[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by blueash

You can actually see the performance report for the USPO broken down by 1/4 year. It has the goal and the reality. It is viewable as a chart or a table. For first class you can see 2 day goal and 3 to 5 day goal. I think that whether a piece of mail was a 2 day goal depends on location of the sender and recipient. Example: NYC to Washington DC, should get there in 2 days. The Villages to Watertown NY more likely 3 to 5.

There was a very significant drop in the 4th quarter of 2020 in on time delivery. You can select from many options in the drop down menu.

In the 4th Q of 2019 94% of 2 day was on time vs 88% in 2020 and for 3 to 5 day, 88% in 2019 vs 72% in 2020. December was far worse than Oct and Nov in 2020, but there was not the same problem seen in the 4th Q of 2019

The NYTimes has a recent article with many charts probing the slow down in mail delivery.

The data for January 2021 is not better:
The U.S. Postal Service was able to deliver just 71% of first class mail on time by the end of last year, as opposed to 92% in January 2020. On-time delivery of non-first class mail dropped to 38% last month, from 79% the year before.

When you're wondering how long it will take for the letter you sent to be delivered, just look at the stamp you're using, Forever.

Tn. to Va. 10 days. Jan.27 shipped, delivered Feb. 6th. Paid for 2 day priority mail. Pitiful.