martinsillo said:
blurr...could you please, please extend your arguments a little...I've lived in two third world countries and as far as I know (and saw) on any of them bikes are, by choice, used as a medium of transportation...only really poor people use it when they need to save the money they spend on public transportation.
- do you commute on your bike to work?....... yes? so ???......no? too hilly?
- have you ever stay for a long period on a third world country?...please don't say you came to Puerto Vallarta on a vacation trip.
Finally...Did you read the article? UPS is saving money for this...It seems it is pretty efficient for them.
Using bikes to go to work, or groceries, or deliver a package, etc...IMHO doesn't have anything to do with be or become a third world country....
PS. are you serious?
Ok this is not to difficult, how many packages can a golf cart tow, versus how many packages can a van haul? now again, start factor in More wages, workers compensation, unemployment, benefits if said company may pay vs that of the employee ect.
Cycles obviously have a place as a Currier in certain area's again, delivering small amounts of packaging within an environment where that TOOL for the job would be better suited than a 10 wheel truck. Really not all that hard to understand, quit thinking with emotion and start thinking with logic.
People in third world countries ride a bicycle because they have no choice, vehicles are simply beyond their financial ability and when they can, they move up to usually a moped or a motorcycle, then up to a car ect. Again, they HAVE NO CHOICE! those people would love to have half the ameneties that we have, which is their dream, yet people here seem intent on shunning and being embarrassed of such amenities, really its silly but whatever floats yer boat.
As for my cycling? Lets just tell you what you would like to hear, I own a heavy equipment business, and lets use a bit of analogy with this, what would be more efficient, digging a trench with a shovel, or with a backhoe? Now lets scale that over to the peddle bike vs van hauling. now lets take this even further People haul dirt all the time with their small pickups, shoveling it in by hand with a couple of buddies but with excess weight comes extra problems on such, now again, factor in the amount of trips vs say even an eight yard dump truck what makes more sense? adversely what makes more sense using that eight yard truck to haul a shovel and some tools ,or using the dump? Do you want to spend a week doing something that should only take an hour?
Now how much extra time to have you to spend doing something?
UPS saying it is saving money, it may indeed be the case in said area, or it may be that like most business, they are under intense pressure from the government to do "green" things which appeal more to feeling, than to logic. More than likely the later, otherwise they never would have used a delievery van to begin with, unless you are saying you can peddle as fast as a vehicle? go Lance :thumbsup:
everything else in your post is absolutely moot and not worth further response.
