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The ELEVATE Research Project @micromobility-its.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Last week we held our final project webinar.. if you missed it, not to worry the recording and slides are here: tinyurl.com/ycf8ve49 And, our final report is here: tinyurl.com/5me6fmfx Although ELEVATE has ended, let us know if you end up using our work or have any queries! 🚲

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#CargoBikeEmoji @cargobikeemoji.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A wealth of research into cargo bikes and micro mobility presented by @micromobility-its.bsky.social today. 'miles with smiles' perhaps best sums it up. All helping with justification of a #CargoBikeEmoji

Rural e-cargo bikes: Is there a use case?

• Self study / ethnography Rural pilot trial

Miles with smiles: the role

of e-cargo bikes in facilitating new personal and family-oriented travel and relevant beyond- utility motivations

Wider implications

For travel behaviour theory, policy and practice, planners, society

ECBs extend accessibility and social inclusion

(location, gender, age..)

Hybrid position (car and bike) transition to less CO2

Reduced parental dependency on car

Campaigns to emphasize experiential and emotional benefits, not only efficiency or environmental outcomes

Scenic natural routes, updated paths

ECB for community tasks (celebrations, NGO)

City livability, traffic calming

Cultivating community sustainability

Extended trials, ownership models

"It was a bit of a novelty in the first week but now it's just become a constant... really, it's just become part of. part of the family

ELEVATE Brighton and Hove Trial Data Supports Successful Active Travel England Bid

Innovative walking, wheeling and cycling projects win share

of £1 million

Brighto

nership with Brighton & Hove Council and with support from the ELEVATE at the University of Brighton, which is funded by the Active Travel Englan n Fund

A huge the ground this week!

25 per

180 free minutes for lo

k up to 6-months in advance via the OurBike app

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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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.

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How do electric cargo bikes fit with real life? A social practice analysis in the United Kingdom

Cycling an e-cargo bike offers key advantages of both car and bike use, and its potential to substitute many car trips offers energy demand reduction …

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Ian Philips @drianphilips.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

E-bikes don’t have this problem.

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Ian Philips @drianphilips.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

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Ian Philips @drianphilips.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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.

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Ian Philips @drianphilips.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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...

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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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).

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E-cargo bike access: Total Cost of Ownership, the appeal to second car owners, and leasing | The ELEVATE Project

Blog written by Dr. Noel Cass E-cargo bike access: Total Cost of Ownership, the appeal to second car owners, and leasing ...

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Ian Philips @drianphilips.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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

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Prof. Jillian Anable @jilliananable.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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

Conference Schedule Poster: “ELEVATE, TRANSAS, INFUZE, and CARS at UTSG 2025”
Conference dates: June 25–27, 2025.
Each session is listed with a calendar icon, the speaker's name, affiliated project(s), session title, and talk title.

Wednesday, June 25:

Prof. Jillian Anable (INFUZE/TRANSAS) — Session 2C Shared Mobility:
“What goes up must come down? A systematic review of the processes of change in levels of car ownership”

Prof. Jillian Anable (INFUZE/TRANSAS) — Session 2C Shared Mobility:
“Changes in Household Car Ownership and Impact of Covid-19 – A Panel Case Study of Shifting Trends”

Dr. Llinos Brown (TRANSAS) — Session 2A Post-Pandemic Behaviour:
“What goes up must come down? A systematic review...”

Dr. Ian Philips (ELEVATE) — Session 1D Active Travel:
“Analysis of domestic e-cargo bike GPS traces in UK suburbs”

Dr. Noel Cass (UKERC-CAV) — Session 2B Autonomous Vehicles:
“Public acceptance and uptake of shared autonomous vehicles: A mixed methods study”

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The ELEVATE Research Project @micromobility-its.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

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

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ELEVATE Project Part of Transport in a Climate Crisis Day at ITS | The ELEVATE Project

In March, the ELEVATE research project was part of the Institute for Transport Studies Transport in a Climate Crisis day. As part of the event, ELEVATE ...

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Ian Philips @drianphilips.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

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

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The ELEVATE Research Project @micromobility-its.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

‼️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

Job Opportunity: Quantitative Transport Data Analyst
12-month fixed-term position for the HELMET research project (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) at the Institute for Transport Studies.
Responsibilities include supporting carbon impact analysis, calculating CO₂ savings from survey data on shared e-bikes and e-scooters in UK cities, and extrapolating findings to estimate population-wide impacts.
Application Deadline: Monday, 17th March 2025.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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"

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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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

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Bicycle Association formally complains to BBC over Adrian Chiles’ e-bike Panorama “misrepresentation”, claiming episode “unjustifiably damaged” legal e-bike industry

The cycle industry organisation said the programme conflated e-bikes with “illegal e-motorbikes”, lacked balance, and “failed to properly inform the public”

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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

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(The)Resa Nelson @dr-resa-nelson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

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

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 20/12/2024

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/...

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 20/12/2024

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.

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Transport Statistics Great Britain: 2023 Domestic Travel

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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.

Figure 1 details a ‘consumption corridor’ for transport. The floor is defined as deprivation - covering transport poverty & social isolation. Sufficiency is split by comfortable & essential use of different modes. Excessive means travel that breaches environmental limits - only cars and flights can do this.

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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

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Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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/...

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You and Yours - Dangerous Sweets; Grinch Bots; Shop Christmas Windows - BBC Sounds

The American imported snacks containing banned ingredients in UK shops

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Ian Philips @drianphilips.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Hello world. I have just joined Bluesky. Please follow if you've followed me on other platforms. Thanks

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