USPS OIG: Suitability of Rail Transportation – New Jersey Network Distribution Center
Audit Report – NO-AR-14-013 – 09/29/2014 Background The U.S. Postal Service meets the majority of its long-distance surface transportation needs with highway transportation – known as highway contract routes (HCR). In 2013, the Postal Service spent more than $3.4 billion on HCRs and only about $43 million on rail. However, trends in the highway transportation…