Study finds that once people use cargo bikes, they like their cars much less

I use my cargo bicycle every day for everything even if I would not need it. The cargo use case is for carrying children around (e.g. kindergarden) or shopping. I do not have a car, but I have another bicycle but I use that on very few occasions like train travel.

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I might have like a cargo bike if I didn&#x27;t like on top of a hill. And if I didn&#x27;t have 6 months of cold dark weather with snow &#x2F; ice covering the roads.

Bicycles are good, if yours don&#x27;t get stolen while you&#x27;re in the supermarket to get salad dressing.

These things love to quote stats from some of the flattest places on earth.

The survey was strategically done in late Summer. I concede some people could still do their shopping in Hamburg&#x27;s raining 2°C, but I&#x27;d guess the comparison charts would not be as cheerful.

Recently moved into the city (Vienna) from the country, finding myself in the delightful situation that I can walk everywhere I need to go - groceries, entertainment, shopping, etc. I simply don&#x27;t need a car. I find myself actively yearning to ride my bicycle everywhere.<p>So I think also just changing your environment to a more walking-friendly one is another great way to ditch the car. What a pity so few in the Western world can experience the delights of their own self-locomotion being sufficient to their daily needs ..

One thing I did not appreciate until I got an electric cargo bike is how they are faster than cars for typical city journeys if there’s any level of traffic.<p>I live in a city of 5 million people and if I needed to get across town in a hurry I’d take my cargo bike, not my car.<p>My cargo bike usually beats the google maps car estimate by about 20%.

gotta love meaningless lines in these charts linking together variables that have nothing to do with each others

I feel like if you make a study with any conclusions, some article will cite it as fact.

I wish I had the space to keep it.

That&#x27;s bollocks, it&#x27;s more that the vast majority of people who buys a cargo bike is a bike enthusiast to start with.<p>Case in point I am not, I was convinced to buy a cargo bike, and I still like my car very much, particularly when it&#x27;s rainy and&#x2F;or cold<p>Still like the bike in warm summer days, but in winter... only car

I&#x27;ve never had a bird take a shit inside of my car. It&#x27;s also pretty neat how you can <i>lock</i> the cargo space.