UPS Expands Keyless Apartment-Building Entry Started in NYC
- Service extends to 10 cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles
- Initiative marks effort to tap rapid growth in e-commerce
A United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) employee pushes a dolly of packages across Wall Street in New York.
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United Parcel Service Inc. is expanding a keyless-entry system for package deliveries at apartment buildings after a successful test in New York and San Francisco.
The efficiency gains from not having to resend packages or fumble with a ring full of keys prompted UPS to extend the service to 10 other cities where high-rise residential towers are common, including Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles. The system, in which drivers can enter buildings but not individual apartments, will be available in mid-2019, UPS said in a statement Tuesday.