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Cargo Bike Sharing Europe: Sharing Cargo Bikes is Best
The trendy topic of cargo bike sharing is getting a European professional conference: The so-called Cargo Bike Sharing Europe will take place on May 18-19, 2022, at the new polisMobility trade fair in Cologne. In more than 170 German municipalities, there are already cargo bike sharing offers, and according to the 2021 Bicycle Monitor of the Federal Ministry of Transport, about a quarter of the German population is interested in using them, the organizer outlines the background. Across Europe, cities, initiatives, and companies are discovering cargo bike sharing as a contribution to the traffic transition and as a business model, while the diversity and size of the offers, whether station-based or free-floating, are growing. A recent study from the Netherlands showed that cargo bike sharing replaces car trips in 72 percent of cases. The European provider Cargoroo from Amsterdam already has over 500 e-cargo bikes in four countries for rent.
"Cargo bikes are a strong symbol of the traffic transition, and cargo bike sharing has great potential. The time is ripe for a European professional conference. Cargo Bike Sharing Europe will bring together providers, cities, and other stakeholders for the first time across Europe. And Cologne, with its important pioneering projects, is precisely the right place for it," believes conference organizer Arne Behrensen from cargobike.jetzt.
In 2013, the initiative "KASIMIR – Dein Lastenrad" was launched in Cologne with a free sharing offer via online booking. The concept became the starting point of the Free Cargo Bike movement, which now has over 100 cargo bike sharing initiatives nationwide. In 2017, Donk-EE started in the cathedral city, the first app-based sharing system for e-cargo bikes in Germany. The polisMOBILITY trade fair debuting in May 2022 in Cologne will host the professional conference and focuses on the mobility transition as a central driving force for both the private and public sectors.
"We must decide today what the mobility of the future will look like in order to ensure cities and regions remain livable for future generations," says Ingo Riedeberger, Director of polisMOBILITY.
Offering a Platform to Industry Pioneers
The aim is to provide pioneers of cargo bike sharing with a prominent forum. In addition to international specialist events like Cargo Bike Sharing Europe, the four-day fair offers attractive exhibition and testing opportunities for the entire spectrum of innovative solutions that contribute to the transportation transition, says Riedenberger further.
“Cargo bikes are a global mega-trend. We need the exchange of intelligent sharing concepts to further advance the spread of cargo bikes and provide fair access for everyone," says Tobias Lochen from the German company sigo, which offers station-based e-cargo bike sharing in cooperation with housing companies.
The English-language specialist conference Cargo Bike Sharing Europe starts on the opening day of polisMOBILITY with a panel on the trade fair stage. Prior to this, a cargo bike sharing excursion through Cologne and a networking meeting for cities are on the agenda. Additionally, there will be cargo bike sharing for testing at the polisMOBILITY cityHUB. This will transform the central Cologne Hohenzollernring into an exhibition and testing mile for bicycles for the duration of the fair. The evening program of the conference will take place at the Cologne cargo bike manufacturer Muli Cycles.
On the second day, specialist lectures and discussion rounds will follow in the Congress Centre of Koelnmesse. The opening speech will be given by Cologne’s Deputy Mayor for Mobility, Ascan Egerer. For the EU Commission, the Deputy Director-General for Mobility, Matthew Baldwin, will underline the role of the transportation transition for the European Green Deal. The Federal Ministry of Transport will present results of its current Bicycle Monitor.
Small and Large Municipalities as Key Players
Municipalities are key players in the expansion of cargo bike sharing. The conference program will feature reports from city representatives from London, Strasbourg, and Kiel on the development of their municipal offerings. However, the topic is also seen as relevant for smaller towns. The Austrian project Klimaentlaster will present a guide specifically for smaller communities. And the Regensburg cargo bike dealer "feine Räder" will present its Donau Donkeys service and infrastructure solutions for convenient cargo bike sharing even in small municipalities.
European and German partners of the conference include the City of Cologne, the Federal Association for the Future of Bicycles, the consulting firm TINK, the Free Cargo Bikes Forum, Cycling Industries Europe, and the European CityChangerCargoBike project. Additional conference partners are the City of Cologne, the Federal Association for the Future of Bicycles, the Free Cargo Bikes Forum, and Cycling Industries Europe.
Translated automatically from German.
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