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Coordination and safety procedures for mail delivery on roadways without shoulders : technical report.
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2009-08-01
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Edition:Technical report; May 2007-April 2008
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Abstract:This research utilized interviews, focus groups, and surveys of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) employees to determine safety and coordination issues related to mail delivery on rural, two-lane highways without shoulders. Numerous crashes involving letter carriers have prompted this effort to identify ways to reduce the exposure of rural letter carriers on these types of highways, as well as to recommend innovative ways to improve coordination between the two agencies.
This report contains the results and recommendations from that effort. Researchers addressed the following specific issues:
• mailbox placement design standards;
• mailbox turnout design criteria;
• U.S. Postal Service efforts to improve safety for their rural letter carriers;
• Texas Rural Letter Carriers’ Association input on ways to improve safety for their members; and
• current TxDOT practices related to mailbox installation, turnout design, and coordination efforts with the U.S. Postal Service.
This report includes data findings from the various studies and recommendations for improving safety for rural letter carriers, as well as ways for TxDOT and the USPS to improve coordination efforts.
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