#USPS changes to #mail delivery are underway: What we know about faster and slower #deliveries
USA TODAY · USPS changes to mail delivery are underway: What we know about faster and slower deliveries
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"It's time to replace urban delivery vans" [6:19 min]
by Vox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R63DdEe_8aM
Quote by V:
"Sep 20, 2023
E-bikes are cleaner, and safer. So why aren’t we using them?
Remember during lockdown, how we all got obsessed with ordering everything online and having it delivered right to our doorsteps? Yeah, turns out that isn’t going away anytime soon, and we’re starting to understand the many downsides. The delivery vans that make our next-day shipping dreams come true are driving up C02 emissions while making our streets more crowded and less safe.
Fortunately, there’s a hero waiting in the wings: the e-cargo bike. Not only can these bad boys deliver packages in urban environments just as quickly (and sometimes faster) than delivery vans, they take up far less space and are much less likely to cause pedestrian deaths. Companies like Amazon, DHL, and UPS are using them in several European cities, but American cities haven’t followed suit.
In this video, we explore why that is, and lay out some of the big steps American cities would need to take to join the e-bike delivery revolution."
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District of Columbia Sues #Amazon Over Slow #Deliveries to Low-Income Areas
The District of Columbia’s attorney general said the company deliberately outsourced Prime member deliveries in certain ZIP codes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/technology/amazon-suit-delivery-dc.html
The New York Times · Amazon Sued Over Slow Deliveries to Low-Income Areas
Ukraine Daily Summary - Friday, November 15 2024
Russian soldiers murdered civilian in Donetsk Oblast village -- Russia threatens to expel UN monitors from Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant -- We asked experts to review Russia's Su-57 fighter jet performance -- Aid to Ukraine is now a 2-way street for US drone warfare -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Friday,%20November%2015%202024/
writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Friday, November 15 2024Russian soldiers murdered civilian in Donetsk Oblast village -- Russia threatens to expel UN monitors from Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant -- We asked experts to review Russia's Su-57 fighter jet performance -- Aid to Ukraine is now a 2-way street for US drone warfare -- and more
Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, August 22 2024
Morning in Sudzha: Inside Ukrainian-occupied Russia as Kursk operation continues -- Kremlin trying to convince public that Ukrainian troops on Russian soil is 'new normal -- US investigates American commentators with ties to Russian state TV -- Georgia's ruling party to seek constitutional ban of chief opposition party -- Ukraine air defense pledges from some NATO countries not being fulfilled, Bloomberg reports -- and more
https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Thursday,%20August%2022%202024/
writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Thursday, August 22 2024Morning in Sudzha: Inside Ukrainian-occupied Russia as Kursk operation continues -- Kremlin trying to convince public that Ukrainian troops on Russian soil is 'new normal -- US investigates American commentators with ties to Russian state TV -- Georgia's ruling party to seek constitutional ban of chief opposition party -- Ukraine air defense pledges from some NATO countries not being fulfilled, Bloomberg reports -- and more
Oh, look. Latitia James is doing the right thing. Most excellent. Glad she sided w the statute & told the governor to lawyer up (apparently w the firm where I work!)
#congestion #pricing #Hochul #NYC #lawsuit #uphold #statue #car #dealership #campaign #donations #follow the #money #lawyer #legal #counsel #white #shoe #law #firm #Manhattan #Paris #London #traffic #pollution #parking #quality of #life #fee #surcharge #city #income #NewYorkCity #deliveries
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/08/07/ny-attorney-general-won-t-defend-hochul-in-new-congestion-pricing-lawsuits
Spectrum News NY1 · N.Y. attorney general won’t defend Hochul in new congestion pricing lawsuits
#States Considering #Taxing Retail #Deliveries To Pay For Roads When #Gas #Tax Fall Flat
As Americans buy more fuel-efficient cars and EVs, #gastax revenues that pays for roads will start to dry up. However, 100s of heavy #delivery vehicles criss-cross roads every day, ultimately damaging #roads and #bridges. Taxing each delivery these trucks make could refill the coffers
States like Minnesota and Colorado have already started taxing deliveries from companies like #Amazon
https://jalopnik.com/states-considering-taxing-retail-deliveries-to-pay-for-1851590002
More lanes does not equate to better traffic,
especially in an urban or even suburban environment.
In reality, people and their movements complex: streets that are flexible are more efficient than streets that prioritize straight-ahead movement over every other movement.
Some people need to #turn left and some people need to #cross the street, and some people are #walking, and some people are #biking, and some people are in #wheelchairs, and some people have #strollers, and some people are making #deliveries
️Having too many travel lanes makes these non-straight-through movements slower and much more dangerous.️
For example, this is why NE 65th Street in Seattle 
can now move 5% more vehicles after SDOT reallocated nearly 25% of the street space to create protected bike lanes and safer crosswalks.
People can turn left now, which makes it a better street to drive on. 
They reduced speeding by up to 75%, reduced collisions by 63%, and eliminated serious injuries and deaths.
And they did all this while moving more people in cars and dramatically more people biking, walking and rolling.
This is not a “last resort” solution, it’s a common sense solution that is backed by data rather than feelings.
Seattle Bike Blog · Bellevue Council torches their Vision Zero plan, refuses to stand against unfounded attacks on city staffThe news out of the Bellevue City Council this week was extremely disappointing. The council decided to backtrack on their Vision Zero commitment and all but toss out most of the Bike Bellevue netw…
"SINGAPORE – At an ageing block of rental flats in Queenstown, Aiden the robot works as a “butler”. Somewhat resembling a photocopier machine, it has been roped in to deliver meals to a group of frail seniors living in rental flats, under an existing programme that allows them to live independently."
The Straits Times · Robot ‘butler’ trial launched at HDB rental block to deliver meals to homebound seniorsAiden the robot is able to take the lift and navigate the HDB corridors on its own. Read more at straitstimes.com.
" A clutch of European and U.S. #delivery company startups is racing to serve the growing market for offering zero-emission, electric #LastMile deliveries in cities to retailers and consumers before giant shippers do the same.
In New York, DutchX is launching a new service to bring small loaded containers into Manhattan by ferry, then load them onto Fernhay electric cargo bikes for city #deliveries."
ReutersStartups with electric vans race to fill demand for zero-emissions delivery
I have spent way more time than I should trying to figure out why I don't get my Amazon deliveries. Customer service always asks if all my information is correct, to update my delivery instructions, etc. Finally, I asked a driver "where do my delivery instructions show up?" and the answer was half of them don't even see them because they're BURIED in the driver app.
So, if you or someone you know drives for #amazon, and you want to make #deliveries better across the board:
#Drivers need to complain to their supervisors about this. Customer service will do NOTHING from the customer side.
Please, tell your boss you want more prominently displayed #delivery instructions! You get a clear place to deliver, customers actually get their delivery. We all win!