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Starting today, you'll start seeing a slow down in mail delivery across the country because USPS is implementing its new service standards. These changes include longer first-class mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours. According to USPS spokeswoman Kim Frum, the service changes won't affect about 60% of first-class mail and nearly all periodicals. If the package is coming from a local area, standard delivery time for single-piece, first-class mail will remain at two days. However, if mail is coming from a longer distance, the transit time will increase.
"These changes would position us to leverage more cost-effective means to transport First-Class packages via ground rather than using costly air transportation, which is also less reliable due to weather, flight traffic, availability constraints, competition for space, and the added hand-offs involved."
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