I see loads of those around my neighborhood, usually ferrying kids.
At the same time, I don't need to go 5 miles for groceries, so you might be picturing using a cargo bike in sparse suburbs. If your built environment is car centric then almost definitionally using any other mode of locomotion is going to be subpar.
We’ve moved the goalposts from “Food, beer, and cat litter would be too heavy for a bike.”
Also, my grocery stores are 0.7, 1.1, and 1.6 miles away, not that it matters. 5 miles is just not very much time at 20-28 mph. I think theft and weather/comfort are bigger obstacles to most people than distance.
How many of those have you seen in the US?
None, because noone wants to bike 5 miles for 3 bags of groceries.
Maybe a dozen or so? But if you only have 3 bags of groceries you can just use a regular bike + basket.
I see loads of those around my neighborhood, usually ferrying kids.
At the same time, I don't need to go 5 miles for groceries, so you might be picturing using a cargo bike in sparse suburbs. If your built environment is car centric then almost definitionally using any other mode of locomotion is going to be subpar.
We’ve moved the goalposts from “Food, beer, and cat litter would be too heavy for a bike.”
Also, my grocery stores are 0.7, 1.1, and 1.6 miles away, not that it matters. 5 miles is just not very much time at 20-28 mph. I think theft and weather/comfort are bigger obstacles to most people than distance.
IMO you don't see them in the US because they look, frankly, dorky to an American aesthetic.