Cargo bikes in public work no.3

This bikes trolley carries a gas burner to be used for weed control. Note the fire extinguisher; safety first!

Cargo bikes in public work no.2

Lunds Kommun, the municipality of Lund own a lot of tenant houses in Lund through their housing company LKF. When attending these houses and the green areas around them the caretakers need to move themselves and a lot of tools around the areas. What better way could there be than with a cargo bike? Here is a guy attending green areas at Magistratsvägen.

And here is a close up on the bike. Note the specially mounted tubes to carry long tools such as rakes. There is also a mailbox mounted to the back of the saddle. I'm not sure if this is for tenants to leave notes for the caretaker or if it is to carry smaller tools.

LKF have been receiving an environmental award for their introduction of cargo bikes in maintain and there is currently 18 cargo bikes used by LKF in different housing areas around town.

Cargo bikes in public work no.1

Here is the kindergarten Fågel Blå on a road trip. This Kindergarten is using two Christiania bikes to take the kids on excursions around town. Each cargo bike can take up to 6 little ones which is actually a lot more than a normal car. The Christiania bikes are so far only used by Fågel Blå in Lund but in Malmö several kindergartens use the bikes on a daily basis. The bikes give the kindergarten much needed freedom to go outside the restricted and crowded preschool environment and instead the kids get to excperience the citys parks, close nature and cultural sites.

You can read more about Fågel Blå and their cargo bikes in this Sydsvenskan article. In the article you can also see a picture of the potable toilet they allwys bring on their trips.



Stay put for the "Cargobikes in public work no.2" update tomorrow.