Is Tulsa's mail delivery about to get significantly slower?

[2busy]

The mail delivery routes are actually the one thing that electric vehicles are well suited to do. The routes are generally low speed and not long, the vehicles return to a central location at the end of the day, and they remain in that location overnight. Converting that fleet to electric could actually realize savings—you eliminate a lot of maintenance and volatility in fuel pricing.

Not in rural areas. Carriers have to provide their own vehicle. And routes are extremely long.

 

[SoonerP226]

Not in rural areas. Carriers have to provide their own vehicle. And routes are extremely long.

So they're not involved in the electric vehicles deal.

 

[travisstorma]

They can process it slower and deliver it once a month for all I care. All I get is junk and political (more junk) mail.

 

[NationalMatch]

I don't trust anything Fauci says.

That makes no sense, but that's the way you roll. Whatever.

 

[User_3155]

Too busy getting all them tractor trailers serviced and road ready for random mail in ballot dumps later this fall. Just don't act suprised when you see it happen in front of your very eyes {again}.

 

[SoonerP226]

That makes no sense, but that's the way you roll. Whatever.

You need to check your sense of humor. It’s not working properly.

 

[THAT Gurl]

You need to check your sense of humor. It’s not working properly.

I've noticed a lot of that on the Internet. I blame participation trophies. Either somebody got too many of them and they feel entitled. Or they didn't get enough of them and are a little bit more jealous than the average bear.

 

[clintbailey]

I mailed a gun part last week, and noticed a small flat rate was over $10 now, which means it has doubled in less than the 10 year period he alluded to in that interview

 

[leemozoid]

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — "The mail matters to me," said Cynthia McNeilance.

A postal worker for 34 years, McNeilance is sounding the alarm about changes coming to Tulsa's mail service.

"It will slow the mail down at least two to three days sending it to Oklahoma City and then sending it back here," shesaid.

She's talking about the implementation of the plan known as "Delivering for America."

"The postal service is indispensable but for the past ten years we have recorded large financial losses," said US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in a video touting the plan.

"You will see that we turn what would be 160 billion dollar ten year loss into a ten year net positive position. We will be able to achieve 95% on-time delivery across our mail and shipping categories within one year of implementing our plan," he said.

But that 95% on time, says McNeilance, needs to be put into perspective.

"In the last three years service has deteriorated so badly that instead of rising to meet the level that we used to have they just lowered the bar and said we’ll be more reliable because we’re not expected to get it there in three days," she said.

"Used to you could mail letter in Tulsa and they’d get it the next day, now it’s taking two, three days," said Ellen Diamond. She has been a postal clerk for 27 years.

"We’ve already noticed a slowdown in the mail and if they do this it’s going to be, it’s going to double the slow down," she said.

"We are hoping that we can get the city council to get behind us and say this is not acceptable for Tulsa or for Oklahoma City," said McNeilance.

"I’m proposing a resolution at this Wednesday’s meeting," said Tulsa city councilor Grant Miller, meeting us at the site of Tulsa first post office at 41st and Troost which opened 145 years ago today.

"On this day actually in 1879 we got our first post office," he said.

His resolution is asking that the public comment period be extended to weigh in on the plan taking effect.

"At the local level we don’t really have any say over it, all we can say is, 'Hey this is going to harm our residents," he said.

"If your mail is time sensitive, like your income tax forms or maybe your insurance payment," said McNeilance.

The plan is set to go into effect in Tulsa this July, unless Cynthia and company can deliver a knockout.ese

https://ktul.com/news/local/is-tulsas-mail-delivery-about-to-get-significantly-slower#

Tulsa's mail processing is so inconsistent that there has been talk of sending it to OKC and running it on our machines and then sending it back for dispatch to the stations. A few months ago they suffered a major power outage and we had to actually run their mail for a day while generators were brought in. That was some kind of major clusterf**k. They have a plan for a complete reorganization (aka "modernization") of the OKC plant. This will involve relocating all of the machinery in the plant over a year's time. I'm so glad I moved to a station!

 

[leemozoid]

Everything i get already goes to Tulsa and then to OK city then to McAlister. before getting to my PO.

740xx-747xx and 749xx zips never come to OKC for dispatch. We process that mail and send it TO Tulsa and it's dispatched to the stations from there. I spent the last two years dealing with that stuff. Hopefully one of these days I'll stop dreaming about processing raw mail.