The Postal Service spent $3.0 billion on highway transportation, a decrease of 13 percent. The decrease was the result of lower fuel costs and a reduction in miles driven. About 1.3 million fewer miles of highway transportation were contracted.
Rail transportation costs were $87 million, a 25.8 percent decrease. The cost of transporting mail by water, to domestic offshore and inland destinations, was $28 million, a 5.2 percent decrease.
