Editing United States Postal Service (section)

==== Same-day trials ====
In December 2012, the USPS began a limited one-year trial of same-day deliveries directly from retailers or distribution hubs to residential addresses in the same local area, a service it dubbed "Metro Post".<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Post office tests same-day delivery|date=November 23, 2012|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/11/23/cash-strapped-post-office-tests-same-day-delivery/EeG60PN9dhT9N7cdfMyj7J/story.html|access-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629183904/http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/11/23/cash-strapped-post-office-tests-same-day-delivery/EeG60PN9dhT9N7cdfMyj7J/story.html|archive-date=June 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Target |url=https://www.usps.com/metropost/ |title=USPS.com – Metro Post |publisher=Usps.com |date=March 28, 2011 |access-date=March 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613090157/https://www.usps.com/metropost/ |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The trial was initially limited to San Francisco and the only retailer to participate in the first few weeks was [[1-800-FLOWERS]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=EcommerceBytes.com|date=January 14, 2013|first=Kenneth|last=Corbin|title=USPS Adding Retailers to Same Day Delivery Trial|url=http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y13/m01/i14/s04|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=January 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120030907/http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y13/m01/i14/s04/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In November 2013, the Postal Service began regular package delivery on Sundays for Amazon customers in New York and Los Angeles,<ref>{{cite web |first=Joseph |last=Adinolfi |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/terms-deal-us-postal-service-usps-deliver-amazon-amzn-packages-not-revealed-usps-or-1470726 |title=Terms Of Deal For US Postal Service (USPS) To Deliver Amazon (AMZN) Packages Not Revealed By USPS Or Amazon |website=[[International Business Times]] |date=November 14, 2013 |access-date=June 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102035351/http://www.ibtimes.com/terms-deal-us-postal-service-usps-deliver-amazon-amzn-packages-not-revealed-usps-or-1470726 |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> which it expanded to 15 cities in May 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bishop |first=Todd |url=http://www.geekwire.com/2014/amazon-expands-sunday-delivery-15-cities-deal-u-s-postal-service/ |title=Amazon and USPS expand Sunday delivery to 15 more cities, will reach 'large portion' of U.S. this year |work=GeekWire |date=May 7, 2014 |access-date=June 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223050133/http://www.geekwire.com/2014/amazon-expands-sunday-delivery-15-cities-deal-u-s-postal-service/ |archive-date=February 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Amazon Sunday delivery has been expanded to most major markets as of September 2015.