philipmartin wrote:Article says N.J. Transit trains break down at rate four times U.S. average.
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It may imply that, which is an absolutely misleading comparison as from what is described in the linked news article, the number of breakdowns per agency are the raw numbers, not adjusted by number of trains operated, number of passengers per year, number of train miles operated or other similar means of a fair comparison. See what I mean from this brief quote:
"The railroad, the nation's second-largest by ridership, recorded 213 major mechanical failures, according to figures posted Friday by the National Transit Database. That was 19 percent more than in 2013 and the most in at least four years. Nationally, 24 commuter railroads had an average 52 major failures in 2014."