Originally Posted by
brianinc-ville
I'm pretty skeptical that you'd be able to make a Bullitt pay for itself. They ain't cheap. Finding enough customers would be tough, and the only people who would actively want services delivered by bike are probably up in Wicker Park...way too far to commute on a Bullitt.
Our local bike co-op runs the local bike delivery service. Probably not a get rich scheme, but I believe it is reasonably self supporting including wages. They have a niche of rapid document and small parcel delivery, and I think also doing something with an urban garden.
Portland had a business of reusable food boxes which I think they were picking up and dropping off with cargo bikes.
https://goboxpdx.com/
https://foodprint.org/blog/reusable-...ake-out-trash/
I met a guy in the Tacoma/Sellwood area in southern Portland that had built a trailer and modular crates for the food box recycling.
It would be a point that cargo bikes, and e-cargo bikes come in all sizes and shapes. So one should choose one that meets one's needs.
A number of the expenses such as gas, insurance, and even vehicles would be a lot lower than a car based business.