Postal Rate Commission
Submitted 6/16/2005 3:56 pm
Filing ID: 44996
Accepted 6/16/2005
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001
POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES
PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 108-18
Docket No. R2005-1
RESPONSE OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
TO INTERROGATORIES OF DOUGLAS F. CARLSON
(DFC/USPS-73-74)
(June 16, 2005)
The United States Postal Service hereby provides its institutional
responses to interrogatories DFC/USPS-73-74, filed on June 2, 2005. Each
interrogatory is stated verbatim and is followed by the response.
Respectfully submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.
Chief Counsel, Ratemaking
______________________________
Brian M. Reimer
475 L'Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-1137
(202) 268-3037, Fax -5402
[email protected]
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO
INTERROGATORY OF DOUGLAS F. CARLSON
DFC/USPS-73. For each year since and including 2001, please identify the
percentage of Priority Mail that was destined to one-day, two-day, and three-day
delivery areas, as defined by the Postal Service’s service standards for Priority
Mail.
RESPONSE:
Please see the following table.
Percentage of Priority Mail Volume Under Given Priority Service Standards
2001
2002
2003
2004
1-Day Standard 2-Day Standard 3-Day Standard
19.7%
76.2%
4.1%
20.0%
75.7%
4.3%
20.9%
74.9%
4.3%
20.3%
75.3%
4.4%
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO
INTERROGATORY OF DOUGLAS F. CARLSON
DFC/USPS-74. Please refer to the response to DFC/USPS-44. For each year
since and including 2001, for Priority Mail volume destined to a ZIP Code for
which the First-Class Mail service standard was one day or two days, please
provide a percentage breakdown of this volume by weight (if available, by ounce
for Priority Mail weighing 13 ounces or less, and by pound for Priority Mail
weighing more than 13 ounces.)
RESPONSE:
The requested information for FY 2004 is provided on the following pages. Prior
to FY 2004, ODIS and RPW were separate systems. RPW collected information
on weight but ODIS did not. Because ODIS was used for service standard
analysis, volume by service standards by weight cannot be provided for the
FY2001-FY2003 period. In FY2004, with the merged ODIS-RPW system, this
analysis can be provided.
DFC/USPS-74 (continued)
Percentage Breakdown of Priority Volume by Weight Step for Priority Mail Origin-Destination Pa
One-Day First-Class Service Standard
POUND
INCREMENT
OUNCE
INCREMENT
PERCENT OF
TOTAL
VOLUME
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1.28
2.17
2.01
1.77
1.50
1.29
1.18
1.29
1.13
1.18
1.26
1.19
1.72
7.99
7.13
6.36
39.95
10.23
4.04
2.03
1.09
0.64
0.39
0.27
0.16
0.12
0.09
0.08
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
DFC/USPS-74 (continued)
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
48
49
50
52
57
58
62
63
70
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
DFC/USPS-74 (continued)
Percentage Breakdown of Priority Volume by Weight Step for Priority Mail Origin-Destination Pairs with a
Two-Day First-Class Service Standard
POUND
INCREMENT
OUNCE
INCREMENT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
PERCENT OF
TOTAL
VOLUME
2.39
3.43
2.39
2.19
2.12
1.91
1.70
1.80
1.73
1.73
1.64
1.55
1.91
5.08
4.75
4.30
33.87
11.76
5.27
2.87
1.73
1.10
0.66
0.49
0.33
0.24
0.19
0.15
0.11
0.08
0.07
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
DFC/USPS-74 (continued)
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
65
66
69
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this date served the foregoing document in
accordance with Section 12 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure.
________________________
Brian M. Reimer
475 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-1137
(202) 268-3037, Fax -5402
[email protected]
June 16, 2005