Every story and comment from the Hacker News API, in a layout borrowed from 2001.
A comment on Amazon Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart. Parent comment
I agree that the last-mile driver will stick around for a bit longer, but their number is relatively small.
For example: UPS owns 100k vehicles, worldwide[1].
In comparison, over 3 million people are employed by the transportation industry in the US alone[2].
[1] http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/facts/worldwide.html
[2] http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm
There are no comments on this comment yet.
I agree that the last-mile driver will stick around for a bit longer, but their number is relatively small.
For example: UPS owns 100k vehicles, worldwide[1].
In comparison, over 3 million people are employed by the transportation industry in the US alone[2].
[1] http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/facts/worldwide.html
[2] http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm