The wide diffusion of digital technologies has produced a sharp decline in letter mail volumes. In this context, postboxes are mostly underutilized, and postal operators are pushing toward a re-discussion of their distribution criteria with the National Regulation Authorities, to reduce their number. In this work, we propose two alternative strategies to support this process, and we evaluate the impact produced by their implementation on the accessibility of users to the postal network. Results obtained from an extensive application to the Italian case prove the capability of the proposed approach to provide insightful managerial and policy implications.

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减少邮政网络接入点的策略：从人口统计到空间分布的标准

数字技术的广泛普及已导致信件数量急剧下降。在这种情况下，邮箱大多未得到充分利用，邮政运营商正努力与国家监管局重新讨论其分配标准，以减少其数量。在这项工作中，我们提出了两种替代策略来支持此过程，并且我们评估了其实施对用户访问邮政网络的影响。从对意大利案例的广泛应用中获得的结果证明了所提方法具有提供深刻的管理和政策含义的能力。