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US cities pay too much for buses

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355 points pavel_lishin | 1 comments | 26 Sep 25 13:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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logifail ◴[26 Sep 25 18:21 UTC] No.45389479[source]▶
Ever since I first looked at the Oshkosh NGDV for the USPS I couldn't help but wonder WHY there was a need for a custom vehicle?*

European parcel delivery firms and postal systems (Deutsche Post DHL, La Poste, Royal Mail, PostNL and all the non-legacy competitors) generally do not commission purpose-built vehicles, they buy off the shelf small vans and light commercial vehicles.

* of course I do know why, "because jobs and politics"...

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1. wolrah ◴[26 Sep 25 19:15 UTC] No.45389994[source]▶
How common are individual streetside mailboxes elsewhere in the world. That's really the only thing where I could see a real need for specialized vehicles for, otherwise for neighborhoods that have on-foot delivery or centralized boxes I totally agree any ordinary delivery van should be just as good for USPS as it is for UPS, FedEx, Amazon, etc.