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Old 11-06-2014, 11:47 AM   #1
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Amazon is testing taxis for deliveries
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Amazon.com Inc. this fall tested package delivery by licensed cab in San Francisco and Los Angeles using taxi-hailing mobile app Flywheel, according to people familiar with the matter. Amazon is studying the broader use of taxis as delivery vehicles, the people said.

Taxis represent Amazon’s latest experiment to speed package shipments to compete more directly with brick-and-mortar retailers, and to seek alternatives to United Parcel Service Inc., FedEx Corp. and the U.S. Postal Service after shipping delays last Christmas.

Since then, Amazon has tested its own delivery service, broadened its use of regional couriers, teamed up with the Postal Service to deliver fresh groceries and is expected to open a Manhattan storefront for returns, pickups and same-day dispatch. Amazon also is developing aerial drones for package drop-offs.
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Old 11-06-2014, 12:05 PM   #2
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Old 11-06-2014, 01:07 PM   #4
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When I was working in London, it was common practice for small firms who didn't have their own vehicles to use taxis for local deliveries. That was 30 years ago. Good to see that Amazon is catching up.

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When I was working in London, it was common practice for small firms who didn't have their own vehicles to use taxis for local deliveries. That was 30 years ago. Good to see that Amazon is catching up.

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Everything old becomes new again huh Mike.
Small firms in London 30 years ago, and Amazon in the U.S. testing cab deliveries now, is kind of a different situation. Add that to the fact Amazon is testing drone deliveries and have made deals with the Post Office to deliver on Sundays -- and you've got company (as one poster put it) that leaves no stone unturned.
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Small firms in London 30 years ago, and Amazon in the U.S. testing cab deliveries now, is kind of a different situation. Add that to the fact Amazon is testing drone deliveries and have made deals with the Post Office to deliver on Sundays -- and you've got company (as one poster put it) that leaves no stone unturned.
In the details perhaps, but I meant the concept. It's happened before. For example back in the days of the Telegraph people could have their own telegraphic address instead of having to use their whole real world address when sending a telegram. Now days we do pretty much the same thing with an email address. The finer details are different but the concept is the same.
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I have seen food delivery by taxis.

Maybe to make it more modern, they will use Uber also.
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I've seen people being moved around in taxis.

I guess taxis will move anything these days...
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I like big red ones

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I've seen people being moved around in taxis.

I guess taxis will move anything these days...
Our taxi's here are subsidized by the city so we don't have to pay a lot ($2.00 per trip for seniors & disabled) and if you are a shut in and need meds picked up they do that as well.
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Here's why they're looking into taxi deliveries:

http://t.today.com/money/shipping-wa...ter-1D80280995

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