Electric Cargo Bikes — Micromobility for Families and Micrologistics!
Cargo bikes are the “sleeper” in the micromobility category!
By Stephen Coulter & Krystyna Weston
We love this trailer of Motherload, a crowdsourced documentary in which the cargo bicycle becomes a vehicle for exploring parenthood in this digital age of climate change
They are evolving quickly with many variants.
For the last twelve months electric cargo bikes outsold electric cars in Germany — around 39,000 cargo bikes versus 36,000 electric cars.
Germany provides a €4,000 purchase subsidy for e-cars. Berlin’s city senate recently offered cargo bike subsidies of €1,000 for those with electric motors and €500 for pedal-powered. In the first day, 1,950 applications were received.
Families are often a major contributor to traffic and congestion with school and sports activities. Cargo bikes offer a real, fun and healthy alternative to the family wagon or SUV.
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About Motherload
MOTHERLOAD is a crowdsourced documentary in which the cargo bicycle becomes a vehicle for exploring parenthood in this digital age of climate change. As Marin filmmaker and new mother Liz Canning meets the people behind the push to replace cars with purpose-built bikes, she contemplates the increasing tension between modern life and our hunter-gatherer DNA, and discovers the history and potential future of the bicycle as the “ultimate social revolutionizer.” Conflict arises when characters in the film encounter cultural resistance — in particular, bikelash focused on women and mothers. MOTHERLOAD draws connections here to the struggle of cyclist Suffragettes and women’s seemingly endless fight for bodily autonomy.
More info at http://motherloadmovie.com
