do you have more information on this? very important if true; I argue for the importance of off-peak service here at work but if I can connect the ridership decline to this shortcoming, my case gets way stronger
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In Pioneer Valley? Probably none. But Pioneer Valley doesn't really have public transit. It's like Providence or New Haven.
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...Providence doesn't have public transit? what do u mean here
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Alon's standards are quite European.
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what's the frequency tipping point for you two? I usually say 3/hr is the bare minimum for usefulness, 4/hr is when it starts to feel convenient
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I will tolerate 2/hr for a direct trip. Agreed with you on 3/4 per hour; 6 per hour is good service.
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yes--6/hr is the baseline daily frequency at my former station in Tokyo, Tsurukawa (it's a local-only stop; express trains all skip it so the actual baseline daily frequency on the Odakyu Line is higher)
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As someone who had several occasions where I relied on the R10 and some other PVTA busses I’m not sure I can say that it was particularly pleasant (although not being in the old bus terminal improves things a lot I assume)
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I would never call the current offering "pleasant" (and often hesitate to call it "acceptable"), the point is that if the people running it don't think that "pleasant" is even possible in the first place, they will be that much less likely to achieve it
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also R10 huh...you have my condolences; I think it's our busiest 1-per-hour route, lot more demand there than is being met by supply
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Then why is it not going up to 2 per hour?
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(Speaking of: do you do timed transfers at all?)
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yes but poorly to say the least (I rely on a timed transfer for my commute, but God help me if one bus is running late, because the two routes operate from different garages and refuse to communicate to each other)
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...And getting the dispatches to communicate is out of the question?
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Apparently! I've never heard of a technical obstacle to this, just inertia and bloody-mindedness
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