Comments on: Amazon Forces The Royal Mail Off Its Bike… http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/03/amazon-forces-the-royal-mail-off-its-bike/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 15:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rickman Smith http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/03/amazon-forces-the-royal-mail-off-its-bike/#comment-15883 Rickman Smith Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:43:19 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1610#comment-15883 In Australia, the Post Office is going to bikes (admittedly power assisted) due to an increasing shortage of posties with motorcycle licences. They have never used cars/vans for door to door deliveries. In Australia, the Post Office is going to bikes (admittedly power assisted) due to an increasing shortage of posties with motorcycle licences. They have never used cars/vans for door to door deliveries.

]]> By: Rasmus Jensen http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/03/amazon-forces-the-royal-mail-off-its-bike/#comment-15879 Rasmus Jensen Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:59:51 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1610#comment-15879 I think that part of the problem is the way that the end-user delivery is managed in the UK. From what I have read in comments about postal bikes on various UK websites, Royal Mail has not split up the delivery of letters and packages as other postal services has. In Denmark, the delivery has been split up into letters or packages and the postmen only delivers flat packages and letters and the bigger packages are being delivered with vans. Another benefit of this is that it makes it possible for the Danish postal service to deliver packages in the afternoon or early evening when people are more likely to be home and thus minimise the number of packages being taken back to the depot. I think that part of the problem is the way that the end-user delivery is managed in the UK.

From what I have read in comments about postal bikes on various UK websites, Royal Mail has not split up the delivery of letters and packages as other postal services has.

In Denmark, the delivery has been split up into letters or packages and the postmen only delivers flat packages and letters and the bigger packages are being delivered with vans.

Another benefit of this is that it makes it possible for the Danish postal service to deliver packages in the afternoon or early evening when people are more likely to be home and thus minimise the number of packages being taken back to the depot.

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