Impacts Associated with Local Transportation Optimization in Richmond, Virginia

The Postal Service deployed a major change to operations within the Richmond, VA, area on October 28, 2023, when it implemented its Local Transportation Optimization initiative. The initiative is designed to reduce the overall number of transportation trips to and from select Post Offices and increase the amount of mail transported on each trip. In this new initiative, the Postal Service will no longer transport mail collected at select delivery units to the Richmond Regional Processing and Distribution Center (RPDC) the same day it is collected. Rather, the mail will remain at the unit until the next day, delaying its entry into sorting operations.