Re: [NSW] If it's not our fault, the trains aren't late

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

Only quoting weekday peaks is massaging figures by your reasoning, so the
masseuse is at in now.

I'd agree with you if we had an objective media and a public that thought
about the whys that sit behind the stats.  We have neither so Christie's doing
the right thing (except I'd like to see off-peak as well), get on the front
foot, make public the parameters for the stats and publish from there.  No
point in getting belted for things outside your control.

Chris

Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> I don't think its legitimate to massage figures according to what the
> cause is. A late train is a late train is a late train.
>
> In article <WT6e6.303$%3.8720@ozemail.com.au>,
>   "Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> > The Telegraph gives "acts of God, suicides, flooding, storm damage
> and extreme
> > heat" as examples of factors that will be taken into account.  I
> wonder how
> > objectively this will be done?  If a 1 in 10 year rain fall event
> causes
> > flooding purely due to blocked drainage or obviously inadequate
> drainage how
> > will this be treated?  To be fair, Christie is quoted as saying that
> the
> > inclusion of the stats will only be suspended when the cause "is well
> and
> > truly beyond the control of CityRail and/or Rail Infrastructure
> Corporation.".
> > We'll see.
> >
> > Now they just need to provide stats for the full day rather than the
> peak
> > hours and separately show cancellations (including skipped stations)
> to
> > provide a really accurate picture.
> >
> > Sensibly Jim Donovan from Action for Public Transport suggested past
> figures
> > (last 12 months) should be recalculated per the new methodology and
> be made
> > public.  Boof head O'Farrell's only reported quote was negative - if
> nothing
> > else it makes him a model Shadow Minister I suppose.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
> > K24e6.30$zt5.1946@news0.optus.net.au">news:K24e6.30$zt5.1946@news0.optus.net.au...
> > > Under a CityRail plan, announced last night by the Co-ordinator-
> General
> > > for Rail, Mr Ron Christie, major rail delays caused by factors
> outside
> > > CityRail's control will no longer be counted in assessing the
> network's
> > > performance.
> > >
> > > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0102/01/pageone/pageone7.html
> > >
> > > (Apparently CityRail management will now pray for floods and fires
> every
> > > morning.)
> >
> >
>
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