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Posted by randyo on Thu Dec 6 18:27:42 2007, in response to Re: Whoa! Stupidity comes to the MTA, posted by Railman718 on Thu Dec 6 07:26:57 2007. It's not so much as a matter of cost as it is a matter of realistic operability. Just try to visualize the managers of all the lines that pass through Dekalb Av arguing among themselves as to which trains should take precedence in the event of a delay. If the Dekalb complex is under the control of one line manager, then the managers of the other lines that use the facility will just sit and point fingers at the one who caused delays to THEIR lines. In that case accountability will go down the toilet. Also connections between lines at express stations will suffer if the manager in charge of that station doesn't want HIS trains to be held for connections even during off peak or midnight hours when the headways are at their greatest. As for scheduling, back in 1986, the schedule section of RTO was moved into the newly created Operations Planning Department in an effort to standardize and streamline the sceduling process. Further Balkanizing this process will be a disaster. Even though the #7 and L lines do not themselves interact with any other lines, ridership patterns mandate that their timetables coordinate with other lines for connection purposes specifically the 7 to the N at QB Pl and the L with the J at Bway Jct during midnight hours. That is the problem with taking managers from "Toonerville Trolley" like systems where interaction between and among lines is either minimal or completely nonexistent rather than making sure that the home grown managers within the agency attain and maintain the exhaustively encyclopedic knowledge necessary to successfully run the NYC transit system. |
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