The Postal Service recently tested the ability of USPS vehicles to collect geospatial data, which can be used for electronic navigation applications and other geospatial-based technologies. During the test, the organization worked with Microsoft, which collects panoramic, three-dimensional imagery of city streets and other locations for Streetside View 360, the company’s mapping program for mobile […]
Yesterday, patrol was dispatched to the report of a mailman who drove his US Postal truck into a sinkhole where the road gave way at the dead end of Olive, just past the Homestead Motel. The sinkhole was approximately 6 feet wide and 5 feet deep and the result of the heavy rain. The Streets […]
October 1, 2019 — In July, a mail carrier in Phoenix, Arizona, claimed to have cooked a steak to an internal temperature of 142 degrees Fahrenheit—medium rare—on the dashboard of his delivery vehicle, which doesn’t have air conditioning. While it’s fine for your credit card bills and other mail to get that hot, when medications are exposed […]
USPS still undecided on type of vehicles needed for replacement of LLVs July 27, 2016 U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus inspected a 3-D printer and sat behind the wheel of a postal truck Tuesday during a tour of Wheeler Bros. in Somerset. SOMERSET – Chad Wheeler wants U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-Sewickley, to know a Somerset […]
LOS ALTOS, CA (KGO) — A USPS truck set on fire and melted after its driver turned on the ignition in Los Altos on Thursday afternoon. The letter carrier escaped not injured. Investigators are trying to determine if the truck was parked over a broken gas main along La Barranca Road. Read Full Story: Peninsula […]