USPS OIG Report: Package Delivery in Rural and Dense Urban Areas

Posted on September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 by 21cpw

September 16, 2020 (RISC-WP-20-008) Package delivery in rural and urban environments comes with challenges not experienced in suburban environments, such as numerous apartment buildings in urban areas or long distances between delivery points in rural areas. The Postal Service could make package delivery more efficient by installing more parcel lockers, encouraging larger curbside mailboxes, and…

Postal Service Tests ‘Gopost’ Parcel Lockers

Posted on September 3, 2014September 3, 2014 by 21cpw

Self-service “Gopost” lockers—from which customers can pick up and ship packages—appear in New York and Washington, D.C. The U.S. Postal Service has installed 17 “Gopost” postal lockers at 17 locations—mostly Post Offices—in New York and Washington, D.C. The urban area program is currently in pilot phase and no further national roll out is currently planned,…