Report: Amazon considering yet another delivery method

Seattle – Amazon.com has no shortage of innovative ideas on connecting customers to the products they buy, and reportedly is considering yet another new delivery method. According to GeekWire, Amazon has filed a patent application to use public transportation to help get goods to customers.



As opposed to its use of subways as a means for delivery personnel to physically bring products to the homes of some Amazon Prime members in New York, the patent application describes a process where items would be placed in a locker attached to a bus or train. Consumers could retrieve Amazon purchases while riding public transportation, or receive a text message when public transit is approaching a certain stop so they could meet it and obtain their items.



This idea joins other publicized delivery ideas Amazon has floated, including remote-controlled drones and “Treasure Trucks” filled with purchases that park in preannounced locations for customers to come and pick up their items.