DfcukinLite t1_j558eil wrote on January 20, 2023 at 2:16 PM

Reply to comment by NewrytStarcommander in All MARC trains between Baltimore and DC cancelled today by sxswnxnw

I would like to see data on this. Because I ride the bus everyday and have for years, I have yet to come across this issue.

Do you take public transportation?

NewrytStarcommander t1_j55asfs wrote on January 20, 2023 at 2:33 PM

Yes and I don't know what line you ride. But the NV yesterday had two cut runs in the AM when I was trying to get to work. There is data on this by line- was posted here recently; and has had a marked upward over the last few years.

Edit- here, found the link to some of the data. If you have never been affected, you are extremely lucky! https://medium.com/@daniellesweeney/the-mta-cut-2-000-bus-runs-in-baltimore-in-the-six-months-85a693371f4b. Granted this is old; I've seen something more recent and it's gotten worse. Will try to find the more recent data.

And here's what I was looking for: https://www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/comments/yv19y2/aries_for_transit_is_tracking_how_well_the_buses/

Dig into their different data sets a bit and you'll understand that you are basically a unicorn if you've never experienced service issues on MTA buses in Baltimore.

Source: I've lived car-free in Baltimore for 12+ years now. I know transit.

maiios t1_j56etxt wrote on January 20, 2023 at 6:47 PM

The most frustrating thing about the mta's data reporting is how they report OTP, but completely ignore cut runs. I did a bunch of work with the MTA data a few years ago, and I don't think there was any way to track the number of cut runs unless you pulled all of the real time data and stored it (which I did and still struggled to get a good number).

DfcukinLite t1_j55h3zh wrote on January 20, 2023 at 3:16 PM

I didn’t say “never had service issues”. I specifically take the Navy mainly as there’s a stop a block from my house that takes me to my office in the harbor. I take that, the sliver, 65, 71, and green routes regularly. Ghost buses are a thing but not “half the scheduled buses”