Commons Cargobikes is a network of more than 150 grassroots initiatives in Europe that share cargo bikes with their local community on a donation basis. First implemented 2013 by the non-profit organization "wielebenwir" in Cologne, Germany, the movement has quickly spread, with currently almost 500 cargo bikes offered by initiatives in Austria, Germany, Hungary, the UK, and Sweden. The sharing concept has won multiple prizes ("German bike award," "German mobility award.") 

Cargo bikes are the environment-friendly alternative to cars, and increased usage could fundamentally improve cities: Less pollution, less noise, less space wasted for parking.  

Our goal is to make this sustainable method of transportation available to everybody. We involve local institutions (community centers, cafés, shops) as rental stations to facilitate community cooperation. We provide the bikes based on voluntary donations to enable low-threshold access. We believe in sharing resources with the community, and that we can work together to improve our cities. We rely on a variety of digital tools. We gather knowledge about the creation and running of successful projects in a WIKI-based online manual, which also serves as a directory of all Commons Cargobikes initiatives and our community home. We built our own custom booking software to facilitate the needs of the initiatives. CommonsBooking is a web-based software for the management and (donation-based) booking of cargo bikes and other Common Goods. It is Open-Source and, like the cargo bikes, free to use. We are building a tool that enables groups to easily share goods for free, because we believe in sharing instead of owning, in cooperation, and in the power of grassroots movements.