Union Tpke Posted September 23, 2019 Share #1 Posted September 23, 2019 Screen Shot 2019-09-22 at 6.21.07 AM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted September 23, 2019 Share #2 Posted September 23, 2019 Never really paid any attention to it (weekend subway usage having been higher than weekday usage), but the first thing that jumps out at me in this graph isn't even that weekend declination - it's that weekend usage is virtually on par with weekday usage... More power to those that do (and/or have to) use the subway on the weekend, because I flat out refuse...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enjineer Posted September 23, 2019 Share #3 Posted September 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, B35 via Church said: More power to those that do (and/or have to) use the subway on the weekend, because I flat out refuse Also to note is how weekend ridership fell much more than weekday ridership – but appears to be rising faster than weekday ridership! I wonder if this is just simply a baseline of subway ridership at this point in time (as in, unless things were to suddenly get much worse, those who chose to leave the subway already left, and more aren't leaving), or if the MTA's improvements over the last year (especially Save Safe Seconds and the like) have actually begun to draw people back into the system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted September 23, 2019 Share #4 Posted September 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, Enjineer said: Also to note is how weekend ridership fell much more than weekday ridership – but appears to be rising faster than weekday ridership! I wonder if this is just simply a baseline of subway ridership at this point in time (as in, unless things were to suddenly get much worse, those who chose to leave the subway already left, and more aren't leaving), or if the MTA's improvements over the last year (especially Save Safe Seconds and the like) have actually begun to draw people back into the system. I would mainly attribute that to the weekend headways. Most trains run less frequently on weekends compared to several years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted September 23, 2019 Share #5 Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Union Tpke said: Screen Shot 2019-09-22 at 6.21.07 AM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr If this doesn’t show that weekend service should not be cut, I don’t know what will... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enjineer Posted September 23, 2019 Share #6 Posted September 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: I would mainly attribute that to the weekend headways. Most trains run less frequently on weekends compared to several years ago. I thought that was attributed to the large amount of service disruptions on weekends – if it was a pain to get somewhere, people chose to use a different transit method, or simply stay home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted September 23, 2019 Share #7 Posted September 23, 2019 1 minute ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: I would mainly attribute that to the weekend headways. Most trains run less frequently on weekends compared to several years ago. Remember when the IND actually ran 8 minute headways on weekends? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, paulrivera said: Remember when the IND actually ran 8 minute headways on weekends? Pepperidge Farm remembers! Edited September 23, 2019 by Union Tpke 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3F Posted September 23, 2019 Share #9 Posted September 23, 2019 Unless I'm mistaken, "weekend" ridership is Saturday and Sunday combined. In my opinion it's a bit misleading to show them on the chart like that, since you're comparing a 1 day average to a 2 day average. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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