A growing contingent of eco-minded and health-conscious urban parents are leaving their car keys at home and relying on high-capacity cargo bikes for family transportation.
Our kids have long since outgrown this phase, but yep we took them to school on a cargo bike too like the NYT reports today. See the first ride 7 years ago on an Xtracycle. Also that one time we hit ludicrous speed
If you’re thinking about ditching your car to take your kids to school, more posts about cargo bikes are in our archives. Also see this post from 2013 when we hit peak cargo bike after the Wall Street Journal and New Your Times mentioned them.
While your mileage may vary with your kids, as our cities fill up with cars, we expect more families to reconsider their transportation needs. In Austin, where the traffic is some of the worst in the country, my good friend Shawn takes his kids to school on a cargo bike and wrote about that earlier this year.
It’s like your minivan,” I said.
Shawn’s cargo bike
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