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humantransit.org
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| | | | | A reader asks: [Alon Levy's] post onThe Transport Politicabout through-routing commuter rail in New York brought up a question I've had for several years regarding transit systems. Why isn't through-routing more common? This applies to rail, BRT, regular bus, etc. It seems that through-routing all or most of a city's lines via a central transit [...] | |
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pedestrianobservations.com
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| | | | | In my last post about New York regional rail schedules, I covered the New Haven and Harlem Lines of Metro-North and the Main Line and Hempstead Branch of the LIRR. I was hoping to cover more lines tonight, but due to time constraints only the Hudson Line is available. This post should be viewed as... | |
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pedestrianobservations.com
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| | | | | A few years ago, when I started writing timetables for proposed regional rail lines, I realized how much faster they were than current schedules. This goes beyond the usual issues in Boston with electrification, which can cut the Boston-Providence trip from the current 1:10 or so to around 45 minutes. In New York the trains... | |
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pedestrianobservations.com
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| | | Five years ago, I wrote a blog post about frequency-ridership spirals, mentioning as a side comment that the impact of mass transit frequency on ridership can be lumped together with the trip time. I'd like to develop this point here, and talk about how it affects various kinds of public transportation, including intercity trains. The... | ||
