Transport

The dog cart

Render of the dog cart in La Poste colours, hitched to a dog
Use
Mail delivery
For
La Poste postal workers
Context
Student project

The dog cart is not a new idea: at the beginning of the last century, mail was already being delivered by dog cart.

The project starts from a present-day observation. Postal workers who deliver on foot suffer physical problems linked to the weight of their trolleys, and are sometimes exposed to assaults in the street.

Old postcard: La Poste mail by dog cart in Saint-Cyr-en-Val
La Poste mail delivered by dog cart
A postwoman pushing her delivery trolley along a pavement
Today's delivery trolley

The idea of the dog then became obvious: it brings safety, reduces the postal worker's physical effort, and creates social ties thanks to the goodwill it naturally attracts.

Render of the cart seen from behind, with its wheels and yellow bags
Carts parked at the sorting centre
At the sorting centre
Loading mail from the pigeonholes
Loading the mail
The postman walking beside the harnessed dog
On the round
The postman delivering mail while the dog waits
Delivery
The postman pushing the cart by its handle
Without the dog, the cart is pushed by hand
The postman giving the dog water as a passer-by watches
Breaks and encounters

A more sensitive and warmer solution than the autonomous delivery robot La Poste is developing today.

La Poste autonomous delivery robot in a pedestrian street
La Poste's autonomous robot
Dog harness with reflective strip and shaft attachment
Harness
Shaft hitching system on the cart
Hitch
Swivelling handle in several positions
Swivelling handle
Opening the lid
Lid
Handle locking button
Lock
Rear wheels and footrest
Wheels
Range of yellow La Poste accessories: bags, water bottle, bowl
Accessories

Contact

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