Cargo Bike Ben

@cargobikeben.bsky.social

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Utility cycling & active travel advocate. Passionate about ending car dependency (not banning cars), reducing urban sprawl + how bikes are the easiest and most cost effective way to achieve that. Former journalist turned software developer. r/fuckcars mod

Dog in a cargo bike
A black Riese & Müller Tinker 2 e-bike is parked on a newly built separated cycle path outside a train station, fitted with a black Weather Goods Sweden Urban Briefcase mounted on the rear rack. Behind the bike, a landscaped SUDs (sustainable urban drainage) rain garden with wildflowers and grasses borders the cycleway, with mature trees and station buildings under dramatic cloudy skies.
A cargo bike carrying a large amount of recycling.
Bike parking area outside a shop where portable gardening display racks have been placed directly in front of the stands, blocking over half of the available bike parking spaces; only one section remains partially accessible, with a mobility scooter parked in the remaining space. The obstruction is particularly tone deaf given the context of a fuel crisis, limiting access to an alternative mode of transport.
Overhead view of a signalised junction showing a protected cycle lane crossing, where the traffic signal and push-button control are positioned well ahead of the cycle stop line, out of reach for someone waiting behind it.
Riding my bike down the new Conway Street bike lane, coming to the junction with Europa Boulevard, I am forced to go across the stop line to reach the crossing request button.
Green promotional graphic from Active Travel England featuring a headshot of a woman in a navy blazer and blue top on the right. White and lime-green text on the left states that violence against women and girls is a national emergency and highlights the role of safer street design in helping women feel safe in public spaces. Transcript (full text in image): Active Travel England “Violence against women and girls is a national emergency, and this Government will halve it in a decade. “Women and girls deserve to feel safe simply going about their lives, whether that is walking down the street, travelling, or using public spaces after dark. “I welcome this work to design streets that make women feel safer, shifting responsibility away from women and onto the spaces and behaviours that put them at risk.” Jess Phillips Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
A woman on a bike rides along a former road that has been converted to pedestrian and bike only access. Multiple of other people on bikes are passing. In the background is the River Mersey and the skyline of Liverpool city centre.
Portrait of Miguel Anxo, former mayor of Pontevedra, standing outdoors in front of blurred greenery. A large white serif quote appears on the left side of the image reading: “It’s not my duty as mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me, it’s the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you’re going to put them.” His name and title appear below the quote.