Packages originating from rural areas are at risk of slower shipping speeds, but the agency says the changes will speed up other deliveries and spur cost savings.
The U.S. Postal Service is set to implement new service standards Tuesday for a portion of its deliveries as it overhauls its volume collection processes.
Effective April 1, Ground Advantage and single-piece First-Class Mail volume will see an additional day in transit for volume originating in post offices more than 50 miles from a regional processing and distribution center.
“For the volume within 50 miles, we are working on getting it back to the plant earlier,” Greg White, the Postal Service’s executive director of operations integration and performance excellence, said in an agency webinar outlining the changes last week.
