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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Wed Feb 1 16:30:41 2017, in response to Re: Second Av Subway Ridership Growing Rapidly, posted by AlM on Wed Feb 1 15:54:16 2017. As I noted, they operate only 23 tph on the local. Adding 7 more would raise it to 30 tph. That's a level they used to operate, when rush hour policy was to operate at full tilt. The local is fairly straight; they don't have the switch at 125th St that expresses do.The MTA policy has been to equalize load levels on all lines during the rush hour. This has resulted in reducing service levels where load levels were warranted. This policy has had many consequences consequences. One consequence has been that riders cannot choose between slightly slower but emptier locals vs. more crowded expresses. Another consequence has been unbalanced merges and non-uniform headways. Both limit the ability to operate close to service level capacity. |
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