Along with a new paper alert.. We've got a new blog alert from Dr. @nofixedclass.bsky.social!
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
#qualitativeresearch #socialpractice #transportresearch #ecargobikes
@micromobility-its.bsky.social
ELEVATE- Innovative Light ELECtric Vehicles for Active and Digital TravEl project at @universityofleeds.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and @uniofbrighton.bsky.social Project Info, Research Outputs and Blogs: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/
Along with a new paper alert.. We've got a new blog alert from Dr. @nofixedclass.bsky.social!
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
#qualitativeresearch #socialpractice #transportresearch #ecargobikes
New Paper Alert!!
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A thoroughly impressive explainer from Global Cycling Network (GCN, not yet on Bluesky) featuring cool interviews from @drianphilips.bsky.social and the ELEVATE project @micromobility-its.bsky.social. Footage from Bath and around the UK. More of this please ๐๐ดโโ๏ธ๐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0K...
15.09.2025 14:06 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thank you for the mention and for re-sharing @bicyclemayorbath.bsky.social If our research or experience can help with local initiatives in #Bath weโd be more than happy to have a chat!
18.09.2025 11:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Global Cycling Network's recent video featured our ELEVATE participants and research!
Hear from @sirichardson.bsky.social @drianphilips.bsky.social @nofixedclass.bsky.social and our #Leeds participants, below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0K...
#SustainableTransport #EMicromobility
Screenshot of the abstract from a research article titled "Experienced and Imagined Barriers to E-Cargo Bike Adoption: Findings from Trial Loans in the UK". Authors: Clara Glachant, Alice de Sรฉjournet, Ian Philips, Frauke Behrendt, and Sally Cairns, affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Leeds, and University of Brighton. Abstract text: Domestic e-cargo bikes could contribute to the much-needed transition away from individual car use to more sustainable urban mobility. However, while domestic e-cargo bikes are especially popular in some European countries, their adoption remains relatively low in the UK. Adoption can be hindered by negative perceptions and beliefs, but direct experience, such as through trials, can reduce these. This paper aims to understand barriers to e-cargo bike adoption in the UK through the study of perceptions. Our mixed-method approach combines open responses to a nationally representative survey with interview data collected as part of household long-term trial loans in three British cities. With this, we identify and compare barriers as imagined by individuals who have not used an e-cargo bike to the barriers as experienced by people who have used one. We identify three sets of barriers: spatial, material and societal. Our analysis suggests that trials might help address material and societal barriers, while spatial barriers persist among trial participants and require improving cycling infrastructure alongside policies to limit car use. This paper advances scholarship on trial programs as interventions to overcome imagined barriers to sustainable mobility modes, encourage their adoption, and foster sustainable urban mobility transitions more broadly. It also contributes to emerging scholarship on domestic cargo bikes, shifting from logistics focus. Keywords: cycling; e-cargo bike; sustainable urban mobility transition; barriers; adoption; trials
๐ฃ Preprint Alert from the ELEVATE team! ๐ฃ
This preprint explores:
โผ๏ธ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ #๐๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
โผ๏ธ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐?
โผ๏ธ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ #๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐?
Take a look โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/yuz4b9fc
๐ข ELEVATE research featured in @uk.theconversation.com ๐ข
@nofixedclass.bsky.social from the ELEVATE team has published a piece discussing why #UKGovernment should INVEST in #ebikes and #ecargobikes
Read the details below and please feel free to share with colleagues!
E-(Cargo) Bikes: Finance and Access Workshop summary is live. Another great piece of work from our ELEVATE @micromobility-its.bsky.social team led by Sally Cairns Noel Cass Theresa Nelson. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/file...
17.07.2025 15:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โELEVATE at #UTSG2025โ
Some of the ELEVATE team are off to Dublin by ๐& โด๏ธ .. [NO โ๏ธ] to share our research on #ecargobikes
Catch @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Sรฉjournet if you're there tinyurl.com/25mty268
Not at UTSG DW, we'll upload slides here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/
New ELEVATE blog๐ข
๐-๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐ฌ โ ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐-๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ?
Dr. Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social draws on ELEVATE findings to ask why #ecargobikes are overlooked despite potential to replace ๐ trips & โ๏ธcarbon
Read it below ๐
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
ELEVATE is shifting gears today to wrap up #BikeWeek! ๐ฒ
Weโre re-sharing our protocol paper on how #ecargobikes & #emicromobility support everyday life beyond commuting.
Read the paper here: www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21...
Read more ELEVATE outputs & blogs here๐
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/
๐ฒ #BikeWeek continues!! ๐ฒ
Today we're resharing our preprint ๐-๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐: ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ where we dig into national survey data & our #ecargobike #trials
Read it & share your thoughts! www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
๐ดโโ๏ธ Itโs #bikeweek! ๐ดโโ๏ธ
This #BikeWeek, the ELEVATE project be sharing some of the fascinating research from us on #ecargobikes
First up a blog: ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ 7 ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐-๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐ฌ
Check it out below & feel free to share ๐๐๐
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2023...
We're still looking for #cyclists in #Leeds for our physical activity experiment.. Please spread the word!
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ELEVATE is researching physical activity on #ecargobikes vs non-electric #bikes in #Leeds. If you..
๐ฒregularly cycle in #Leeds
๐ฒ are free in June/July
๐ฒcan spare 2 hours
๐ฒ want to test an #ecargobike
Then get in touch and register! ๐
forms.office.com/e/eXN6kPUTPe
#leedscyclists
Don't forget.. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฆ!! More info on the post below, and to attend please register using this Microsoft form link: forms.office.com/e/FZ8AXCfnS3
12.05.2025 13:38 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Black background with teal and white text. Large title at the top: "E-(Cargo) Bikes: Finance & Access Workshops" (teal, bold text). Below, in a teal rectangular outline box: White text reads: "The ELEVATE research project is hosting two online workshops to explore the following", followed by a bulleted list in white text: Does simply increasing access to cycles increase cycling? Is affordability a โrealโ barrier to (optimal) cycle ownership? Are financial incentives effective in encouraging cycling? Are leasing schemes popular and financially viable? What is the scope for increasing bike share schemes? What are the policy priorities for local and central Government? Below the box, two sections side by side: Left side: An icon of a calendar with "MAY" in teal at the top and "14th" inside. Next to it: "Online Workshop 1 10.00-11.30am:" (bold text), "Stakeholder Presentations on Current Evidence & Existing Schemes" (normal text). Right side: A second calendar icon, same style, with "MAY" and "21st" inside. Next to it: "Online Workshop 2 10.00-11.30am:" (bold text), "Discussion on Policy Priorities and Pathways to Impact" (normal text). The overall style is clean, professional, and minimalistic with teal accents.
ELEVATE is holding #online #workshops on #ebikes & #ecargobikes, focused on finance & access to these types of #emicromobility
Flier below for more info & register your interest in attending with this form: forms.office.com/e/FZ8AXCfnS3
Feel free to share with anyone interested! ๐ฒ
Proud to say that ELEVATE was part of this event! We had attendees #testride #ecargo bikes from our research trials. Check out the video below and don't forget to look at the riding videos on our webpage ๐ฒ๐
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
@drianphilips.bsky.social
One of our #researchtrial participants was in @cyclinguk.bsky.social mag! ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง #๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐๐
Read our blog here๐ blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
Read #CyclingUK mag๐
www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-magazi...
@drianphilips.bsky.social
PREPRINT ALERT : www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... E-Cargo Bikes as a Personal Transport Mode in the UK: Insights from National Surveys and Suburban Trials. We present wide ranging insights from our study of domestic use of e-cargo bikes in the UK. @micromobility-its.bsky.social
11.03.2025 10:02 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Job Opportunity: Quantitative Transport Data Analyst 12-month fixed-term position for the HELMET research project (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) at the Institute for Transport Studies. Responsibilities include supporting carbon impact analysis, calculating COโ savings from survey data on shared e-bikes and e-scooters in UK cities, and extrapolating findings to estimate population-wide impacts. Application Deadline: Monday, 17th March 2025.
โผ๏ธJOB ALERT: Closes 17th March 2025 โผ๏ธ
Quantitative Transport Data Analyst needed for the HELMET (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) project based at the Institute for Transport Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#ITSLeeds @drianphilips.bsky.social
A promotional graphic for a new ELEVATE blog post. The text at the top reads: 'New ELEVATE blog! Does a ride with an e-cargo bike count as physical activity?' Below this, there is a photograph of two people standing outside a modern brick building with glass doors, holding e-cargo bikes. They are both smiling, and the bikes are equipped with cargo racks and bags. To the right of the image, additional text states: 'ELEVATE research project supervises ITS MSc Dissertation, 4 min read.' At the bottom, a hyperlink is provided: 'https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/blog/' The background is black, with white text and megaphone icons on either side of the title
Our recent blog explains how ELEVATE supervised an #InstituteForTransportStudies MSc student to experimentally test the activity levels of #ECargoBikes vs #bicycles.
Read more here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
#ActiveTravel @universityofleeds.bsky.social @drianphilips.bsky.social
Join Professor Kate Pangbourne, Chair of Transport Transitions at the Institute for Transport, for her inaugural lecture next week.
๐ฉโ๐ซ "Transport โ a demanding transition"
๐ Wednesday 5 February, 16:00 โ 18:00
๐ซ Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds
environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/even...
Excited to share that the @universityofleeds.bsky.social "How to Fix" episode: ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
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๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐? featuring ELEVATE researchers @drianphilips.bsky.social & @jilliananable.bsky.social is the most listened to episode on the podcast!
Give a listen, below ๐งโฌ๏ธ
โ๏ธ Latest paper from the ELEVATE project โ๏ธ
Domestic #ecargobike use is under-researched, esp. in suburbs & peri-urban areas. Our ELEVATE research shows #Ecargobikes they could โ๏ธtransport CO2, โฌ๏ธ physical activity & moreโwhen targeted right..
Read our paper here!: www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21...