NYC bike messengers, the city's often overlooked and unappreciated delivery people, detail to The Post the highs and lows of schlepping packages during New York Fashion Week, their busiest and most ...
There was a time when it felt like you couldn't drive downtown without almost mowing down a bike messenger, or take a courthouse elevator without squeezing next to one or two or five of them. Or open ...
We know that many of you out there are stoked for the release of Premium Rush (it's okay, it has gotten some decent reviews). We imagine that you are just like us, waiting with baited breath, lined-up ...
Dwain Walters, 21, competes in a relay race for bike messengers at this year's Harlem Rocks 35th Annual Skyscraper Cycling Classic in Marcus Garvey Park.Tomás Dinges The moment the fresh batch of ...
Matt Sanchez got the call to deliver a cake to a hospital to celebrate the birth of a baby. When he arrived at the bakery, it was clear the bakers had no idea that the elaborate cake they’d put so ...
OPINION:DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Downtown Los Angeles bike messengers are an oft-noticed part of the community. Notable for their ability to weave in and out of traffic and their pedal pushing up ...
In this age of e-mail and the Internet, when documents can be transmitted with the push of a button, the bicycle messengers of Los Angeles may seem like an anachronism. While the workload is ...
Amazon is testing plans to offer deliveries within an hour in New York City by using bike messengers. WSJ’s Shelly Banjo joins the News Hub. Photo: Getty. In its latest attempt to take on ...
Even the messengers have not been immune. Mejia’s own bike, which he valued at about $1,000, was stolen outside a Downtown store a few weeks ago when he left it briefly to say hello to someone inside.
Twenty years later, she is still unable to get back on her bike. She fixes and restores other people's bikes as penance, all ...