{"id":62944,"date":"2018-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2018\/04\/30\/metrofiets-cargo-bikes\/"},"modified":"2018-04-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T00:00:00","slug":"metrofiets-cargo-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/metrofiets-cargo-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Working for Good: Metrofiets Cargo Bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The web should be open to everyone, a place for unbridled innovation, education, and creative expression. That\u2019s why Firefox <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/22\/mozilla-v-fcc-mozilla-re-files-suit-fcc-protect-net-neutrality\/\">fights for Net Neutrality<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/28\/the-glass-room-looking-into-your-online-life\/\">promotes online privacy rights<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/03\/mozilla-awards-half-million-open-source-projects\/\">supports open-source tech<\/a> around the globe. We strive to make the online community a better place. We also know people everywhere work tirelessly to improve their own communities. In this series, we\u2019re profiling businesses that work to make the world better\u2014and use Firefox to support a healthy, open, and safe internet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xqSD3EArFss\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Metrofiets Cargo Bikes<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Cars have granted us with unprecedented personal freedom and mobility, but they\u2019re inefficient, dangerous, noisy, and expensive. They clog city streets, gridlock highways, and pack parking lots. In the city, it\u2019s better to go without a car. Moving lots of stuff without one, though, is tough. Unless you have a cargo bike.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ross first rode a cargo bike in the early 2000s and was hooked. By 2007, he had founded Metrofiets Cargo Bikes in Portland, OR. Today the company builds custom cargo bikes for customers around the world. \u201cYou can carry up to 400 pounds, and you don\u2019t have to sit in traffic, you don\u2019t have to search for a parking spot,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can really do almost anything you can do with a car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-848\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/04\/metrofiets-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2876\" height=\"1618\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ross based the design for his bikes on the Dutch Bakfiets bike. Both put the cargo load low and in front of the rider, where it\u2019s easier to control. The Metrofiets has a unique steering system and a larger front wheel for better ride and control. The steel frames are handmade in Portland and the bikes are built to customer specifications. Most have a single pickup truck-like plywood bed, but can be fitted with flatbeds, seats, child carriers, or pretty much anything else you can think of. Metrofiets bikes have been turned into delivery vehicles, mobile coffee shops, bars, and even <a href=\"http:\/\/pedaltalkshow.com\/\">a variety show host\u2019s desk<\/a>. The bikes can be purely pedal powered, or electrically assisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly believe that getting more cars off the road makes for a better community,\u201d says Ross. \u201cThere\u2019s less traffic\u2014obviously\u2014and less noise and pollution. You\u2019re also just more connected to your neighborhood. There isn\u2019t this metal-and-glass cage around you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erin DeLaney has owned a Metrofiets for six years. The mother of two uses it to take her children to school, go grocery shopping, and run her freelance photography business. \u201cIt can carry everything I need and go anywhere I need to go,\u201d she says. \u201cI also feel like we\u2019re more part of the community, being out in the open where we can interact with the people around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-846\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/04\/metrofiets-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1802\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe cargo bikes can\u2019t save the world, but they definitely can make it a better place,\u201d Ross says. \u201cAnd I feel that way about Firefox, too. It\u2019s an open platform, your data isn\u2019t being trolled, and there so many cool things you can do with it to make it work for you rather than you working for it. That\u2019s why we use Firefox.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The web should be open to everyone, a place for unbridled innovation, education, and creative expression. That\u2019s why Firefox fights for Net Neutrality, promotes online privacy rights, and supports open-source tech around the globe. We strive to make the online community a better place. 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