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"Premium Rush" [1]? I didn't knew bike couriers existed before I saw this movie on TV. Is this common in NY, or is Uber introducing the idea? Is it common else

• tokenadult 13y ago
  I didn't knew bike couriers existed before I saw this movie on TV. Is this common in NY, or is Uber introducing the idea? Bicycle couriers have been in New York City and other large cities in the United States (including mine, Minneapolis) for a long time. They are especially suited for traveling from one building in a dense "downtown" area to another. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_messenger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_messenger http://www.blazingsaddles.net/ http://www.blazingsaddles.net/
  • aestra 13y ago
    (In New York at least) they also deliver food.
• overworkedasian 13y ago
  oh yeah, bike courriers have been around in NYC for over a decade. Same goes for every major metropolis in the USA.
  • nicwolff 13y ago
    "over a decade", heh - I was one 30 years ago.
• rafeed 13y ago
  Bike messenger services are commonplace in the NYC area. Uber is using their logistics prowess to make it more efficient and probably cheaper.
• aaronbrethorst 13y ago
  Bike couriers date back to the 1860s in general and New York in particular to at least the 1890s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_messenger#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_messenger#History
• hadoukenio 13y ago
  There is a big bike courier scene in Melbourne (Australia) with full hipster beards and fixies.
• billzhuang 13y ago
  when i saw this news, i also remember the same movie.
• rhizome 13y ago
  That movie's precursor: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091814/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091814/