cargo bike

plural cargo bikes

1. A bicycle designed for carrying large or heavy loads; by extension, any other pedal cycle such as a tricycle or quadricycle designed in this way.

   Demand for electric cargo bike couriers has boomed since first lockdown, bringing the hope of cleaner, quieter, safer streets.

   2022, Amelia Hill, “Cargo without carbon: the rise and rise of e-bike deliveries”, in The Guardian

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   It develops a use case in which an electrified three-wheeled cargo bike will become an on-demand, shared autonomous vehicle for the city.

   2022 July 24, Katie Plant and Gesa Praetorius, Human Factors in Transportation, AHFE International, →ISBN, page 568

   Zero-emission zones and zero-fatality cities have eliminated the last-mile advantages of moving goods by road. The need for transshipment from trucks to vans or cargo bikes at the fringes of the urban core has meant that road has lost the advantage it held over rail for so much of the last 100 years.

   2025 October 1, Gareth Dennis, “The future: a new role for a new British Rail: 2030s”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 30

   Synonyms: cargo bicycle, freight bicycle, bakfiets