By Elvina Nawaguna
WASHINGTON, July 23 |
WASHINGTON, July 23 |
(Reuters) - Under a cost-saving plan by the U.S. Postal Service, millions of
Americans accustomed to getting their mail delivered to their doors will have to
trek to the curb and residents of new homes will use neighborhood mailbox
clusters, the agency said Tuesday.
The Postal Service has been quietly phasing in the change with some aspects
starting in April, and it has given no timeline for the shift. It's unclear if
delivery to the door will be eliminated entirely.
"Converting delivery away from door delivery to either curb line or
centralized delivery would enable the Postal Service to provide service to more
customers in less time," Postal Service spokeswoman Sue Brennan said
Tuesday.
More than 30 million American homes get door-to-door delivery and another 50
million get their mail dropped at their curbside mailboxes. But the Post Service, which is buckling under massive financial losses, sees
savings in centralized mail delivery. Door-to-door delivery costs the Postal
Service about $353 per address each year. Curbside delivery costs $224, and cluster boxes cost $160 per address. With
cluster boxes, mailboxes for individual addresses are grouped together at a
central neighborhood location.
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The Postal Service has been quietly phasing in the change with some aspects starting in April, and it has given no timeline for the shift. It's unclear if delivery to the door will be eliminated entirely.
"Converting delivery away from door delivery to either curb line or centralized delivery would enable the Postal Service to provide service to more customers in less time," Postal Service spokeswoman Sue Brennan said Tuesday.
More than 30 million American homes get door-to-door delivery and another 50 million get their mail dropped at their curbside mailboxes. But the Post Service, which is buckling under massive financial losses, sees savings in centralized mail delivery. Door-to-door delivery costs the Postal Service about $353 per address each year. Curbside delivery costs $224, and cluster boxes cost $160 per address. With cluster boxes, mailboxes for individual addresses are grouped together at a central neighborhood location.
Click here to view the entire Reuters story.
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