Measure Magazine, Vol. VI

Peaks Island, ME

The growing preference among customers to use email and pay bills online has forced the U.S. Postal Service to remove tens of thousands of public mailboxes across America. After the September 11th 2001 attacks, the U.S. Postal Service and Homeland Security removed 7,000 mailboxes that posed a perceived threat to public safety in several cities.

Hyde Park, NY

The U.S. Post Office was considerably involved in the early history and development of trans- portation. During the 1800s, the demand for postal mail was increasing, which prompted the U.S. Post Office to launch and aid in the use of several transportation inventions. Trains, steamboats, and stagecoaches were used to deliver mail throughout the 1800s. By 1912, gas powered vehicles were used for postal delivery in eight different cities.

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