Re:Siting Bank Branches
by escape_goat on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:19PM
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I'm not sure where you got that story from, but there was pneumatic tube mail in New York city from 1897 to 1953, operated under contract to the USPS. Networks existed in four other cities but New York's was the largest. It eventually halted because it was ridiculously expensive compared to moving mail on trucks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube_mail_in_New_Yor...
Re:Siting Bank Branches
by jessaustin on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:58PM
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An example of USPS operating them doesn't really contradict parent's story about USPS forbidding anyone else from operating them.
Trucks probably weren't very competitive in 1897.
They’re used quite a bit in hospitals to transport blood transfusions, medications, etc. as far as I know
Although they’re using rails in pipes, not pneumatics, you might like https://i.pipedreamlabs.co/
They’re aiming to solve last mile delivery with city wide networks of pipes
After email killed off intra-office mail, banks are one of the last viable economic uses for pneumatic tube systems.
Still bums me out.