Comments on: Getting Ready for First Major Snowfall of 2010 http://www.nextstopstl.org/1733/getting-ready-for-first-major-snowfall-of-2010/ A Conversation About Transit Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:33:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: NN http://www.nextstopstl.org/1733/getting-ready-for-first-major-snowfall-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-397 NN Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:36:47 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=1733#comment-397 I can always trust metro service during storms and it has once again kept my trust this morning :) Once again reminds us how important light rail service is! I can always trust metro service during storms and it has once again kept my trust this morning :)

Once again reminds us how important light rail service is!

]]> By: Daron Dierkes http://www.nextstopstl.org/1733/getting-ready-for-first-major-snowfall-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Daron Dierkes Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:02:23 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=1733#comment-395 People without cars are alive 24 hours a day in a major city. Sometimes they are drunk and need to catch a train at 3 am. Sometimes, they just need to get to the airport early from their home way off in Belleville. Maybe they work at a gas station, hotel, or diner until the early morning hours. There is no reason to stop service altogether in the early morning hours, especially when it's cold. Reduced service yes, but not stopped altogether. Running a single car every hour for instance would not be a great strain on the system, but it would be a great relief to hundreds of people with no choice but to drive drunk, walk incredible distances, or call a taxi. Running the trains at night without passengers. Awesome job, really. People without cars are alive 24 hours a day in a major city. Sometimes they are drunk and need to catch a train at 3 am. Sometimes, they just need to get to the airport early from their home way off in Belleville. Maybe they work at a gas station, hotel, or diner until the early morning hours.

There is no reason to stop service altogether in the early morning hours, especially when it’s cold. Reduced service yes, but not stopped altogether. Running a single car every hour for instance would not be a great strain on the system, but it would be a great relief to hundreds of people with no choice but to drive drunk, walk incredible distances, or call a taxi.

Running the trains at night without passengers. Awesome job, really.

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