Cork city 'pedals' a new delivery method

Cork City Council is going to procure a fleet of cargo bikes that will be made available to borrow through a cargo bike library, in a bid to encourage active travel, especially in the retail and business sector

The cargo bike trial is one of 20 projects nationwide to secure funding. Dympna Murphy, Senior Executive Officer, Sports & Sustainability Section at Cork City Council and Frank Fitzgerald, Sustainable Travel Awareness Officer, Cork City Council, at the launch of Cork City's Cargo Bike Fleet. Photo: Michael O'Sullivan /OSM PHOTO

The Lord Mayor of Cork has urged retailers, especially those that deliver, to get involved in a city-wide cargo bike trial that should be up and rolling by the end of the year.

The city council is now moving ahead with the procurement of a fleet of cargo bikes that will be made available to borrow through a cargo bike library, in a bid to encourage active travel, especially in the retail and business sector but also in the wider private sector and public sector.