[AtlasBarfed]

I wonder if mixed electric vehicles will help. An e-bike is a totally different cost factor than a full fledged car. Just zip around on an electric scooter, bike, or moped for delivery and it is cheap.

I don't think delivery is necessarily "extra". It must be cannibalizing some people that come to the restaurant, and that means they don't order the most profitable items on the menu: drinks.

A delivery service that uses those modes of transport might actually be cheaper and superior to all involved than the current ones in sufficient density areas. A scooter, blade, or moped can quick-park on a sidewalk a lot more easily.

My wife is one of the people that sometimes orders $20 McDs when I'm on the road for my job. It drives me nuts. Twenty fucking dollars for some of the worst food in America.

[beezlewax]

That is basically the main source of transport for these food delivery people in Barcelona. They're everywhere. Easier to buy an ebike than a car and often faster in traffic and for parking etc.

Glovo is a very successful business here and not without controversy but they're rarely using cars.

Bigger pizza chains use mopeds which are also often electric. Less local pollution and less noise - all round just better.