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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jan 10 19:46:43 2008, in response to Re: How the LIRR and Nassau PD Conspire Against Commuters, posted by Charles G on Thu Jan 10 19:36:02 2008. So the question I'm asking is -- At what point do you think the railroad should take action of some kind? For example -- someone described the situation whereby, even arriving at the station 15 minutes early they are unable to use the TVM and as such could be subjected to paying the penalty fare. Most seemed to think that was unreasonable and that the LIRR ought to address that by making some kind of accomodation (waive the on-board fee, add another TVM at the station).A agree with the ticket thing because it's way easier to add a ticket machine where needed than shuffle the schedule and all the trains that are effected. And the ticket machine is LITERALLY 10 or 15 minutes needed to buy your ticket at some stations sometimes. THAT is way more than the 5 minutes that almost everyone should allow to arrive at any station when trying to catch a train. So arriving 15 minutes early and having a problem should require the LIRR to take action, while arriving 2 minutes early and having a problem does not. Absolutely. 15 minutes is way different than 2. Even 2 minutes may be cutting your time to risky! My question is when the situation requires that the railroad take some type of corrective action. Is it if the situation requires people to arrive 5 minutes early? 10 minutes early? My opinion is most people should allow at least 5 minutes. How can you not? There are many factors that can effect people's getting to the station, and leaving a minute just won't account for that. A person walking slowly in front of you car at a stop sign when driving to the station can mess you up if it's that close! Too many factors to not allow at least up to about 5 minutes. 10 minutes would be a bit extreme, although not out of the rehlm. However, if they said the Cedarhurst problem was effecting people coming up to 8-10 minutes early, I would say there is a SEVERE problem. However, I can't find that same sympathy for people that only leave "3" minutes to catch their train. |
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