oh no no no no the manager of long-range planning cannot be this stupid well...he CAN be, but it should disqualify him from the positionpic.twitter.com/6RvVMTehoT
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Never mind that he only looked in one direction--if a Red-Blue connection were built, I guarantee you people going from the Blue Line towards Quincy would transfer at Charles instead of transferring twice via the Orange Line, and that's not even mentioning Red to Blue transfers!
Also huge lol @ saying a 4 minute savings in travel time wouldn't be appreciated, as if it's *only* the time that's the issue, and not the fact that you'd only need to make one connection (ergo only ONE time spent waiting on a platform for the next train instead of TWO)
"It would only save four minutes...provided all trains are running at peak frequency and there are no schedule interruptions" you went with the MINIMUM POSSIBLE travel time savings, assuming the BEST circumstances, and you're gonna use that to block a project? get a new job bro
your job is to make LONG RANGE PLANS; as a matter of course you should be assuming that present trends and numbers are not set in stone, and that it is part of your job to influence them!
There are altogether too many people employed in the transit industry who don't seem to think they should be trying to get more riders and more mode share. Imagine employing a manager at your company who doesn't try to get more sales--just fucking lol, fire him immediately
Is that a direct quote?
paraphrasing the second paragraph
Well, my interpretation of the presentation was a bit more generous, basically more to your point that the current double transfer is so bad that few travelers consider it. Anecdotal reports from public comment period that even SL1 is only barely time competitive.
the overall gist of his comments is that a Red-Blue connection isn't worth the trouble tho
I'd like to see the modeling redone with the new land-use model incorporating Volpe and Suffolk Downs demand.
need more detail than that
Looked him up on Linkedin. BA in communications, MA in "public policy" from the Kennedy school
time to poach planners from asian countries to run this shit
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