Linn's: USPS continues to focus on package mail
"Here is another sign that the United States Postal Service believes its future might be in packages. On July 19, the agency launched a pilot project in Houston and Dallas that offers same-day or next-day package deliveries at what it calls “affordable rates.” Named “USPS Connect Local,” the project is attempting to measure the demand for faster package deliveries than the USPS typically offers."