Post

Post services fulfill the citizens, companies, and city services’ need to send and receive mail. When citizens are able to send and receive mail, they gain a well-being boost which contributes to their happiness, while being unable to send postcards to their friends and family, love letters to their loved ones, and opinionated letters to the editor, decreases their Well-being. Similarly, companies and city services benefit greatly from functioning Post service with an increase in efficiency when their mail is collected and delivered.

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Post vans leaving a post office

The Post Office sends out post vans to collect mail from mailboxes, used by private citizens to send mail, and directly from companies and city services. The collected mail is stored in the Post Office until it is sent either to an Outside Connection or a Post Sorting Facility. In addition, the Post Office will store mail received from outside connections or the Post Sorting Facility as "Mail to Deliver". Without the local Post Sorting Facility, all mail sent from the city is transported to Outside Connections as long-distance mail and only mail coming from Outside Connections can be delivered within the city.

Once a city has a Post Sorting Facility, this facility receives unsorted mail from the city's post offices & outside connections prior to sorting the mail into two categories: local and global mail. Local mail is sent by post trucks, 25 ton capacity semi-trucks, to the city's post offices to be stored & delivered to citizens, companies, and services in post vans, 2 ton capacity service vehicles. Global mail is exported by post trucks to outside connections via roads. Global mail can also be delivered and unsorted mail received by post trucks through cargo harbors and train terminals if they have outside connection cargo lines.

Mail object versus mail goods

Mail stored in buildings as "Mail", as opposed to mail goods carried in vehicles, is converted to tons at 1000 mail to 1 ton of Unsorted, Local, and Global mail. As an example, the default Post Office has a storage capacity of 100,000 mail which, if starting at full, 50 post vans carrying 2000 mail or 2 tons of mail each would need to depart the office to empty its storage. Post vans do not separate their inventory between local mail being delivered and unsorted mail they pick up to return to the post office.

Mail goods

While there are icons and references to unsorted mail and outgoing mail (aka global mail), the only visible good in the game appears as local mail regardless of the source and destination. As an example, mail sent directly from an outside connection to a Post Office always appears in vehicles & cargo facilities as local mail.

Service Impacts

The quality and sorting capacity of a city's postal service has direct impacts throughout the economy and citizen's happiness.

For companies, mail handling has a direct impact on efficiency and is an important part of running a business smoothly. Conversely, a poorly run postal service can have negatively impact companies and decrease their profitability.

For citizens, a direct factor in their well-being is quality of mail services which is incorporated into their overall happiness. A quality postal service allows citizens to remain in contact with their friends and families both within the city and outside of the city.

Buildings

主条目：Service buildings

Post Office

Handles local incoming and outgoing mail. Post vans and trucks pick up mail from mailboxes around the city. Citizens can also drop off their mail directly at the office. Can be upgraded with an extra garage and a storage extension.

Post Sorting Facility

Processes and stores both local and intercity mail. Mail going to and coming from outside the city is carried by high capacity post trucks, which helps reduce mail related traffic on the roads. Can be upgraded with extra loading ramps, a storage extension and automated sorting systems.

Building details

Name	Size (cells)	Cost	Upkeep per month	XP	Post vans	Post trucks	Mail storage capacity	Mailbox capacity	Sorting speed
Post Office 的图标 Post Office Handles local incoming and outgoing mail. Post vans and trucks pick up mail from mailboxes around the city. Citizens can also drop off their mail directly at the office. Can be upgraded with an extra garage and a storage extension.	10×8	₡250.0K	₡45.0K	500	20	0	100000	500
Post Office Post Van Garage 的图标 Post Office Post Van Garage Increased space to house more post vans.	7×6	₡22.5K	₡6.0K	100	10	0	0	0
Post Office Mail Storage Extension 的图标 Post Office Mail Storage Extension Extended storage space helps store more mail.	6×4	₡15.0K	₡5.0K	100	0	0	25000	0
Post Sorting Facility 的图标 Post Sorting Facility Processes and stores both local and intercity mail. Mail going to and coming from outside the city is carried by high capacity post trucks, which helps reduce mail related traffic on the roads. Can be upgraded with extra loading ramps, a storage extension and automated sorting systems.	28×28	₡650.0K	₡80.0K	1000	0	5	500000	0	50000 / month
Post Sorting Facility Automated Sorting 的图标 Post Sorting Facility Automated Sorting Mail is sorted more accurately, so trucks only carry the essential items for each run. Results in increased sorting speed.		₡45.0K	₡10.0K	200	0	0	0	0	25000 / month
Post Sorting Facility Mail Storage Extension 的图标 Post Sorting Facility Mail Storage Extension Extended storage space helps store more mail.	17×11	₡30.0K	₡10.0K	200	0	0	250000	0
Post Sorting Facility Extra Loading Ramps 的图标 Post Sorting Facility Extra Loading Ramps Increased space allows for more mail trucks to run.		₡30.0K	₡10.0K	200	0	5	0	0

Name	Service range	Service capacity	Service magnitude	Noise pollution	Electricity consumption	Water consumption	Garbage accumulation	Workplaces	Max. needed education	Evening shifts	Night shifts
Post Office	2000.0	15000.0	2.0	Noise pollution 5000	500	1000	1900	12	Educated	25%	20%
Post Office Post Van Garage				Noise pollution 2500	350	250	900	2	Poorly educated	0%	0%
Post Office Mail Storage Extension				Noise pollution 2500	350	0	400	2	Poorly educated	0%	0%
Post Sorting Facility				Noise pollution 20000	8000	2500	9000	20	Educated	30%	10%
Post Sorting Facility Automated Sorting					4000	0	1800	4	Poorly educated	0%	0%
Post Sorting Facility Mail Storage Extension				Noise pollution 5000	1500	0	1800	0	Poorly educated	0%	0%
Post Sorting Facility Extra Loading Ramps				Noise pollution 5000	0	0	1800	4	Poorly educated	0%	0%

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