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Hard to fit Amazon packages on a tricycle, Mate.

• Spivak 4y ago
  Yeah, I don't know what it's like for your postfellows but that the back of that truck is full up every day.
  • viraptor 4y ago
    Isn't that what we want - vehicles that go out full most days? (As long as the number of vehicles or trips cover the average daily flow)
    • pests 4y ago
      Why does a full truck or a half empty truck matter? The truck is still going out each day regardless.
      • viraptor 4y ago
        Weight and size correlate with fuel/energy usage. There's also availability of access/parking space and time to access the packages. If you don't deliver more than a bag each day, a car is not needed. If you don't deliver large things, a van is not needed. Etc. So if you already have a van, it didn't matter if it's half loaded or full. But if you're getting new vehicles, 1 bike doing 3 trips may be way cheaper over time than 1 van.
        • dbg31415 4y ago
          Fair points. What I would love to see is a ban on advertising in the mail. It all just ends in the bin. Such a waste to see those poor postal people sorting trash flyers for each house. Has to be soul crushing for them. And all I do is skim it and chuck it and get annoyed I had to sift through to find real mail… Some sort of “opt in” code… that companies who sent bills and places I signed up to could use. But that would block unsolicited communications…
          • dbg31415 4y ago
            Oof, I had no idea... the USPS is actually behind all those trash ad campaigns. They even sell you mailing lists for your target audience. Cringe. https://www.uspsdelivers.com/direct-mail-cost-calculator/ https://www.uspsdelivers.com/direct-mail-cost-calculator/
  • oblio 4y ago
    They could get vans and trikes at the same time.
• prawn 4y ago
  The trikes deliver letters and small packages (padded envelopes, etc). The larger packages are delivered separately by a van.