Why Amazon is apparently closing up shop for its electric cargo bike delivery hub
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Why Amazon is apparently closing up shop for its electric cargo bike delivery hub
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It gets better...
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Given all the controversy over whether all e-bikes are bicycles, I would offer that this vehicle is not a bicycle, nor an e-bike.
If this can be called an 'e-bike' the term has been corrupted, Biggly. Only in America.
If this can be called an 'e-bike' the term has been corrupted, Biggly. Only in America.
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What's next? = flying e-bikes are almost a reality. With 3 wheels maybe an e-trike.
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That ups ebike would be great for motorpacing.
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Maybe things will change once congestion pricing starts in NYC.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy34...estion-pricing
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy34...estion-pricing
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A Delivery Derny?
Honestly I'm worried about vehicles like that UPS on bike lanes. Certainly not all riders, old or young, can match its speed of 15 or 20 mph, whichever one is true. In Ann Arbor we do have cyclists using designated share bike lanes with sharrows, but they are also used by trash pickup services, home repair services, law enforcement and city services, runners (often salmoning!), walkers 2 or even 3 across, and others who do not want to strain their delicate angles negotiating the sometimes pitted or uneven sidewalk surfaces. We also had an experimental delivery robot AV for a while, always trailed closely by a responsible monitor on a MTB or an e-scooter - "last mile" but not the "last 15 yards." What is worse about the UBS van is its opaque height and width. Plus where will it stop to carry the package the last 15 yards to the destination doorway?
Now on some of our roads an additional bollard-separated lane could be created for utility micro-service vehicles like that, but I'm not sure there will be room for 2 directions. At some point automobile (4-wheeler) drivers, who still have a right to use the roads, are going to complain bigly about narrowing lanes and reducing speed limits.
Honestly I'm worried about vehicles like that UPS on bike lanes. Certainly not all riders, old or young, can match its speed of 15 or 20 mph, whichever one is true. In Ann Arbor we do have cyclists using designated share bike lanes with sharrows, but they are also used by trash pickup services, home repair services, law enforcement and city services, runners (often salmoning!), walkers 2 or even 3 across, and others who do not want to strain their delicate angles negotiating the sometimes pitted or uneven sidewalk surfaces. We also had an experimental delivery robot AV for a while, always trailed closely by a responsible monitor on a MTB or an e-scooter - "last mile" but not the "last 15 yards." What is worse about the UBS van is its opaque height and width. Plus where will it stop to carry the package the last 15 yards to the destination doorway?
Now on some of our roads an additional bollard-separated lane could be created for utility micro-service vehicles like that, but I'm not sure there will be room for 2 directions. At some point automobile (4-wheeler) drivers, who still have a right to use the roads, are going to complain bigly about narrowing lanes and reducing speed limits.
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