Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
Over the past few years, I've seen UPS put portable storage containers on streets in suburbs/small cities and then have a delivery truck load them up for holiday workers on bikes with trailers to come get the packages and do the final few miles. It makes more sense than having one employee sit behind the wheel while another runs from truck to porch making the deliveries.
Brilliant.
I haven't seen two workers in a truck, but your point is valid either way.
NYC has always been a city that relies heavily on bicycle deliveries. I wonder why UPS and the other shipping companies don't use bicycles! And how about the USPS!