How bike messengers are surviving in a city dominated by Uber Eats and Amazon
WBEZ News · WBEZ Chicago
August 13, 20253m 54s
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Show Notes
In the 1980s, nearly fifteen hundred bike messengers zoomed through downtown Chicago, rushing legal documents, packages, and contracts across the Loop.
Today, just three registered courier companies and about fifty messengers remain.
So how is this old-school job surviving in a city dominated by Uber Eats and Amazon deliveries?
Sun-Times reporter David Struett breaks it down. HOST: DIXON