particular version of social practice theory I have developed over the years for understanding mobility, illustrated with 'ecb-ing' as a vaild alternative to driving, especially for families.

New paper published from the ELEVATE project led by Noel Cass. doi.org/10.1016/j.er... . How do electric cargo bikes fit with real life? A social practice analysis in the United Kingdom @micromobility-its.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social

E-bikes don’t have this problem.

NEW PAPER ALERT! E-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK: Insights from surveys and suburban trials, . This presents some of the results from our ELEVATE project doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... #SustainableTransport #ActiveTravel #Micromobility #ECargoBikes @micromobility-its.bsky.social

Over the Summer we were visited by the team from hashtag #GlobalCyclingNetwork to speak about our Elevate project e-cargo bike findings. The resulting video is available now and covers some of the things that we found and speaks to some of our participants.

E-(Cargo) Bikes: Finance and Access Workshop summary is live. Another great piece of work from our ELEVATE @micromobility-its.bsky.social team led by Sally Cairns Noel Cass Theresa Nelson. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/file...

I wrote this pre our national workshops on Financial Access to E-(cargo) bikes, thinking about Total Cost of Ownership vs cars, the second car as a particular target for replacement with such bikes, and the potential appeal of the leasing model of ownership (which is so addictive for car ownership).

I am presenting work from the ELEVATE project in Dublin today. I'll be talking about where household e-cargo bikes go - the types of roads they use , trip distances and so on

Excited for #UTSG2025 🥳 Sharing @infuzeleeds.bsky.social & TRANSAS research this week & proud to see these featured too: ◼️ELEVATE @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Sejournet ◼️CARS ‪@drmalcolmmorgan.bsky.social ‬ ◼️UKERC-CAV @nofixedclass.bsky.social ◼️TRANSAS @llinosbrown.bsky.social

Proud to say that ELEVATE was part of this event! We had attendees #testride #ecargo bikes from our research trials. Check out the video below and don't forget to look at the riding videos on our webpage 🚲😎 blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025... @drianphilips.bsky.social

PREPRINT ALERT : www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... E-Cargo Bikes as a Personal Transport Mode in the UK: Insights from National Surveys and Suburban Trials. We present wide ranging insights from our study of domestic use of e-cargo bikes in the UK. @micromobility-its.bsky.social

‼️JOB ALERT: Closes 17th March 2025 ‼️ Quantitative Transport Data Analyst needed for the HELMET (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) project based at the Institute for Transport Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social 👇👇👇 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #ITSLeeds @drianphilips.bsky.social

Cyclists cannot win. For every "I want you to ring your bell at me" there is an equal and opposite "How dare you ring your bell at me"

The cycle industry organisation said the programme conflated e-bikes with “illegal e-motorbikes”, lacked balance, and “failed to properly inform the public” The BA also urged the BBC to “provide proper balance when addressing contentious transport issues” in future road.cc/312013 #cycling

More great stuff from Malcolm on carbon.place.

Happening now, in Copenhagen. Should be happening in​ lots of cities, on both sides of the Atlantic. www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...

Getting into the #ChristmasSpirit thanks to this cool and Christmassy #ecargobike I spotted this morning! #sheffield #sheffieldissuper #electriccargobike

MAJOR NEW STUDY: Followed 82,000 subjects in #Scotland, up to age 74, found that cyclists + pedestrians had significantly reduced risks of: — early death —cancer —cardiovascular mortality —hospitalization for ANY reason. Published in @bmj.com bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...

Couple of days after I posted this the DfT released the latest transport stats. www.gov.uk/government/s... Think congestion is bad now? DfT models it's going to worsen.

How did I miss this study when it came out a few months ago? Google Scholar normally emails me about anything that even mentioned cycling. Anyway - WOW, look at the effect sizes for the benefits of active travel

Well this looks fascinating and an important contribution to transport & climate policy thinking. NEF taking on the huge question of how to define & meet human needs for travel within planetary boundaries. Here’s their discussion starter on sufficient & excessive transport consumption.

A very accessible and informative summary of the transport decarbonisation challenge from @jilliananable.bsky.social - rocking it as usual. Coffee time essential read

Dr Malcolm Morgan joined BBC Radio 4 to talk about his research into the feasibility of switching planes for trains to decarbonise holidays. Listen from 31:59: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is our latest paper from the ELEVATE project. Hopefully several more papers forthcoming over the next few months.

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