USPS is easing its standards for delivery times. That means that starting next month, more than 30% of first-class packages will be considered on time if they arrive within 4 or 5 days.
A U.S. Postal Service truck drives in Philadelphia. The service is about to set longer delivery standards for first-class packages, in a move that its regulator says will not have a big effect on its finances.First it was lettersThe U.S. Postal Service currently considers a first-class package to be late if it's delivered more than three days after it was sent.
"The Postal Service is continually looking for ways to improve performance and provide customers with consistent, cost-effective, and reliable service," USPS spokesperson Kim Frum told NPR."Modifying service standards would allow for additional transport time and increased efficiencies across the networks."
The service's regulator, the Postal Regulatory Commission, has repeatedly said DeJoy's plans could have an outsize effect on USPS customers, when compared to its bottom line.September, the commission agreed that the package volume being designated for longer delivery times had consistently failed to meet goals, and it said USPS does seem to deliver better service when relying on its own network.
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