Postal carrier Julie Richtarik drives through the snow in Concord, N.H., on March 18 as part of an earlier Postal Service test of Segway.
WASHINGTON, June 4 — Seeking to discover whether big-city streets or bumpy country roads can keep mail carriers from their appointed rounds, the U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it is set to expand testing of the much-anticipated Segway Human Transporter scooter into six cities.
POSTMASTER GENERAL John Potter said the post office has bought 40 of the innovative Segway devices to begin a second phase of testing in Norman, Oklahoma and five new locations including Memphis, the Bronx in New York City, San Francisco, Chandler, Arizona and a sixth, yet-to-be-determined location.
Earlier this year, mail carriers tested the energy-saving scooters in Tampa, Fla., and Concord, N.H., near the Segway company’s headquarters in Manchester.
The successful tests were conducted with machines provided at no cost. The Postal Service is paying an undisclosed amount for the new machines.
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