Boeing workers use cargo bikes to get around their massive facilities

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Saw this making the rounds and had to share it with you all:

Boeing workers have long relied on bicycles to move around their enormous facilities, and they started switching to cargo trikes back in 2015.

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Tom Fucoloro is the Founder and Editor of Seattle Bike Blog. He is also the author of Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars.

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Rachael L

November 28, 2022

@tfooq When we were shopping for a trike for my mom, SO MUCH of that market is trikes made for institutional and industrial contexts. It was hard to find things that would actually work for her use because many weren’t really meant for road use exactly but getting around some kind of mostly closed “campus”.
bobco85

November 29, 2022

This reminds me of a story I heard during a boat tour along the Chicago River: Montgomery Ward had couriers wear roller skates to transport letters and packages throughout its massive riverside warehouse building which was 2.5 football fields (731 feet or 223 m) long! Here’s a brief article on it: https://chicagodetours.com/600-west-chicago/