There's a new bike share in town! The Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library offers free one-week checkouts of various types of cargo bikes. One month after launching, we sat down with its founder to find out how it's going!

Links

Note: if you are listening within two weeks of our publish date, the Cargo Bike Library has a specific donation ask. Two of the library bikes were stolen from a locked garage, and they are raising funds to cover the insurance deductible. Here is the donation page for that specific fundraiser. Below you will find their long-term links.

• Cargo Bike Library website
  • Waiver
  • Donate
  • Merchandise
• E-bike Commuter Assistance Program

Attributions

Our theme song is Tanz den Dobberstein, and our interstitial song is Puck’s Blues. Both tracks used by permission of their creator, Erik Brandt. Find out more about his band, The Urban Hillbilly Quartet, on their website.

Many thanks to our guests Laura Mitchell and Erik Noonan! This episode was produced and edited by Stina Neel, and was engineered and transcribed by Ian R Buck. We’re always looking to feature new voices on the show, so if you have ideas for future episodes, drop us a line at [email protected].

Transcript

Find the full transcript on our website.