rentoff t1_iz7fvyi wrote on December 7, 2022 at 12:53 AM

Reply to comment by elizabeth-cooper in Study: NYC is the worst city for delivery and courier drivers in America by elizabeth-cooper

Considering the number of people that make their living in delivery in this city, I’m pretty sure this study is bupkis.

holeeray t1_iz7ifm3 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 1:13 AM

The person who wrote this up probably hasn't spent more than a few days in the city and come to realize that traffic doesn't matter when you're delivering by e-bike.

rentoff t1_iz7lm3d wrote on December 7, 2022 at 1:37 AM

It’s just a dumb statement, which I initially reacted to. Yes, NYC is tough for drivers, but it’s not the worst for delivery people and couriers. It would take a different set of metrics to capture how the City actually works.

It does specify drivers though, so maybe I should have just ignored it.

Miser t1_iz7nux5 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 1:54 AM

Yeah this is like how even delivery apps will say things like "your driver is on the way!" Or show an icon of a car. People outside of the city literally don't understand almost all deliveries here are made by r/micromobilityNYC or mopeds, not cars

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elizabeth-cooper OP t1_iz7he10 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Number of traffic jams and fatalities should be adjusted per capita and traffic jam length should be adjusted by city size, but the other three seem accurate enough.