Surface Transportation

1.8 B

miles driven in 2022

To move mail using surface transportation, the Postal Service drove more than 1.8 billion miles in 2022 — driving more than 24.5 million trips in more than 25,000 box trucks and tractor-trailers daily.

* | Tags: Innovation USPS Fact #701 | March 17, 2023

The Postal Service operates hundreds of mail processing and distribution centers / plants across the country. The employees in these facilities accept, sort and dispatch the nations mail.