Originally Posted by
Mobile 155
Looking at the article I posted they already use this method in England. So we can easily do the math. The article said they get to the warehouse at about 8;30 in the morning and they get back as late as 8:30 in the evening. They get 12 pounds an hour for 150 to 250 parcels expected to be delivered in that time frame. now do the math. 12 pounds and hour is 15.72 and hour for the one driver and van. Reduce the number of packages and increase the number of delivery people and the hourly rate drops like a stone.
Look at the article and see how you would work it out. It doesn't matter what I think until you do the math.
Ok, so let's say they are paid 12 hours at $15, which amounts to $180. Now for simplicity's sake, let's say they deliver 180 packages, which translates to $1 per package. Now let's say you want to make $100 in a day as a cyclist. Depending on the size of the packages, you could fit 10 to 30 in a bike trailer at a time. So in approximately five two-hour shifts, you could make $100. That wouldn't be a bad way to keep warm and healthy in the winter, though it would be tiring. I think it would really depend on the geography of the delivery area(s).
Of course, with driverless delivery drones coming, I'm not sure what the relevance of couriers will be, whether in vans, on bikes, on foot, or any by any other mode.