Tom Parr
pomtarr.bsky.social
Tom Parr
@pomtarr.bsky.social
✍️ Editor of Carrier Magazine
🤸‍♂️ Co-organiser of @cargobikefest.bsky.social
📍 Amsterdam
@jossluijsmans.bsky.social and I are celebrating World Sustainable Transport Day at the @polisnetwork.eu conference in Utrecht. Looking forward to seeing insights relating to the role cargo bikes will have in the future of mobility.

Come and meet us on the @dutchcycling.nl stand!

#POLIS25
🚲🌍🌎🌏🥳 Happy World Sustainable Transport Day everyone!

💪🌱 Here's your semi-regular reminder that the cargo bike is a scalable, ready-to-roll solution that reduces emissions, improves air quality and acts as a social leveller while contributing to 13 #SDGs.

📸 CargoCult, Kyiv 🇺🇦

#DecadeoftheCargoBike
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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💡 "𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎"

Hamburg-based cargo bike designer Sahabi Arouna refused to compromise. His challenge: full function AND easy storage.

His solution? The FOLD rides like a normal cargo bike.

“𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩.”

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November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝?

NÜWIEL Founder & CEO Natalia Tomiyama had (a few times) – and turned a personal experience into an innovative product.

The solution? The eTrailer: weightless behind your bike. And proprietary sensor tech = effortless hauling; even when walking.

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November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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To read the full story, order 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 magazine in print ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/product/carr...

Preview the article online ➡️ cargobikefest.hflip.co/carrier-02-h...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike #moin #PrintIsNotDead

📸 Cyril Chermin
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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XYZ CARGO’s approach makes sturdy, easily customisable frames, and ensures the bikes can be repaired using materials available anywhere.

"If it's really just the one strut that's broken, you swap it for a new one. There’s no need to throw away the whole frame” Till Wolfer, co-founder of XYZ Cargo
Carrier Issue 02 - International Cargo Bike Festival
Carrier is an independent, internationally-focused magazine featuring human-centred stories of people who ride cargo bikes. Published by the team behind the International Cargo Bike Festival. Picking...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The story of XYZ CARGO is as unconventional as their sturdy, utilitarian designs, with roots in art and the city's alternative scene.

From 'Hamburg – cargo bike city', a deep-dive from 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02 highlighting the thinkers and doers from Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem.

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November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Order 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 magazine in print ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/product/carr...

Preview the article online ➡️ cargobikefest.hflip.co/carrier-02-h...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike #moin #PrintIsNotDead

📸 Cyril Chermin
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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"𝙊𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙯 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙜’𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨"

From 'Hamburg – cargo bike city', a deep-dive in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 02 highlighting Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem.
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Stockists:
🇨🇦 Allo Velo, Montreal
🇳🇱 @athenaeum.nl, Amsterdam
🇬🇧 ELOV, Macclesfield
🇩🇪 Barbarossa, Kiel
🇨🇭 Holy Cargo, Bern + Zürich
🇳🇱 Off The Map, Maastricht
🇪🇸 Okocicle, Madrid
🇨🇭 MONoPOLE, Zürich
🇩🇪 MORE Cargobike, Berlin
🇬🇧 Rare Mags, Stockport
🇬🇧 Really Useful Bikes, Bristol
🇩🇪 YOONIT, Hamburg
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲?

In 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02, we took a deep-dive to try and answer this question. Follow along this week as, one by one, we highlight thinkers and doers featured in the article from Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem.

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November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛: 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚁𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚜 + 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠.

𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 is an internationally-focused magazine featuring human-centred stories of people who ride cargo bikes. Published independently by the International Cargo Bike Festival.

Find a stockist ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/carrier/stoc...
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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"I wanted to bring our products up here, but they simply wouldn't fit on the stage!" - Ilse Michiels

📡 Stay tuned and subscribe to our YouTube channel to be the first to see more 2-minute pitches from ICBF 2025 as they are released.

#DecadeoftheCargoBike
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"I wanted to bring our products up here, but they simply wouldn't fit on the stage!" – Ilse Michiels of PENDLR during her on-stage 2-minute pitch at ICBF 2025.

We're releasing all on-stage sessions on YouTube. Subscribe to our channel to see them as they're released: www.youtube.com/@cargobikefest
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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To read more stories like this and to support our independent journalism, buy 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 in print:

At one of our stockists ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/carrier/stoc...

Or from our website ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/product/carr...

Photos 📸 Nacho Durá
Stockists - International Cargo Bike Festival
Stockists of Carrier CANADA Allo Velo 141 du Shannon (Griffintown), Montreal, QC, H3C2J4 velolifestyle.com @allovelomtl GERMANY MORE Cargobike Bouchéstraße 12 // Halle 20 12435 Berlin more-carg...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Read the inside story through the eyes of Pablo Alcañiz, who was on the ground at the heart of the response, in this excerpt from 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02 ➡️ cargobikefest.hflip.co/carrier-02-v...

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November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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"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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November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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👀 Watch Jolien's full ICBF 2025 presentation ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQs4...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

📸 Van Raam and Sanne Paul
🎥 Bart Buerman
Designing inclusive mobility. With Jolien Heeman of Van Raam
YouTube video by International Cargo Bike Festival
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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"𝙉𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩: 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚"

Building bikes that allow anyone to ride is a noble aim, and a challenge. At ICBF 2025, Jolien Heeman, Head of Product at Dutch adaptive bike manufacturer Van Raam, discusses the design process when your goal is inclusivity.

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October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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...a landmark joint political statement signed in April 2024 by the European Parliament, Council, and Commission, recognising cycling as a key mode of transport and a strategic priority.

👀➡️ youtu.be/vAPIMid_BC8

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

🎥 🚲 Bart Buerman of Broadcast Bike
📸 Sanne Paul
🇪🇺🚲 The European Declaration on Cycling. With ECF President Henk Swarttouw.
YouTube video by International Cargo Bike Festival
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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🇪🇺 🚲 "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 👇
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Last week was the International Cargo Bike Festival! (@cargobikefest.bsky.social)

With around 800 visits made across the two days, exhibitors, speakers and visitors from across the world came to share knowledge and showcase designs.

buff.ly/UajfsHz

#DCEnetwork
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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👀 Full story ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/news/from-ni...

ᝰ🖼️ ICBF 2025 Recap Gallery ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/features/gal...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

📸 Sanne Paul
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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🚲📦 𝗜𝗖𝗕𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 – 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙐𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚

💡💭 Exhibitors, speakers and visitors from across the world came to share knowledge, showcase designs and tackle pressing questions about the sector’s growth.

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October 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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...𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐁𝐅 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫...

A big, big thank you to everyone who made this such a special edition of @cargobikefest.bsky.social. You know who you are.

Many connections were made this year. Let's go out there + make them count!

See you all next year.

#MicDrop
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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𝕆𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕨...

Arieke van Liere moderates the afternoon programme (here she is repping Carrier magazine, available at the merch stand!). With LEVA-EU, Cargo Cycling, Zukunft Fahrrad, Fulpra, Stroom and the two-minute pitch session.

Details here ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/programme/#t...
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM