Portland Office Depot delivers office supplies.....

[joshh]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/28/us-oregon-tricycles-idUSTRE70R00M20110128?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

Under a deal signed last week with Office Depot, the company is subcontracting with a local firm called B-Line that has riders pedal giant tricycles mounted with cargo containers.

It's in those cargo containers that B-Line riders are carrying the Office Depot supplies, to nine city offices in the traffic-congested downtown area.

"It's important for the city of Portland to set an example and be a leader to other businesses in the Portland area and use sustainable business practices whenever possible," Mayor Sam Adams said in a statement.

B-Line fields six riders on the rickshaw-style cargo trikes, which can each carry up to 800 pounds of cargo, according to the company.

It's not all huffing and puffing for the company's riders. If they get bogged down from fatigue, a zero-emission electric engine on the trike gives them a boost, said Franklin Jones, B-Line founder and chief executive.

Delivering cargo by trike might be a novel concept, but Portland has long been known as a bike-crazy city, where all sorts of commuters, from lawyers to store clerks, pedal along on specially dedicated lanes.

Yep Portland's mayor, the same guy caught in a parking lot trying to drive drunk...but cops refused to sobriety test him.

[e30e]

And I sat in a truck that was idling for over 1.5 hours today, thank you Portland for balancing my pollution.

[joshh]

And I sat in a truck that was idling for over 1.5 hours today, thank you Portland for balancing my pollution.

What about the cars these trikes hold up?

[KenC]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Not a fan or Adams, but other than the breif quote, the article has nothing to do with him.


Trolls be trollin'

[KenC]

What about the cars these trikes hold up?

I just heard about all the congestion these were causing on the radio. Traffic is backed up for miles :roll:.
I drive downtown nearly every day, and I've never seen one. It's not like you can drive faster than 15 between lights downtown anyway.

[mr.vang]

OR is the greenest state, they don't even let me pump my own gas, they had someone do it for me. and NO tax. i have seen a lot of state issue car just idling while the driver go out and grab something to eat. i see why ca is low on cash.

[joshh]

OR is the greenest state, they don't even let me pump my own gas, they had someone do it for me. and NO tax. i have seen a lot of state issue car just idling while the driver go out and grab something to eat. i see why ca is low on cash.

That's just part of the hypocrisy of Portland. And the business hating that goes on here.

[CorvallisBMW]

If you don't like it, leave

[joshh]

If you don't like it, leave

Why in God's name would I do that? The few of us that can actually think outside of the Liberal hype are the ones pointing out the Portland retardedness. Thanks to you guys I have a lifetime of entertainment and laughs. While seeing why this city is in a heap of financial trouble. Golly gee why would that be!

[pureaudio]

I don't see the big deal, it seems like a stupid idea and a waste of money but who cares, it is a deal between two private companies.

[CorvallisBMW]

[LBJefferies]

Sounds like a damn good idea to me. Shut the fuck up Joshh.

[Raxe]

Sounds like someone tied their panties up in a bunch waiting in traffic today...