UPS Delivery By Bike in Salem Oregon
12-23-08, 04:43 PM
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UPS Delivery By Bike in Salem Oregon
I posted this to my blog, and it's been picked up by a few blogs as well, but thought I'd share here my video of a local UPS delivery being done on bike!
Edit: guess I can't embed....here's the link to the video:
https://vimeo.com/2597307
Thanks!
Paul
Edit: guess I can't embed....here's the link to the video:
https://vimeo.com/2597307
Thanks!
Paul
12-25-08, 03:47 PM
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OK, sorry but I'll be the grinch here.
This is a cheap publicity stunt by UPS, it makes no economic or practical sense at all. Look at how many parcels can be carried at a time, if they only used bikes for two days the system would totally explode. It's a joke, and a bad one.
This is a cheap publicity stunt by UPS, it makes no economic or practical sense at all. Look at how many parcels can be carried at a time, if they only used bikes for two days the system would totally explode. It's a joke, and a bad one.
12-30-08, 12:59 PM
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The bike delivery can't completely replace trucks, but there should be a niche for it. For example, in congested downtown streets where the trucks tend to block traffic. If they would invest in something like this:
it would be even better.
it would be even better.
