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Ask a bike delivery person....
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RE: Ask a bike delivery person....
(December 22, 2017 at 2:35 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:
(December 22, 2017 at 2:28 pm)shadow Wrote: Compared to car delivery, does bike delivery save money (because of fuel and vehicle costs being eliminated) or cost more (because it takes longer) for a company?

Also, can you bike  some lunch up to Vancouver for me please? Tongue

I have no idea. I think uber has a formula for whether or not to give a job to a bike or car based on a number of factors,  distance, parking, traffic. From what i was reading online, bike deliverers make more money on average. Since you are paid per delivery,  not hourly. I have a Toyota dolphin, it's a small RV, and no amount of money would be enough to make me drive it around Portland.

Oh, that sounds like it's a good deal for the company then or they wouldn't hire you (makes sense because cars aren't very efficient in dense urban areas compared to bikes). I love it when I see more sustainable business practices actually out-competing unsustainable ones.


Quote:Vancouver Washington or Canada?

Canada.
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Messages In This Thread
Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - December 22, 2017 at 2:10 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 22, 2017 at 2:17 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - December 22, 2017 at 2:26 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by shadow - December 22, 2017 at 2:28 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - December 22, 2017 at 2:35 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by shadow - December 22, 2017 at 3:11 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by vorlon13 - December 22, 2017 at 3:00 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - December 22, 2017 at 3:20 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - December 22, 2017 at 4:43 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by Silver - December 22, 2017 at 4:48 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by Brian37 - December 22, 2017 at 4:50 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - December 22, 2017 at 5:00 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by Brian37 - December 22, 2017 at 5:23 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - December 22, 2017 at 5:27 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - December 22, 2017 at 6:27 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - January 5, 2018 at 2:31 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by The Grand Nudger - January 5, 2018 at 3:05 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - January 5, 2018 at 8:42 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by Nay_Sayer - January 5, 2018 at 8:46 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - January 5, 2018 at 8:50 pm
RE: Ask a bike delivery person.... - by CapnAwesome - January 7, 2018 at 11:28 am

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