Report a Comment

On a 6000-series train (fewest seats), that's 5-6 people next to each door. Hardly "throughout the train."

Now that Metro considers the late night hours to be "peak"

This is nothing new. They've done this for a while. It's a dirty trick, the level of service provided sucks, and I don't like it....but they've been doing it for a while.

But also, here's an idea: why bother with the minimums? Like, oh, no! An empty train!? Whatever will everyone think?

$$$$. It's not cheap to run a train. Especially when nobody's on it.

My greater concern is the transition between peak and off peak or what is called the "shoulder" where Metro often goes from 6 minute headways to 12 minute headways or vice versa with littler or no transition

+1. A few months ago, Metro had the bright idea to do maintenance on the Red Line, and cut headways to 30 minutes at around 7:15PM on a weekday. That's completely and totally unacceptable.

I agree with Michael Perkins' recommendations for the minimum levels of service that WMATA needs to provide. 12-15 minutes should be the absolute longest headway on any schedule (per station, possibly with minor exceptions made for the single-line end stations). Let's not make the late-night Red Line meltdown permanent.

by andrew on Jul 11, 2012 4:37 pm • link • report