Ian Philips
@drianphilips.bsky.social
Associate Professor Institute for Transport Studies Univ. of Leeds e-bikes, transport decarbonisation, transport geography
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My article on e-cargo biking as a social practice is now available open access online - it summarises the particular version of social practice theory I have developed over the years for understanding mobility, illustrated with 'ecb-ing' as a vaild alternative to driving, especially for families.
How do electric cargo bikes fit with real life? A social practice analysis in the United Kingdom
Cycling an e-cargo bike offers key advantages of both car and bike use, and its potential to substitute many car trips offers energy demand reduction …
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November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My article on e-cargo biking as a social practice is now available open access online - it summarises the particular version of social practice theory I have developed over the years for understanding mobility, illustrated with 'ecb-ing' as a vaild alternative to driving, especially for families.
New paper published from the ELEVATE project led by Noel Cass. doi.org/10.1016/j.er... . How do electric cargo bikes fit with real life? A social practice analysis in the United Kingdom @micromobility-its.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New paper published from the ELEVATE project led by Noel Cass. doi.org/10.1016/j.er... . How do electric cargo bikes fit with real life? A social practice analysis in the United Kingdom @micromobility-its.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
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E-bikes don’t have this problem.
Real-world data from 800k cars on the road - rather than data from distorting lab tests - show plug-in hybrids, with a large battery as well as a combustion engine, are 4.9x worse than official data say, making them essentially as bad as ordinary petrol cars
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds
Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
E-bikes don’t have this problem.
NEW PAPER ALERT! E-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK: Insights from surveys and suburban trials, . This presents some of the results from our ELEVATE project doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... #SustainableTransport #ActiveTravel #Micromobility #ECargoBikes @micromobility-its.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
NEW PAPER ALERT! E-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK: Insights from surveys and suburban trials, . This presents some of the results from our ELEVATE project doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... #SustainableTransport #ActiveTravel #Micromobility #ECargoBikes @micromobility-its.bsky.social
Over the Summer we were visited by the team from hashtag #GlobalCyclingNetwork to speak about our Elevate project e-cargo bike findings. The resulting video is available now and covers some of the things that we found and speaks to some of our participants.
The Global Cycling Network's recent video featured our ELEVATE participants and research!
Hear from @sirichardson.bsky.social @drianphilips.bsky.social @nofixedclass.bsky.social and our #Leeds participants, below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0K...
#SustainableTransport #EMicromobility
Hear from @sirichardson.bsky.social @drianphilips.bsky.social @nofixedclass.bsky.social and our #Leeds participants, below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0K...
#SustainableTransport #EMicromobility
What Happens When Real People Try e-Cargo Bikes?
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
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September 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Over the Summer we were visited by the team from hashtag #GlobalCyclingNetwork to speak about our Elevate project e-cargo bike findings. The resulting video is available now and covers some of the things that we found and speaks to some of our participants.
E-(Cargo) Bikes: Finance and Access Workshop summary is live. Another great piece of work from our ELEVATE @micromobility-its.bsky.social team led by Sally Cairns Noel Cass Theresa Nelson. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/file...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
E-(Cargo) Bikes: Finance and Access Workshop summary is live. Another great piece of work from our ELEVATE @micromobility-its.bsky.social team led by Sally Cairns Noel Cass Theresa Nelson. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/file...
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I wrote this pre our national workshops on Financial Access to E-(cargo) bikes, thinking about Total Cost of Ownership vs cars, the second car as a particular target for replacement with such bikes, and the potential appeal of the leasing model of ownership (which is so addictive for car ownership).
E-cargo bike access: Total Cost of Ownership, the appeal to second car owners, and leasing | The ELEVATE Project
Blog written by Dr. Noel Cass E-cargo bike access: Total Cost of Ownership, the appeal to second car owners, and leasing ...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I wrote this pre our national workshops on Financial Access to E-(cargo) bikes, thinking about Total Cost of Ownership vs cars, the second car as a particular target for replacement with such bikes, and the potential appeal of the leasing model of ownership (which is so addictive for car ownership).
I am presenting work from the ELEVATE project in Dublin today. I'll be talking about where household e-cargo bikes go - the types of roads they use , trip distances and so on
❗ELEVATE at #UTSG2025❗
Some of the ELEVATE team are off to Dublin by 🚆& ⛴️ .. [NO ✈️] to share our research on #ecargobikes
Catch @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Séjournet if you're there tinyurl.com/25mty268
Not at UTSG DW, we'll upload slides here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/
Some of the ELEVATE team are off to Dublin by 🚆& ⛴️ .. [NO ✈️] to share our research on #ecargobikes
Catch @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Séjournet if you're there tinyurl.com/25mty268
Not at UTSG DW, we'll upload slides here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I am presenting work from the ELEVATE project in Dublin today. I'll be talking about where household e-cargo bikes go - the types of roads they use , trip distances and so on
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Excited for #UTSG2025 🥳
Sharing @infuzeleeds.bsky.social & TRANSAS research this week & proud to see these featured too:
◼️ELEVATE @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Sejournet
◼️CARS @drmalcolmmorgan.bsky.social
◼️UKERC-CAV @nofixedclass.bsky.social
◼️TRANSAS @llinosbrown.bsky.social
Sharing @infuzeleeds.bsky.social & TRANSAS research this week & proud to see these featured too:
◼️ELEVATE @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Sejournet
◼️CARS @drmalcolmmorgan.bsky.social
◼️UKERC-CAV @nofixedclass.bsky.social
◼️TRANSAS @llinosbrown.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Excited for #UTSG2025 🥳
Sharing @infuzeleeds.bsky.social & TRANSAS research this week & proud to see these featured too:
◼️ELEVATE @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Sejournet
◼️CARS @drmalcolmmorgan.bsky.social
◼️UKERC-CAV @nofixedclass.bsky.social
◼️TRANSAS @llinosbrown.bsky.social
Sharing @infuzeleeds.bsky.social & TRANSAS research this week & proud to see these featured too:
◼️ELEVATE @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Sejournet
◼️CARS @drmalcolmmorgan.bsky.social
◼️UKERC-CAV @nofixedclass.bsky.social
◼️TRANSAS @llinosbrown.bsky.social
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Proud to say that ELEVATE was part of this event! We had attendees #testride #ecargo bikes from our research trials. Check out the video below and don't forget to look at the riding videos on our webpage 🚲😎
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
@drianphilips.bsky.social
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
@drianphilips.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Proud to say that ELEVATE was part of this event! We had attendees #testride #ecargo bikes from our research trials. Check out the video below and don't forget to look at the riding videos on our webpage 🚲😎
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
@drianphilips.bsky.social
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...
@drianphilips.bsky.social
PREPRINT ALERT : www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... E-Cargo Bikes as a Personal Transport Mode in the UK: Insights from National Surveys and Suburban Trials. We present wide ranging insights from our study of domestic use of e-cargo bikes in the UK. @micromobility-its.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
PREPRINT ALERT : www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... E-Cargo Bikes as a Personal Transport Mode in the UK: Insights from National Surveys and Suburban Trials. We present wide ranging insights from our study of domestic use of e-cargo bikes in the UK. @micromobility-its.bsky.social
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‼️JOB ALERT: Closes 17th March 2025 ‼️
Quantitative Transport Data Analyst needed for the HELMET (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) project based at the Institute for Transport Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social
👇👇👇
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#ITSLeeds @drianphilips.bsky.social
Quantitative Transport Data Analyst needed for the HELMET (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) project based at the Institute for Transport Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social
👇👇👇
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#ITSLeeds @drianphilips.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
‼️JOB ALERT: Closes 17th March 2025 ‼️
Quantitative Transport Data Analyst needed for the HELMET (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) project based at the Institute for Transport Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social
👇👇👇
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#ITSLeeds @drianphilips.bsky.social
Quantitative Transport Data Analyst needed for the HELMET (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) project based at the Institute for Transport Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social
👇👇👇
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#ITSLeeds @drianphilips.bsky.social
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Cyclists cannot win. For every "I want you to ring your bell at me" there is an equal and opposite "How dare you ring your bell at me"
My petty gripe: I just want one ding from speeding cyclists. How hard can it be?
My petty gripe: I just want one ding from speeding cyclists. How hard can it be?
It’s called a shared path for a reason, but a peaceful walkway can turn into something more like a racetrack
My family recently moved house (still unpacking those last non-priority boxes) to a spot near a shared pedestrian/cyclist pathway and a few…
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January 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Cyclists cannot win. For every "I want you to ring your bell at me" there is an equal and opposite "How dare you ring your bell at me"
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The cycle industry organisation said the programme conflated e-bikes with “illegal e-motorbikes”, lacked balance, and “failed to properly inform the public”
The BA also urged the BBC to “provide proper balance when addressing contentious transport issues” in future
road.cc/312013 #cycling
The BA also urged the BBC to “provide proper balance when addressing contentious transport issues” in future
road.cc/312013 #cycling
Bicycle Association formally complains to BBC over Adrian Chiles’ e-bike Panorama “misrepresentation”, claiming episode “unjustifiably damaged” legal e-bike industry
The cycle industry organisation said the programme conflated e-bikes with “illegal e-motorbikes”, lacked balance, and “failed to properly inform the public”
road.cc
January 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The cycle industry organisation said the programme conflated e-bikes with “illegal e-motorbikes”, lacked balance, and “failed to properly inform the public”
The BA also urged the BBC to “provide proper balance when addressing contentious transport issues” in future
road.cc/312013 #cycling
The BA also urged the BBC to “provide proper balance when addressing contentious transport issues” in future
road.cc/312013 #cycling
More great stuff from Malcolm on carbon.place.
December 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
More great stuff from Malcolm on carbon.place.
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Happening now, in Copenhagen. Should be happening in lots of cities, on both sides of the Atlantic.
www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
December 20, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Happening now, in Copenhagen. Should be happening in lots of cities, on both sides of the Atlantic.
www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
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Getting into the #ChristmasSpirit thanks to this cool and Christmassy #ecargobike I spotted this morning! #sheffield #sheffieldissuper #electriccargobike
November 27, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Getting into the #ChristmasSpirit thanks to this cool and Christmassy #ecargobike I spotted this morning! #sheffield #sheffieldissuper #electriccargobike
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MAJOR NEW STUDY: Followed 82,000 subjects in #Scotland, up to age 74, found that cyclists + pedestrians had significantly reduced risks of:
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.
Published in @bmj.com
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.
Published in @bmj.com
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
December 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
MAJOR NEW STUDY: Followed 82,000 subjects in #Scotland, up to age 74, found that cyclists + pedestrians had significantly reduced risks of:
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.
Published in @bmj.com
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.
Published in @bmj.com
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
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Couple of days after I posted this the DfT released the latest transport stats. www.gov.uk/government/s... Think congestion is bad now? DfT models it's going to worsen.
December 20, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Couple of days after I posted this the DfT released the latest transport stats. www.gov.uk/government/s... Think congestion is bad now? DfT models it's going to worsen.
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How did I miss this study when it came out a few months ago? Google Scholar normally emails me about anything that even mentioned cycling. Anyway - WOW, look at the effect sizes for the benefits of active travel
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/... full study here, abstract is good explanation
Health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study
Background Despite active travel investment increasing, evidence of benefit is often limited to selected health outcomes and a short follow-up period, and cyclists and pedestrians are often analysed t...
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:01 AM
How did I miss this study when it came out a few months ago? Google Scholar normally emails me about anything that even mentioned cycling. Anyway - WOW, look at the effect sizes for the benefits of active travel
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Well this looks fascinating and an important contribution to transport & climate policy thinking.
NEF taking on the huge question of how to define & meet human needs for travel within planetary boundaries.
Here’s their discussion starter on sufficient & excessive transport consumption.
NEF taking on the huge question of how to define & meet human needs for travel within planetary boundaries.
Here’s their discussion starter on sufficient & excessive transport consumption.
December 18, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Well this looks fascinating and an important contribution to transport & climate policy thinking.
NEF taking on the huge question of how to define & meet human needs for travel within planetary boundaries.
Here’s their discussion starter on sufficient & excessive transport consumption.
NEF taking on the huge question of how to define & meet human needs for travel within planetary boundaries.
Here’s their discussion starter on sufficient & excessive transport consumption.
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A very accessible and informative summary of the transport decarbonisation challenge from @jilliananable.bsky.social - rocking it as usual. Coffee time essential read
Latest paper from our upcoming Progressive Review issue.
An essential read by @jilliananable.bsky.social on our failing approach to transport decarbonisation, the scale of the challenge we face in the second half of the decade and where to focus efforts to achieve the UK's 2030 climate target👇
An essential read by @jilliananable.bsky.social on our failing approach to transport decarbonisation, the scale of the challenge we face in the second half of the decade and where to focus efforts to achieve the UK's 2030 climate target👇
Decarbonisation pathways for UK transport
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:56 AM
A very accessible and informative summary of the transport decarbonisation challenge from @jilliananable.bsky.social - rocking it as usual. Coffee time essential read
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Dr Malcolm Morgan joined BBC Radio 4 to talk about his research into the feasibility of switching planes for trains to decarbonise holidays.
Listen from 31:59:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen from 31:59:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You and Yours - Dangerous Sweets; Grinch Bots; Shop Christmas Windows - BBC Sounds
The American imported snacks containing banned ingredients in UK shops
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Dr Malcolm Morgan joined BBC Radio 4 to talk about his research into the feasibility of switching planes for trains to decarbonise holidays.
Listen from 31:59:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen from 31:59:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This is our latest paper from the ELEVATE project. Hopefully several more papers forthcoming over the next few months.
December 20, 2024 at 8:55 AM
This is our latest paper from the ELEVATE project. Hopefully several more papers forthcoming over the next few months.
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December 20, 2024 at 8:43 AM
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