(09-05-2024, 03:40 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Actually, car free rush hour would be an immense improvement in rush hour--I can personally attest. But leaving that aside, I was illustrating the double standard to which applies to people driving vs. not driving.
I mean, I don't drive to work, I'm all for a car-free rush hour for those that can do that. But I can still think that car free Sundays are a much better event than car free rush hours, in recognition of the fact that lots of people do drive to work.
(09-05-2024, 03:40 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Why is it not just acceptable but "just makes sense" for transit riders to see a significant delay or even complete loss of mobility on Sundays, when a person driving a car would find it intolerable to experience the same.
You're strawman-ing so hard here. I would never suggest that it's acceptable for transit users to have a complete loss of mobility or significant delay on Sundays. Read what I actually wrote. I said that adjusting subway service from every 2 minutes to every 2.5 minutes is an acceptable summer service reduction. If waiting an average of 15 seconds longer for a subway is a "complete loss of mobility" your standards are laughably ridiculous. My point was that service levels should be higher at all times, summer included, but that it is reasonable that summer have lower service levels. Note lower, not low. I'm comparing relative to the high service levels we should have. I think ION should run every 5 mins all day, but I'd accept every 7.5 mins on Sundays. That's not a significant delay, it provides good mobility, but it also recognizes that some periods have lower ridership.