#wmata Board--and region's riders & taxpayers--need to see alternatives & costs:
1) Status quo: 8 minute peak and 20-40 minute off-peak headways
2) Improve off-peak headways to i) 20 minute clockface, 15 minute clockface
3) Improve peak headways to 12 / 15 / 20 tphhttps://twitter.com/HeadwaysMatter/status/1047130848020090880 …
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Replying to @HeadwaysMatter
you might find this website useful--it gives timetables, in a variety of formats, for every station in Japan. You can use it to check and compare frequencies; here are departures from one terminal of the Sendai Subway's Tozai Line: http://ekikara.jp/newdata/ekijikoku/0410011/down1_04104071.htm …
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Replying to @380kmh
Tokyo's Ginza line runs more trains in a single weekday than
#wmata's Yellow Line runs in a whole week. I wonder why Metro's ridership is in a death spiral.pic.twitter.com/7A8Z1sxonf
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Replying to @HeadwaysMatter @380kmh
The funny thing is Metro actually has access to a lot of capital. They just keep burning it on new line expansions instead of running what they have well.
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Replying to @moritheil @HeadwaysMatter
They only made one line extension in...how many decades?
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Replying to @380kmh @HeadwaysMatter
They're spending absurd amounts of money right now buying up houses to demolish them. The rationale is that then they can build another line.https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/housing-counsel-property-owners-should-know-their-rights-in-eminent-domain-cases/2014/04/24/ff215cde-c4d6-11e3-b574-f8748871856a_story.html …
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Replying to @moritheil @HeadwaysMatter
that's Maryland Transit Administration, not WMATA
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Replying to @380kmh @HeadwaysMatter
Sorry. Still connected to a new metro line project, though, no?
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Replying to @moritheil @HeadwaysMatter
Yes--but WMATA isn't the one buying property
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Replying to @380kmh @HeadwaysMatter
My understanding is the money still could have been better spent on improving already existing Maryland segments of the Metro system. I think what you're saying is "MD politics, not WMATA, is to blame here" but it's still a suboptimal use of money. Quality before size.
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Yes, the money could probably be better spent as you describe--my point was more that WMATA couldn't spend that money elsewhere even if they wanted to, since they're not the ones spending it now
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Replying to @380kmh @moritheil
We all agree: -
#wmata needs to be responsible steward of taxpayer $$$ it spends. That means back-to-basics grunt work of maintaining & running trains on time. -Region (MTA, MWAA) spent $$$ on new transit projects/expansions of questionable value (@purplelinenow Silver Line)0 replies 0 retweets 2 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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