“”Given the fact that we’re facing such a huge deficit, we’d like to move as quickly as possible,”” Postmaster General
Faced with a projected
Officials said the changes would save the
Under the plan, letter carriers would stop street deliveries to U.S. homes and businesses and pickups from blue collection boxes on Saturdays. Mail would continue to be accepted at post offices Saturday, to be processed Monday. Express mail and remittance mail services would continue seven days a week.
If approved by the
Potter said the
Potters said the changes were made necessary by citing continuing drops in mail volume. American mailboxes currently receive an average of four pieces of mail each day, but this is projected to be reduced to three pieces by 2020. Current daily revenue generated by each delivery is