Recently, the Washington Post published an article about the decline of the bicycle courier service in Washington, D.C. In the past, messengers have depended on the delivery of filings and legal papers to maintain the business. A confluence of events including the rise of electronic filings, security increases at government buildings, and the downturn in [...]
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Pink: a (love) courier service is back in Austin this April
Bike messengers speeding across town to deliver a message… of love? That’s Jaclyn Pryor’s “pink: a (love) courier service,” an art project that started in Austin in 2006, has traveled since then to Portland, Oregon and Chicago and is now coming back to Austin next month. As Jaclyn describes the project: PINK is both a [...]
