SEPTA wants to know how we can make regional rail more useful to riders, increasing access and creating a more equitable transportation network that will benefit the entire region.https://septaregionalrail.typeform.com/ ... lypenn.com
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SEPTA wants to know how we can make regional rail more useful to riders, increasing access and creating a more equitable transportation network that will benefit the entire region.https://septaregionalrail.typeform.com/ ... lypenn.com
rcthompson04 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:28 am ... it isn’t really asking the right questions.Choose one:
JeffK wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:49 pmProbably a little bit of both. The integration of Regional Rail into the wider transit system really goes both ways. It isn't just about getting people to use Regional Rail who wouldn't. The real focus needs to be on making transit and Regional Rails schedules to work with each other. I would take the bus to the train station in Malvern or Paoli if the buses were actually timed to arrive before a train instead of right after departure of a train and having to wait 20+ minutes for the next train.rcthompson04 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:28 am ... it isn’t really asking the right questions.Choose one:
[ ] They don’t know what the right questions should be
[ ] They know the right questions but don’t want to hear the answers
Not sure which is worse.
ChesterValley wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:28 pmI suspect a 3/2 model will be standard outside of healthcare and academia, which are two big users.
Anecdotally my large company is embracing the hybrid model of work, 3 days on 2 days off for most workers with exceptions for new hires, and from the way the traffic has been in the area it would appear that most companies are following that sort of model. I'm not sure how SEPTA could even adapt to a model like that in SEPTA's current form
ryan92084 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:56 am More about this on their site but it really does read like their current plan is no plan.This is just more busy work. They should have spent the money on some random project to improve something.
https://planning.septa.org/projects/reg ... ster-plan/
rcthompson04 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:16 pmI'm told there are many more politically connected people in consulting firms than there are in construction companies.ryan92084 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:56 am More about this on their site but it really does read like their current plan is no plan.This is just more busy work. They should have spent the money on some random project to improve something.
https://planning.septa.org/projects/reg ... ster-plan/
PHLSpecial wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:02 pm Would love to speed up all of Septa trains, especially at the CCCT. I'm assuming the interlockings is the worse offender and second would be track and catenary conditions?Building more high level platforms would speed things up as well. The impact of having so many low level platforms has become painfully obvious with trains keeping better times with fewer riders.