Amazon Poised To Replace USPS

Amazon is investing roughly $4 billion and adding dozens of delivery hubs each year, cutting rural delivery times to under 48 hours for most households and using local contractors to carry more parcels. Shipping analysts and software firms now project Amazon could become the largest U.S. parcel carrier within a few years, displacing traditional carriers and the Postal Service in many rural ZIP codes. — If Amazon becomes the dominant rural carrier, it will shift market power, labor conditions, universal service expectations, and the political calculus around postal funding and rural infrastructure.