Postal Service vehicles are government property, penalties are stiff for unauthorized use

February 1, 2024 The Postal Service wants employees to remember they have a duty to conserve and protect government property — including USPS vehicles. The organization’s vehicles should not be used: • To commute between home and work; • To go on vacation; • To transport unauthorized persons such as a child, relative or friend;…

 Continue reading

USPS: Managers and drivers should buy only regular unleaded and low-grade diesel fuel for postal vehicles

April 11, 2023 The Postal Service is reminding fleet managers and drivers to always buy the lowest-cost fuel from stations in the USPS Preferred Fueling Network. The network, or PFN, consists of more than 20,000 retail fuel sites and 33 brands throughout the nation that provide the Postal Service with special pricing. A few of…

 Continue reading

Postal vehicle ethics: Penalties stiff for unauthorized use

February 1, 2023 Postal Service vehicles should be used for one purpose only: official, authorized business. Postal employees should not use a postal vehicle for any unauthorized personal uses, like commuting between work and home, running a personal errand or to do work for a second job. Email etravelhelp@usps.gov with any questions about use of…

 Continue reading

USPS tests geospatial data collection

The Postal Service recently tested the ability of USPS vehicles to collect geospatial data, which can be used for electronic navigation applications and other geospatial-based technologies. During the test, the organization worked with Microsoft, which collects panoramic, three-dimensional imagery of city streets and other locations for Streetside View 360, the company’s mapping program for mobile…

 Continue reading

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker Introduces Postal Innovation Act

(July 24, 2015) WASHINGTON- U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) today announced the introduction of the Postal Innovation Act, a bill that supports the modernization of United States Postal Service (USPS) vehicles by incorporating more cost-efficient and environmentally friendly technology. “At a time when budgets are tight, it is in our best interest to find creative…

 Continue reading

USPS OIG: The Road to a New Delivery Fleet

What should the postal vehicle of the future look like? The U.S. Postal Service recently put that question to its carriers and vehicle maintenance personnel and is currently reviewing the feedback. It’s an important question because the delivery fleet is aging and the Postal Service needs to quickly replace it.   In fact, our recent audit…

 Continue reading

Parking authority 1, Postal Service 0

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, goes the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service. But the person who penned the inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City never had to worry about delivering the…

 Continue reading