We visited Nijmegen, the oldest city in the Netherlands, to ride with avid cargo bike advocate Jos Sluijsmans. Sluijsmans is an organizer of the International Cargo Bike Festival (https://cargobikefestival.com/), the Cargo Bike Expertise & Innovation Center and is a member of the Dutch Cycling Embassy. Join us as we chat about why cargo bikes have so much potential, how Sluijsmans got involved with cargo bike advocacy and stay for the bike-centric infrastructure and lovely views (yes, there are goats). A big thank you to Urban Arrow (https://urbanarrow.com/) for supporting this video.

Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction to cargo bikes
0:35 Jos Sluijsmans International Cargo Bike Festival
2:20 Cargoroo Cargo bikes
2:55 Carrying children in cargo bikes
3:25 Different types of uses for cargo bikes
4:05 There are still many cars in The Netherlands
5:00 Biking in The Netherlands is easier than driving
6:35 Roundabouts in The Netherlands
7:15 Connecting to other people on bicycles
8:00 Train bike parking in The Netherlands
9:20 Bike and train bridges
10:30 The potential of cargo bikes vs regular bikes
10:55 How to get more people biking
12:25 Bike tunnels in Netherlands
14:10 Using cargo bikes for businesses
16:15 Roundabouts and bicycle priority
16:40 Different cities advancing in the cargo bike space
17:10 Advocating for mass use of bicycles
17:50 Busybike Bakfietscentrum
18:20 Building out different cargo bikes
19:10 Bicycles bringing people together
19:40 Updates on the International Cargo Bike Festival
21:20 How to help with cargo bike advocacy

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