#CargoBikeEmoji

What you got on today love?

Err..building another custom cargo bike..?

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Yes, yes it is.

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😁🚲📦

And while there is 🚳 there no emoji for 'no cars' 🤔 (declined 2022)

Thanks guys.

Agree, emojis are important and should represent real life.

The dominance of automobiles in the travel category shows the challenge ahead to recognize a balanced transport system.

We will go again in a couple of years....

Massive thanks to @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social @cathytuttle.bsky.social @jeremycole.bsky.social for help on this submission and ongoing support from the team at @cargobikefest.bsky.social

Text from email: ...effort that went into the preparation. Each year, the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee receives far more emoji proposals than the very limited number that can be encoded. We are sorry to inform you that your proposal was not among those selected to move forward. As a small, volunteer-run nonprofit we can't provide individualized feedback on each proposal. We understand this may come as a disappointment.

Arrgghh... Gutted to say the least.

Sorry to announce that submission #2 for #CargoBikeEmoji was unsuccessful 😔

No feedback provided from Unicode.

If current guidelines stand, will be 4 yrs before a 3rd time lucky proposal in 2029. This would be a great way to finish the #DecadeOfTheCargoBike

CHRISTIANIA Cargo Trike 1984 Utility trike UK Cargo tricycle that started a revolution in urban transport On May 16, 1984, Lars Engstrom presented to his wife Annie, a box cycle he had fashioned himself. Within one hour, over morning coffee, an order was received for a second. "Ever since," says Lars, "it has been a chase" Named after Copenhagen's alternative (and automobile-free) Christiania squatter community, Christiania trikes are less bikes and more a range of load-carrying tricycles. The most popular, thanks to its large 35 x 34-in. (89 x 87-cm) all-purpose box, is the Cargo Trike. Despite its 68 lb (31 kg), it is easy to ride, turns on a dime, and can stop in a stride, thanks to mechanical disc brakes at the front. Riders accustomed to two wheels find that a pivot allows them to continue to "lean" into corners. There is nothing that cannot be customized: high or low gearing; steel or aluminum frame; short, long, or extra-long box; hydraulic or cable disc brakes. Hoods are waterproof and snowproof and come in various shapes and colors. There is even a motorized version of the trike with a maximum speed of 12½2 mph (20 kph) for extra-long rides. Thirty years ago, Copenhagen was just another car-clogged city, but now 36 percent of the population pedal their way to work-a statistic that gives Lars and Annie a sense of quiet satisfaction. BS

Cover of a book called 1001 Bikes

Yes, a classic cargo bike and where it all started for me.
#CargoBikeEmoji 🤞

All a husband wants is a cargo bike, guys.

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Cross your fingers, send good karma, oil that chain, positive vibes...

A couple of weeks left to find out on emoji submissions and if #CargoBikeEmoji has made it through.

(Quietly optimistic but grounded in that there are a LOT of proposals each year and Unicode has strict guidelines)

This is the way

"𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅"

It's a year since devastating flash floods hit Valencia. Community responders on cargo bikes stepped in to deliver aid, challenging conventional notions of urban mobility in the process.

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The scuff marks 👏👏👏

Images of creative Dutch biking infrastructure

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

Spirit Halloween costume - cargo bike mom

WARNING: Extended use leads to urbanist activism #bunchmom #cargobike #bunchfam

A cargo bike taking up 1/9 of the space of a parking spot meant for a car. The parking lot is in front of Folk Arts Rare Records

A cargo ebike can haul your regular errand's worth of stuff, but take up much less space than a car. We've allowed corporate greed and false conveniences to trap us with such an inefficient form of transportation

🇪🇺 🚲 "𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚"

That's the mission of the European Cyclists' Federation: @ecf.com. That organisation's President, Henk Swarttouw, opened the Dutch Mobility Summit by telling the International Cargo Bike Festival audience all about European Declaration on Cycling 👇

What Happens When Real People Try e-Cargo Bikes? YouTube video by Global Cycling Network

Some great coverage of some really interesting UKRI-funded research here.

As someone who is already an e-cargo bike user (they're great) and as someone interested in how people and technologies interact, this is really up my street.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0K...

Great article, keep em coming.

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Photos of male and female caregivers riding bicycles with small children along dedicated cycling infrastructure in a variety of cities in the Netherlands.

Photos of male and female caregivers riding bicycles with small children along dedicated cycling infrastructure in a variety of cities in the Netherlands.

Photos of male and female caregivers riding bicycles with small children along dedicated cycling infrastructure in a variety of cities in the Netherlands.

Photos of male and female caregivers riding bicycles with small children along dedicated cycling infrastructure in a variety of cities in the Netherlands.

“We need to start considering the role of care in our daily lives—all the unpaid tasks that are the essential foundation of society, and our economy couldn’t function without them. But cities are so focused on the commute to work they forget about the mobility of care.”

biketalk.org/2025/10/2542...

"e-cargo bike citizenship".. yes I like this concept... Can I have this in my passport please?

Genie: “You’ve used two of your three wishes wisely, what is your last desire?”

Me: “Ok I know it’s niche but, can you start an underground nighttime bakfiets racing club and fill it full of cool new friends?”

Genie: “Hell ya, that sounds sick”

I had a dream last night that someone stole all the baskets and doodads off of my cargo bike.

When I got on to ride it home it was like I was on a rocket bike zooming around the city.

The wind howled past me.

Passing cars looked like streaks of light.

It was glorious.

8 x recommended actions that can and should be implemented everywhere....
#CargoBikeEmoji

Herringbone pattern brick pavement with a green and white parking sign inlaid. As well as a large P there is a simplified cargo bike on the sign

How to tell if your city has a future

Cargo bike parking spotted in Utrecht

#cargobike

All the best! Sorry I'm not there.