In message , at 14:25:07 on
Sat, 15 Mar 2014, Tim Watts remarked:
Also be nice to grab smaller items on the way into work too.

That's one prospective use of the additional space at stations once
TfL shuts all ticket offices, isn't it?

Yes it is, but I wouldn't hold my breath that things would be there in
time for people to grab them on the way to work (unless they were also
there to not-be-grabbed on the way home the previous day).

This is the main problem with the Royal Mail's current business model:
what they deliver "today" is generally too late for the normally
employed to do anything about it until "tomorrow".

Given Amazon are so massive, they might be able to do a courier deal
for overnight locker drops. No traffic, no parking problems, vans
sitting idle. The only cost would be "shift bonus" for the drivers - a
small cost compared to all the potential benefits.

It's possible, although the sites would have to be accessible, and not
locked behind shutters designed to keep out the people who missed the
last tube.

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Roland Perry