Elevate Oxford

07/01/2026

12/09/2025

Very excited that the Global Cycling Network featured Elevate Leeds work in their latest video!

Global Cycling Network joined us in Leeds to learn how our trials and e-cargo bikes are helping people change their daily travel habits. Check out the video below and let us know what you think!

07/08/2025

📣❗️PREPRINT ALERT❗️📣

Our new preprint explores the following:

⭕ What are barriers to e-cargo bike adoption?
⭕ How different are the barriers we imagine from those we actually experience?
⭕ What can be the role of trial programs in overcoming these?

Please do read and share here: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202508.0437/v1

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23/06/2025

Written by Dr. Noel Cass On 25th February 2025, the government announced further financial support for EVs – but only if they’re fully motorised. £12...

11/06/2025

🚴‍♂️ It’s ! 🚴‍♀️

This , the ELEVATE project be sharing some of the fascinating research from ELEVATE on e-cargo bikes

First up, a piece from our blog: 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 7 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞-𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬

Check out the blog below, and please feel free to share it!

Blog written by Dr. Ian Philips The ELEVATE research project is a partnership between Brighton, Leeds and Oxford Universities. Our researchers are tr...

07/04/2025

Very exciting to see one of our Elevate Leeds project participants featured in Cycling UK magazine!

Via ELEVATE's research trial, Naakesha and her family had the chance to try out one of our e-cargo bikes. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐞-𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞!

Her story just shows that giving people a go and supporting them with using e-cargo bikes can have an incredible impact on individuals, families, and communities.

Read more on our blog here: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025/04/07/elevate-trial-articipant-featured-in-cycling-uk-magazine/

OR
Check out the Cycling UK article here: https://www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-magazine/family-cargo-bike

We're excited to share that one of our Leeds ELEVATE Trial participants, Naakesha Michl, was featured in the latest issue of Cycling UK Magazine! ...

11/03/2025

29/01/2025

❗️❗️ New Blog Alert ❗️❗️

ELEVATE’s most recent blog focuses on how the project supervised an Institute for Transport Studies Masters Student, Yi-Chen Huang , to experimentally test the physical activity levels of E-cargo bikes compared to bicycles.

The data collection with Yi Chen last summer has allowed ELEVATE to further test and refine the research, to explore physical activity levels with various terrains, gender, and more!

We will collect more data in the Spring, if you’re a cyclist in Leeds, feel free to show your interest through the blog.

Read the blog here: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025/01/29/does-a-ride-with-an-e-cargobike-count-as-a-physical-activity/

And see more ELEVATE research outputs here: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/research-outputs/

19/11/2024

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24/10/2024

Is it possible to enjoy a mountain biking weekend away WITHOUT a van or car? Researcher Ian Philips shows us that, IT IS!

Ian rode an with his luggage & for an 80km roundtrip, & succesfully cut out his car use for the trip. Ian emphasises that he does not expect everyone to do this, but hopes it's a way to think about how we could do some things, differently.

Check out his adventure in the most recent ELEVATE blog, below!

https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2024/10/24/can-i-go-mountain-biking-for-the-weekend-without-a-van/

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Leeds Cycling Campaign

03/10/2024

Physical inactivity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Climate change is now regarded as the biggest threat to global public health. Electric micromobility (e-micromobility, including e-bikes e-cargo bikes and e-scooters) has the potential to simultaneously increase people&rsquo...

02/09/2024

The ELEVATE project isn’t just focused on , we’re interested in all forms of electric-micromobility, including E-bikes. That’s why we’re excited to help amplify Cycling UK’s participation in the Electric Bike Alliance E-Bike Positive Campaign.

The Campaign promotes the benefits of while raising awareness of and e-bike use.
It also aims to educate consumers on making safe e-bike purchases, avoid unsafe third party components, and advocates for stronger regulations to protect e-bike users.

We love to see this kind of work and share it.. For more information, check out the E-Bike Positive Campaign links, below

https://ebikepositive.co.uk/

E-cycling can change lives, save money, cut carbon, and boost health. Recent studies have highlighted that 1 in 4 UK adults have considered purchasing an electric bike ⚡🚲

Cycling UK is supporting the e-bike positive campaign, reassuring the UK public that e-bikes and batteries from reputable manufacturers are safe and provide many benefits.

To find an e-bike positive retailer or mechanic, and for more information on the e-bike positive campaign visit https://ebikepositive.co.uk/