From: tls@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Bolwerk   wrote:   
   >   
   >On the A Train?  You could just read the schedule and catch the closest   
   >matching train, if that's *really* a problem.   
   >   
   >Looking at the schedule, I don't see many gaps of more than 10m at any   
   >point during daytime service either.   
      
   Right: if the trains actually left 207th according to the schedule, it   
   shouldn't be the case that just after rush hour, there are 10+ minute   
   gaps between southbound trains.  Unfortunately, they don't, and there   
   are.  As has been amply documented, MTA has numerous tricks for fudging   
   the departure data for the terminals, so that can't be trusted either.   
      
   In practice, if they could actually get the trains out of the terminals   
   on a tighter schedule at the edges of the peak periods when large   
   numbers of trains are coming into the terminals and out of service,   
   they could spread out the rush.  Everyone in Washington Heights knows   
   not to leave for work at 10AM -- they could fix that, which would   
   leave more seats for passengers downtown during the real peak of rush   
   hour.   
      
   Unfortunately I suspect the reason they don't do better at schedule   
   keeping under these circumstances is that they can't.   
      
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