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Growth Management helps standardize planning for the addition of new delivery points. New growth was predominantly served through lower-cost means of delivery. The percentage of walking and park-and-loop delivery points declined, while more efficient curbline, cluster box, and centralized deliveries increased. Growth in lower-cost rural delivery accounted for more than one-half of all new delivery points. The table below shows the number and growth of delivery points by type at the close of 2009.
Delivery Points by Type of Delivery
Type of Delivery
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End of Year
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Change from 2008
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City
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87,670,966
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+385,586
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Rural
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39,704,212
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+612,112
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Post Office Box
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20,091,571
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-134,914
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Highway Contract Route
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2,649,132
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+60,811
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Total
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150,115,881
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+923,595
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