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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

bucolic_frolic

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5. The public is critiquing the report. Some are skeptical.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 07:11 PM

Saturday

https://pedestrianobservations.com/2025/05/05/the-northeast-corridor-report-is-out/

"Also: what turnaround times are you factoring in at the termini (DC and Boston)? It was unclear from the report unless I missed something. If both NY-BOS and NY-DC come in at 1:56 and the dwell at Penn is 0:03, are you leaving only 0:05 for turning around? For a nearly 4-hour train trip this seems like a level of punctuality that would even challenge the Swiss."

I think the report was released in May and is now gaining visibility?

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