This presentation was given by the named presenter at the kick off meeting of Europe’s first Expert Group on Cargo Bikes and Cycle Logistics on 15th October 2019 in Brussels.

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3. Erik Driessen
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4. European Cargobike Standard development

5. • Urban landscape & cargobikes
• Types of use - cargobike vehicle category
• Standards, regulations & impact
• European cargobike standard development
Erik Driessen | Product manager | European Cargobike Standard development
Contents

6. Changing urban landscape
Congestion, limited (parking) space, air quality, quality of transport
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7. Changing urban landscape
Changing urban planning policies
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8. Cargobike in urban landscape
Bicycle & cargobike take over part of functionality
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9. Cargobike in urban landscape
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• From professional application (1877)
• To family transportation (1976)
• Back to B2B & logistics

10. Cargobike vehicle category
Type of use: groceries & generic ‘transport of things’
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11. Cargobike vehicle category
Type of use: family transport
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12. Cargobike vehicle category
Type of use: fast & flexible delivery of food & packages
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13. Cargobike vehicle category
Type of use: small post & parcel, service mechanic
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14. Cargobike vehicle category
Type of use: passenger transport
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15. Cargobike vehicle category
Type of use: large volume logistics, container or boxes
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16. Cargobike vehicle category
Type of use: large volume logistics, heavy loads
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17. Cargobike deployment
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• Developing & using cargobikes safely
• The right product for the right task: adequately equipped cargobikes for their task
• Very diverse applications (!)
• Standards to help develop safe & well-equipped products
• Making CE conformity easier

18. Standards, regulations & impact
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CE mark: mandatory conformity marking regarding relevant EU directives
• Self-certification
• EPAC: Machine directive, EMC directive
• Bicycles: ISO 4210 parts 1-9
Motorized vehicles: type approval by national body
Cargo bike?

19. Standards, regulations & impact
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EPAC frame tests do not take additional frame loads into account
Test specifications many tests do not cover all Cargobike scenarios
Consequence: many additional tests to comply with CE

20. Standards, regulations & impact
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Specific Cargobike tests
• Protection of passengers
• Lateral forces in 3 & 4 wheel cargobikes
• Brakes: higher total weight / different centre of gravtity
• Additional frame load
• Parking security
• Securing load
• Riding stability
• Etc.

21. Standard development
Erik Driessen | Product manager | European Cargobike Standard development
Status:
• AFNOR (French national body) published standard NF R30-050-1
• DIN (German national standards body) has concept DIN 79010, to be published end ‘19
European standard to be developed:
• CEN/TC 333 – technical committee cycling
• Workgroup 9 ‘Cargobikes’ with experts to gather early 2020
• Open to experts to join through national standardization body

22. Standard development
Erik Driessen | Product manager | European Cargobike Standard development
Cargobike standard development to
• Comply with regulations
• Ensure high quality for product category by adequate test requirements
• Minimize risk in use of cargobikes
• Provide test methods developed by an expert group
• Enable part suppliers to make (and test) product category specific parts