August 2012 - Metro Delivery

Metro Looks Forward to the New International Trade Crossing

August 24, 2012

Metro Delivery attended a terrific presentation by Dr. Roy Norton, Canada’s Consul General in Detroit, regarding the new Detroit/Windsor bridge project now finally, finally moving forward. Metro has operating authority in Ontario for deliveries to and from the U.S., and all the time we’re carrying time-critical deliveries back and forth over the 83-year-old-Ambassador Bridge, with […]

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Chihuahua Warning Sign

August 23, 2012

Having recently added Hector the chihuahua to the Metro menagerie, we found the posting of this warning sign necessary after a couple of close calls due to Hector’s diminutive stature and our fast-footed working environment… We offer the sign to all other chihuahua owners, to print & display, in hopes of reducing chihuahua risk for […]

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Metro Delivery Trying to Make Vehicles Talk to Each Other

August 21, 2012

The University of Michigan Transportation research institute had a big soiree this Morning to launch the largest study ever done on Smart Vehicle Technology- and Metro Delivery was there, as a volunteer participant in the study. Metro delivery vehicles- and soon several thousand other vehicles belonging to local individuals and businesses- are being equipped with […]

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Metro Delivery’s Penguin to Race Ducks

August 15, 2012

The 2012 Ypsilanti Heritage Festival is this weekend, and Metro Delivery will be participating in the A2Y Chamber’s Corporate Duck Challenge for the first time ever. The A2Y Chamber provides a Plastic Decoy Duck to customize: fig. 1: corporate duck But they […]

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The Long and the Short of Metro Canine Companions

August 1, 2012

Metro’s newest hire, Hector, considers climbing Ozzie, the Burmese Mountain.

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