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Peddling Their Services: cut-rate bike
couriers
Toronto Star, June 2, 1979
A new service using an old idea is now being pedaled in Toronto, which
is celebrating Ride, a Bike to work Week.
Dennis Chong, a spokesman but not necessarily the hub of Sunwheel
Bicycle Couriers, says he and his partners can deliver – reliably,
economically and efficiently.
Dressed in shorts and yellow t-shirts, Bruce Johnson, Gordon Cheung,
and Chong hope to pick up packages at the expense of traditional
four-wheel courier services in the downtown core.
The best deal in their below average rate structure is for short trips
within the area south of Bloor St., between Bathurst and Parliament Sts.
Their minimum charge is $1.80, plus 85 cents for passing from one of
six zones to another and 45 cents for additional pieces, each lighter
than 3 pounds. Billing is monthly.
“We have forgotten the potential of the bike and I wanted to
reintroduce the idea in a formal way,” says Hilda Tiessen of the City
Cycling Committee. She sponsored the college students when they applied
for a grant from the federal Young Canada Works program.
Sunwheel isn’t yet a ride away success. But Tiessen hopes it will be
coasting along and continue without support when the grant runs out in
July.
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