Brown going green with bike deliveries
By Adam Ghassemi KATU NewsVANCOUVER, Wash. - Forget those big brown trucks this holiday season. The economy is changing the way some of our holiday packages will be delivered - and brown is going green. UPS is putting cyclists on the road across Oregon and southwest Washington to deliver holiday packages. Eighteen cyclists are training to make the first ever UPS deliveries by bike in Oregon. Each mountain bike will pull a cart that can safely haul 200 pounds in packages. Even if they only make a fraction of the stops a truck can, officials estimate for every three cyclists on the road they'll save $38,000 in repair and fuel costs. The company also hopes to earn more business by being more environmentally friendly. |
 
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