p.s. Philippe Van de Casteele, General Manager of BCLF - Belgian Cycle Logistics Federation, presented at ICBF 2025: Transforming Urban Deliveries: Data Evidence from Belgian Cargo Bike Transition

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"As Federal Minister for Mobility and Climate, I fully support the development of cycle logistics." -Jean-Luc Crucke

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🚲 𝟱.𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 parcels were delivered in 2024 in Belgium, compared to 3 million in 2023.
🚲 The cycle logistics sector supports 𝟲,𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀 (excluding the platform economy).
🚲 Belgian cycle logistics operators rode 𝟭𝟬.𝟳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗺 in 2024, a +30% rise vs. 2023.

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"𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒐𝒐. 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒆-𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒏, 𝒏𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕."

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"𝑩𝒚 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑰 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈."

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Their motivation? A desire for a cargo bike that fit into their lives, literally. "To ride it ourselves!"

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Read the full story 'Hamburg – cargo bike city?', a deep-dive highlighting the thinkers and doers from Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem, in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02.

YEP!

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“𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.”

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Read the full story 'Hamburg – cargo bike city?', a deep-dive highlighting the thinkers and doers from Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem, in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02.

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Oh no! What a shame!

👏👏👏 Massive kudos you for spearheading this and also to everyone who helped.

When you think about it, it's actually really strange that they don't provide feedback. It might seem trivial to some, but emoji are important! What happens in the digital realm has an effect on "RL".

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📸 Cyril Chermin / bpost / NÜWIEL

Bpost, the Belgian Post Office, uses a fleet of 600+ eTrailers. And the NÜWIEL story came full circle when IKEA piloted it for shoppers to rent.

Read the full story 'Hamburg – cargo bike city?', a deep-dive highlighting thinkers and doers from Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem, in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02.

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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

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