After tantalise us with thepossibilities of speech by drones , then bringing us back to Earth withdelivery by taxis , Amazon has now resorted to perhaps the most obvious and fourth dimension - try out method of getting something somewhere tight in a big city : bicycle .
In New York City , Amazon has started to beta run wheel messenger delivery , according theWall Street Journal . The serving is called Amazon Prime Now and “ mimics the instancy of in - storehouse shopping by bringing some merchandise to customers in Manhattan within one minute or two . ” While cycle certainly wo n’t be the most efficient delivery musical mode in every city , it makes perfect sense in New York . It ’s the same understanding Uber twine out abike messenger delivery servicein the city earlier this year .
Perhaps even more interestingly , Amazon has work up out a variety of cycle messenger club in New York ’s Midtown where couriers are mean to hang out between deliveries . It has a foosball table and an arcade . But the distance will also act as a warehouse for customer who can make paying back there , if needed .
In many urban center if you ’re an Amazon Prime member you’re able to devote an spare $ 5.99 for a same day delivery ( non - priming compensate $ 8.99 ) . Perhaps Amazon Prime Now will charge an additional surcharge for getting deliveries there in one hour or less , which with wheel is for certain a reality for most of Manhattan . [ WSJ ]
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