International Cargo Bike Festival 2018

Cargo Bike Poland
By Krzysztof Gubanski
Did you know there is a growing cargo bike community in
Poland? In 2015 a group of Warsaw families established
a cooperative to share a cargo bike. This very same year
we organized together the first Polish Cargo Bike Festival,
which was followed by annual editions in Kraków and
Wrocław. This September we are going to meet in the city
of Łódź. Each year we gather in a different city, in order to
promote cargo bike culture throughout Poland.
Being members of experienced cycling advocacy groups we are
using our resources to promote cargo bikes and introduce them
to local delivery companies and public institutions (libraries,
museums, city halls), while simultaneously encourage inclusion of
cargo bikes in public bike sharing systems all over Poland. They are
already in Łódź, Warsaw, Słupsk, Gdynia, Opole, Sosnowiec and we
are just getting started!
Since imported bikes are usually too expensive for our pockets,
more and more people are opening their own workshops (Wrocław,
Kraków, Łódż, Warszawa, Gdańsk) where they focus on true
craftsmanship and produce small numbers of high quality bicycles.
While our movement is still widely seen as a curiosity, we believe
that an avalanche starts with one snowflake. Come and meet us at
the ICBF non-profit area and find our FB group (Cargo Bike Poland).
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