Postal Delivery Workers Try Out The Segway

The Segway Human Transporter devices will be tried by postal workers in six cities around the nation with varying geography and weather.

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July 16, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"For the next eight weeks, a team of postal carriers will zip up and down the hills of Pacific Heights on high-tech, two-wheeled scooters known as Segways. The Postal Service wants to find out if the machines make delivery more efficient on hilly routes."

Thanks to Linda LaSut

FULL STORY: Dashing new device for delivering mail

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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