Delivering for America
Archive of Lists & Maps
S&DCs and Spokes as of 3/15/24
The Postal Service shared this list with the PRC in response to an information request as part of the Public Inquiry on Delivering for Amerca; the original is here. View on Google Docs.
S&DCs and Potential Spokes in Five Regions
As of 10/2/2023
For more information about these lists, see "Postal Service announces more plant consolidations and S&DC conversions." Â View on Google Docs.
RPDC Regions and LPCs
As of 8/14/2023
For more information about these lists, see "Mapping RPDC Regions." Â View on Google Docs.
S&DCs and Spoke Post Offices
Official USPS list shared with PRC 7/19/23
Changes since last update: Gainesville (FL) Main Street, Panama City (FL) North Side, and Panama City (FL) Downtown have been removed from the list; Vernon Center (NY) has been added. For more info about this list, see "USPS responds to PRC’s public inquiry on DFA with nonpublic filings." View on Google Docs.
S&DCs and Spoke Post Offices
Confirmed as of 8/3/2023
For more info about this map, see "DFA implementation update on facility consolidations and new S&DCs." View on Google Maps.
S&DCs and Spoke Post Offices
Confirmed as of 8/3/2023
(For more info about this map, see ""DFA implementation update on facility consolidations and new S&DCs." View list on Google Docs)
RPDCs, LPCs, S&DCs, and Spoke Post Offices
Confirmed as of 6/23/2023
For more info about this map, see "Previewing the first information request in the PRC Inquiry on DFA"
RPDCs, LPCs, S&DCs, and Spoke Post Offices
Confirmed as of 6/23/2023
(For more info about this map, see "Previewing the first information request in the PRC Inquiry on DFA"; View list on Google Docs)
Inventory of Potential RPDCs, LPCs, and S&DCs
(As of 6/23/2023)
For more info about this list, see "The future flow of the postal network: An inventory of potential RPDCs, LPCs, and S&DCs." View on Google Docs.
List of S&DCs and Spoke Offices
(As of 8/12/2022)
For more info about this list, see "Introducing the new USPS Sorting & Delivery Centers." View on Google Docs.
Spoke Post Offices
Updated as of 8/1/2023. Filter by Implementation Date
S&DC Resources
ARTICLES ON SAVE THE POST OFFICE
- Introducing the New USPS Sorting & Delivery Centers (August 30, 2022)
- Modeling the New USPS Delivery Network: List & Map (Sept. 15, 2022)
- Clearing up a few misconceptions about S&DCs and EVs (Dec. 20, 2022)
- The S&DC rollout rolls on: Implementation & Impacts of Delivery Network Transformation (Jan. 26, 2023)
- The USPS Eagle spins S&DCs to postal employees (
- Texas Two-Step: S&DC holds a grand opening, Post Office gets downsized (Feb. 13, 2023)
- The first two historic post offices put at risk by the S&DC plan (Feb. 15, 2023)
- The Postal Service unwinds the NDC network and merges the mail streams (Feb. 16, 2023)
- OIG revises announcement of its S&DC audit (again), will now focus on communication (Feb. 24, 2023)
- The Postal Service consolidates its network: Modeling five metros (Feb. 27, 2023)
- Everything you didn’t know you need to know about the Postal Service’s new commercial (March 2, 2023)
- Postal Service shares a new list of S&DCs and spoke offices to be converted in June and September (March 4, 2023)
- A progress report on S&DC conversions and plant consolidations (March 15, 2023)
- New USPS TV spot promises a delivery network with smarter, more efficient routes (March 26, 2023)
- Previewing the first wave of Regional Processing & Distribution Centers (March 30, 2023)
- The S&DC plan rolls on, the excessing begins (April 1, 2023)
- EVs and S&DCs: USPS says you can’t have one without the other (April 5, 2023)
- PRC Initiates Public Inquiry Proceeding to Gather Information on Changes to the Postal Network (April 21, 2023)
- The OIG tells the post office to get a divorce (Sept. 23, 2011)
LISTS & MAPS ON SAVE THE POST OFFICE
- Potential Regional Processing & Distribution Center (list/map)
- List combining previous lists (as of 3/15/2023)
- List of 30 S&DCs and spoke offices as of 2/23/23
- List of 15 S&DCs as of 12/2/2022
- List of 55 Spoke Offices as of 12/2/2022
- Map of S&DCs and Spoke Offices as of 12/2022
- List of 200 Spoke Offices as of 8/12/2022
- Map of 200 Spoke Offices as of 8/12/2022
- List of 6,000 post offices that might be converted to spokes (See “Modeling” article for details)
- Map of 6,000 post offices that might be converted to spokes (See “Modeling” article for details)
- List of 776 facilities that might be converted to S&DCs (See “Modeling” article for details)
USPS LISTS
- Sorting & Delivery Centers (S&DC), USPS Presentation (July 29, 2022)
- List of first 21 S&DCs and 200 post offices to be “converted” (August 12, 2022)
- List of 14 S&DCs and 55 spokes set for February and June 2023 (December 2, 2022)
- List of S&DCs and spokes set for June and September 2023 (February 28, 2023)
OTHER USPS DOCUMENTS
- A Better Workplace for a Better Future, Eagle Magazine (July 2022)
- USPS Statement on S&DCs (January 2023)
- Re-Thinking Local Delivery, Eagle Magazine (Feb. 2023)
- USPS Responses to APWU Information Request on Sorting and Delivery Centers (March 6, 2023)
- March MTAC Open Session - S&DC Update (March 28, 2023)
- Central and WestPac Areas​ AIM Virtual Webinar on Network Redesign and RPDCs (April 4, 2023) (Slides/Audio)
- Delivering for America: Second Year Progress Report (April 2023)
NEWS ARTICLES
- DeJoy outlines USPS plans to close, consolidate facilities across its delivery network, Federal News Network (May 18, 2022)
- Postal Employees Voice Major Concerns as USPS Begins Implementing Its Delivery Consolidation Plan, Government Executive (August 4, 2022)
- What the PRC Said about USPS Plans to Overhaul Network, ecommercebytes.com (August 8, 2022)
- USPS Lists Hundreds of Post Offices and Other Facilities Where It Will Consolidate Operations, Government Executive (August 26, 2022)
- Commentary: USPS sorting center unduly taxes Andover carriers, The Eagle Tribune (Sept. 15, 2022)
- US Postal Service pursues facility consolidation to reduce transport costs, Supply Chain Drive (Sept. 21, 2022)
- USPS Mail Sorting Consolidation Plans Are Still in Flux, Government Executive (Sept. 23, 2022)
- Town Meeting, Andover, MA: USPS plan to centralize carrier operations (Oct. 13, 2022)
- Slower mail delivery expected in Southwest Michigan with new federal plan, mlive.com (Nov. 7, 2022)
- Local Post Office operations restructured - Carriers forced to drive longer and Watkinsville employees transferred, The Oconee Enterprise, (Nov. 22, 2022)
- Biden’s zero-emission government fleet starts with USPS, Washington Post (Nov. 25, 2022)
- USPS Prepares for a ‘Year of Implementation,’ and the Shaping of Louis DeJoy’s Legacy, Government Executive (Dec. 29, 2022)
- Post Office operations restructured in 2022, The Oconee Enterprise (Jan. 4, 2023)
- Proposed USPS sorting & delivery plan could impact mail delivery across the region, KBTX (Jan. 23, 2023)
- USPS Readies Employees for New Assignments Under Upcoming Consolidations, Government Executive (Jan. 31, 2023)
- College Station mail carriers set to transition to Bryan amid new sorting & delivery plan, KBTX (Jan. 31, 2023)
- New carrier cases spotted at a new S&DC, reddit.com (Feb. 9, 2023)
- USPS outlines plan to address ‘dramatic escalation’ in letter carrier robberies; moving ahead with a major shakeup of its delivery network, Federal News Network (Feb. 9, 2023)
- Residents say confusion at Bryan & College Station post offices are causing delays (March 3,
- Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: USPS Should Plan for Potential Workplace Charging | U.S. GAO (April 13, 2023)
- Don’t Expect to Charge Your Electric Vehicle at the Stations USPS Plans to Build - Government Executive (April 14, 2023)
STAKEHOLDER STATEMENTS AND OTHER MATERIALS
- Statement of APWU Director of Clerk Division (August 3, 2022)
- Statement of Ivan D. Butts, National President, National Association of Postal Supervisors (Sept. 7, 2022)
- Letter from Fred Upton (Rep., MI-6) to Postmaster General (Nov. 7, 2022)
- MOUs between USPS and NALC (January 13, 2023): M-01991 and M-01990
- USPS Evaluates Nonbargaining Positions Assigned to S&DCs (Jan. 17, 2023)
- MOU between USPS and APWU (June 20, 2023)
OIG REPORTS
- Retail and Delivery: Decoupling Could Improve Service and Lower Costs (September 22, 2011)
- A Framework for Delivery Network Optimization (September 10, 2012)