We all waited, slippers on the feet, the Amazon delivery man in front of the door of our building, watching for the arrival of his truck with our package around the corner. In this city, it is on horseback that he must do his tour!
In a few years, Amazon has become the most powerful company for the sale and distribution of products purchased online: up to 6 million packages delivered every day worldwide. What make thousands of drivers work. But, in this city, no need for a truck and a good full of gas to do the package of the packages to distribute …
With around 500 inhabitants year -round, this small locality has decided to establish a sweetness of life which notably involves a radical decision: prohibiting motorized cars and vehicles! Enough to make Furax the relentless of the steering wheel but a situation that amuses visitors for a day since we go a bicycle, we walk and, above all, we count on horses harnessed to carriages to make the deliveries. A real leap in the past that has enough to make you smile. Especially when you know that it happens … in the United States, Pro Automobile Country.
“”When you think shopping, you can’t just jump in your car and shop. We need to be able to go on the net and find what we need and that it is available one or two days later, on the step of our door“, explained the mayor of the city – the oldest elected mayor in all the United States, with 50 years in this position since his re -election in May 2025 – Margaret Doud, at the Amazon site.
Welcome to Mackinac Island, a micro island in the state of Michigan. This is, on the date, the only place in the United States to have a state route which is thus prohibited for motor vehicles and this has been going on for more than a century now. To get there, you have to pay $ 38 and take a ferry from Mackinaw City or Saint Ignace. The crossing only lasts a big half hour. On site, there are many shops, restaurants and even a Starbucks but impossible to find everything.
So Amazon managed to ensure its delivery mission. “As there are no conventional delivery vans on the island, we use our interconnected logistics network and our partnerships with third -party carriers to deliver packages directly to our customers …“, Specifies Jeff Bezos’s business.
