BBC Radio 4 documentary: City Messengers
September 2, 2008Documentary following the lives of two of London’s 400 cycle couriers, whose working day is spent delivering packages across the city. The job is badly paid and the risk of serious injury is relatively high, yet there is a thriving sub-culture of people who have chosen the freedom of the road above the security of the office.
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Biking in Toronto isn’t safe either. Still remember the bike lanes in Amsterdam; granted, with mopeds criss-crossing through traffic that wasn’t safe either, but at least the cars stayed away from our lane.
Bike couriers rock!