by worldtraveler
Does anybody know why all of the handicap seats on the EL are folded closed?
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JeffK wrote:I agree about the later service, but you probably won't see anything till there's more money in the coffers, and maybe not then given the mindset at 1234. I found it interesting that when the Inky ran a survey of reasons why new college grads left the city, lousy public transit was fairly high up, maybe 4th or 5th on the list. When I worked in CC, there were several times I got into, shall we say, disagreements with New Jersey coworkers who couldn't understand why it wasn't practical for me to stay "just a few more minutes" when we had a late project. I literally had one person say "What's the problem? There'll be another train every 10 minutes or so till midnight, right? Doesn't SEPTA work like PATCO?"I really do not see what the big hub-bub is all about with SEPTA offering late night OWL service. I use owl service to the AMTRAK each morning, and never are these buses crowded or standing-room only.
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Jbad wrote:Does anyone know why SEPTA always runs 6-car sets on the MFL?IIRC, they don't want to bother with breaking up and making sets, which I don't blame them for. I don't think running 6 as opposed to 2 or 3 would be that much more in operationg costs. Plus, I don't think this is the reason for no 24 hour service.
worldtraveler wrote:I used to ride the EL and Subway at late hours and never had problems. When you ride a 3 am, you know the schedule. I never had to wait more than 5 minutes. It was great. They collected the fare on the train at all stops outside of center city to save money. Septa sighted crime as one reason for shutting down. However, considering that trains only ran every 20 minutes, you could easily have one police officer per train during overnight hours. They also ran shorter trains. Usually just 4 cars. I think they should go back to a 24/7 system. Running all those buses is slow and does not save money.I think that crime in the stations is more of a concern than crime on the trains. With the OWL service on the surface, the police department can patrol stops just like patroling the rest of the streets.