Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Postal Service

Re:Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Pos... by ghaff on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @12:57PM (#19971990)

I'm not sure I've ever seen a hotel with lockers. Part of it is probably not wanting to become a public luggage storage facility. The other is probably that, while lockers work well for modest-sized carryons, once you get into bigger suitcases like a lot of people travel with, you can't really lift them up to a locker that's off the ground.

Lockers (or luggage storage generally outside of hotels) are, in general, pretty scarce in the US--and at least a lot of Europe in my experience. It's one of the things that makes a regular hotel pretty handy; I can drop off my luggage the day I arrive or leave and not have to restrict my activities until it's time to checkin or depart.

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Re:Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Pos... by Symbiote on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @03:06AM (#19978581)

They're very common in hostels, particular backpacker hostels, but that fits with having limited luggage. I've seen them once or twice in the cheapest hotels.

The main railway station in a European town sometimes has luggage storage. In Germany that's usually lockers, in countries with more history of terrorism (like the UK) it's a room with a metal detector and an attendant.

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