The Office of the Inspector General, working with Dr. Anthony Yezer, a noted real estate economist, is taking a close look at the Postal Service's retail infrastructure.
With 36,000 retail outlets, the USPS has more locations than McDonalds, Starbucks, and Walmart combined. But are they in the right areas and distribution patterns to serve today's population needs?
A 50-page white paper with an 18-page introduction and summary can be found here.
The model shows that, overall, the Postal Service’s network has too many retail facilities located too closely together. In the larger cities, the number and size of retail facilities seems to be just about right. But, interestingly, in some high-density downtown areas, there may be too few facilities. In smaller towns and rural areas, the misalignment is more acute. The model suggests there are too many facilities and they are too close together. The findings suggest that fewer larger facilities that are better staffed and are open longer hours could better serve the public while reducing cost.
-- Lance Coles News Service
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