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Posted by aem7ac on Wed Jan 12 01:00:37 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: MBTA MPXpress Locomotive #010 In Delivery, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Wed Jan 12 00:54:39 2011. To me, I'm sitting in what's arguably the "best" transit region of the country, and I find the network to be somewhat hobbled by the best practices of North American rail transport.I think it is important for you to separate the concepts of "convenient system for you" versus "industry best practice". Industry best practice includes many things like how you can derive the most benefits with the least amount of resources, how you can make a system easy to understand to everybody, how you can allow meaningful participation by everyone including the mobility impaired, and how you can get away with as little maintenance as possible without causing safety problems or asset degradation, etc. These are sometimes conflicting goals and therefore each one would have a different "best" practice when it comes to how things can be accomplished. As for "convenient system for you", maybe it really is industry best practice to have a system that isn't so convenient because maybe many people still use the system and pay the fares even though you think the service is crap. I'd say the railroad is doing a great job if that were the case. One reasonable goal for a transit system is to keep the costs low while still serving the majority of potential demand. Of course, what consitutes realistic potential demand is a matter of debate. aem7ac |
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