Comments on: M96 takes home prestigious Pokey Award http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/11/17/m96-takes-home-prestigious-pokey-award/ A New York City Subway Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/11/17/m96-takes-home-prestigious-pokey-award/#comment-57246 rhywun Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:04:08 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1644#comment-57246 I have never "used" a subway schedule*. I don't think anyone does here. I figure the maximum headway is supposed to be 20 minutes so why bother. *I take that back. I have used to find out exactly what time the N stops running express and the R is cut back to a shuttle. I have never “used” a subway schedule*. I don’t think anyone does here. I figure the maximum headway is supposed to be 20 minutes so why bother.

*I take that back. I have used to find out exactly what time the N stops running express and the R is cut back to a shuttle.

]]> By: Julia http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/11/17/m96-takes-home-prestigious-pokey-award/#comment-57225 Julia Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:12:57 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1644#comment-57225 I think the schedules are accurate in terms of the number of trains and approximately how long the route takes. In terms of the actual times listed, definitely not. (The only time I've tried to rely on a train schedule was on the way to catch an early flight. I figured that only four hours into the day, with no traffic or residual delays, the schedule would be accurate. No such luck!) I think the schedules are accurate in terms of the number of trains and approximately how long the route takes. In terms of the actual times listed, definitely not.

(The only time I’ve tried to rely on a train schedule was on the way to catch an early flight. I figured that only four hours into the day, with no traffic or residual delays, the schedule would be accurate. No such luck!)

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/11/17/m96-takes-home-prestigious-pokey-award/#comment-57196 rhywun Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:46:06 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1644#comment-57196 Well, my train is at 4.5 blocks per minute according to the schedule. These are Brooklyn blocks, which seem about the same length as Manhattan blocks to me. I knew the R was slow as mud. Anyway... I always thought the schedule was more of a "suggestion". How accurate is it really? I suppose it's a lot better now than it was in the 80s. Well, my train is at 4.5 blocks per minute according to the schedule. These are Brooklyn blocks, which seem about the same length as Manhattan blocks to me. I knew the R was slow as mud.

Anyway… I always thought the schedule was more of a “suggestion”. How accurate is it really? I suppose it’s a lot better now than it was in the 80s.

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/11/17/m96-takes-home-prestigious-pokey-award/#comment-57194 Alon Levy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:26:36 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1644#comment-57194 Rhywun, you can compute the speed yourself, by comparing the schedule to the track length. NYCT trains are usually more or less on time, and their end-run time is rarely much more than it's supposed to be. Or you can do what I do, and use a stopwatch. At off-peak daytime hours, I timed the 1 to run at just under 5 blocks a minute in Manhattan from Midtown to 116th, and about 7 from 116th to 242nd. I also timed the A/D to run at 9 blocks a minute from 125th to 59th, which is on a par with the average run times of the systems in Singapore and Moscow, whose average interstations about one third that distance. Rhywun, you can compute the speed yourself, by comparing the schedule to the track length. NYCT trains are usually more or less on time, and their end-run time is rarely much more than it’s supposed to be.

Or you can do what I do, and use a stopwatch. At off-peak daytime hours, I timed the 1 to run at just under 5 blocks a minute in Manhattan from Midtown to 116th, and about 7 from 116th to 242nd. I also timed the A/D to run at 9 blocks a minute from 125th to 59th, which is on a par with the average run times of the systems in Singapore and Moscow, whose average interstations about one third that distance.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/11/17/m96-takes-home-prestigious-pokey-award/#comment-57193 rhywun Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:17:56 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1644#comment-57193 I'd like to see them rank the speed of trains. Watching my train approach in the morning is like watching paint dry. I’d like to see them rank the speed of trains. Watching my train approach in the morning is like watching paint dry.

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