Door-to-door
service and Saturday mail delivery, long hallmarks of the U.S. Postal Service,
are a step closer to being phased out.
The
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday approved a measure
that would end door-to-door delivery to 37 million residences and businesses
and Saturday mail service to more than 150 million homes and businesses.Ending door-to-door delivery — which will force millions to get mail at curbside boxes or neighborhood cluster boxes by 2022 — would save up to $4.5 billion annually, said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. Ending Saturday service — a proposal that was met with widespread criticism when it was first proposed in 2012 — could save an additional $2 billion a year.
"A balanced approach to saving the Postal Service means allowing USPS to adapt to America's changing use of mail,'' said Issa, the bill's sponsor and chairman of the committee. "Done right, these reforms can improve the customer experience through a more efficient Postal Service."
