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Noel Cass

@nofixedclass.bsky.social
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Cyclist, camper, walker, environmentalist, academic, punk, anarchist.

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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 trialMiles with smiles: the role

of e-cargo bikes in facilitating new personal and family-oriented travel and relevant beyond- utility motivationsWider 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 familyELEVATE 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 · 10/02/2026
My blog (blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2026...) on research with UK illegal e-scooter riders suggests legal trials of shared use will not understand potential safe, responsible private use currently being suppressed. Full report with quotes can be found here: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23...
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A blog on our project website to summarise and contextualise my new publication: it builds on two previous papers in the area of mobility as social practice! blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
E-cargo biking as a ‘mobility practice’  | The ELEVATE Project
By Dr. Noel Cass 12th November 2025  ELEVATE’s latest publication, How do electric cargo bikes fit with real life? A social practice analysis in the ...
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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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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Our project is featured on this GCN video - please share!
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The ELEVATE Research Project @micromobility-its.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The Global Cycling Network's recent video featured our ELEVATE participants and research! Hear from @sirichardson.bsky.social @drianphilips.bsky.social @nofixedclass.bsky.social and our #Leeds participants, below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0K... #SustainableTransport #EMicromobility
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What Happens When Real People Try e-Cargo Bikes?
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
My Conversation article from the Elevate project has just been published. The title speaks for itself! The article follows from our stakeholder workshops on financial access to (e-)(cargo)bikes, reported here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/rese... Article: theconversation.com/subsidising-...
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Subsidising e-bikes instead of cars could really kick the electric vehicle transition into high gear
Electric car discounts are too meagre to help the low-paid and car-dependent.
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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).
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
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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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
A Working Paper I just published through UKERC. 40,000 words! But you can read the Executive summaries... Public views on AVs - deliberations and multi-criteria decision analyses... ukerc.ac.uk/publications...
ukerc.ac.uk
Public Views on Connected Autonomous Vehicles A Multi-Method Study: Qualitative Activities Report
This working paper reveals that the priorities of people around autonomous vehicles differ from those of policy-makers...
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New blog of mine up on our ELEVATE e-cargo bike project website, feel free to share: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
E-cargo bikes – no government support for electric-assist vehicles?  | The ELEVATE Project
Written by Dr. Noel Cass On 25th February 2025, the government announced further financial support for EVs – but only if they’re fully motorised. £12...
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Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📉 Transport emissions are off track. In a new report, Prof @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social breaks down the Spending Review, showing why current plans fall short of the CCC’s 2042 net zero goals, and why travel demand reduction must be part of the solution: tinyurl.com/3wanehnp
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Headwinds: transport decarbonisation in a storm - Energy Demand Research Centre
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Investigating Public Views on (Shared) Autonomous Vehicles - my blog about this project has been published by UKERC! Off to Dublin next week (by train and hydrofoil ferry) to present this research at the University Transport Study Group annual conference.
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Investigating Public Views on (Shared) Autonomous Vehicles
UKERC researchers have been exploring public views on Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). Using three very different methods,...
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Our workshops on e-(cargo)bike access are imminenet, but still time to register. Please forward to anyone interested in e-bikes, e-cargo bikes, and getting access to them!
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The ELEVATE Research Project @micromobility-its.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
ELEVATE is holding #online #workshops on #ebikes & #ecargobikes, focused on finance & access to these types of #emicromobility Flier below for more info & register your interest in attending with this form: forms.office.com/e/FZ8AXCfnS3 Feel free to share with anyone interested! 🚲
Black background with teal and white text.
Large title at the top:
"E-(Cargo) Bikes: Finance & Access Workshops" (teal, bold text).

Below, in a teal rectangular outline box:
White text reads:
"The ELEVATE research project is hosting two online workshops to explore the following",
followed by a bulleted list in white text:

Does simply increasing access to cycles increase cycling?

Is affordability a ‘real’ barrier to (optimal) cycle ownership?

Are financial incentives effective in encouraging cycling?

Are leasing schemes popular and financially viable?

What is the scope for increasing bike share schemes?

What are the policy priorities for local and central Government?

Below the box, two sections side by side:
Left side:
An icon of a calendar with "MAY" in teal at the top and "14th" inside.
Next to it:
"Online Workshop 1 10.00-11.30am:" (bold text),
"Stakeholder Presentations on Current Evidence & Existing Schemes" (normal text).

Right side:
A second calendar icon, same style, with "MAY" and "21st" inside.
Next to it:
"Online Workshop 2 10.00-11.30am:" (bold text),
"Discussion on Policy Priorities and Pathways to Impact" (normal text).

The overall style is clean, professional, and minimalistic with teal accents.
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
@micromobility-its.bsky.social - a heads' up that the (European) e-(cargo)bike regulations of the future are being trailled right now... includes a suggestion that e-cargo bikes might be split over 3 classes? www.cyclingelectric.com/news/electri...
cyclingelectric.com
Electric bike regulations of the future defined by European trade body
A European trade body based in Germany but with influence across the continent has today set out what it believes
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
One of our Leeds participant households enjoyed their e-cargo bikes so much, they now have 3, and are promoting the benefits in the national Cycling magazine! Proud researcher moment... 😁🚴‍♀️
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The USA are (predictably) using high school, back of the envelope economics to slap taxes on everyone and crash their own economy. The incompetence knows no bounds... x.com/JamesSurowie...
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James Surowiecki on X: "This is truly amazing. The Deputy White House Press Secretary is claiming that I'm wrong, and that the "tariff rates" on Trump's chart were calculated by "literally" measuring every country's tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers. To prove it, he screenshots the formula the USTR https://t.co/g75FreEPbv" / X
This is truly amazing. The Deputy White House Press Secretary is claiming that I'm wrong, and that the "tariff rates" on Trump's chart were calculated by "literally" measuring every country's tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers. To prove it, he screenshots the formula the USTR https://t.co/g75FreEPbv
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I was electrocuted, beaten, stabbed in the leg and starved after being captured while defending my home and family in Mariupol. We held back Putin’s invasion for several weeks while Russia slaughtered over 25,000 predominantly Russian speaking Ukrainians including women and children.
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This feels appropriate for Black Friday.
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
What's a good introduction to a new social space? This has got my best friend, cycling, tents, and pirates. A pretty good first impression!
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