The New York City subway’s on-time performance declined last year. That’s according to an audit by the state comptroller’s office.
The Wall Street Journal reports the audit found on-time performance in 2014 dropped to 74 percent on weekdays and 81 percent on weekends – compared to 81 percent and 85 percent in 2013.
On-time performance measures how often a train reaches the end of its line within 5 minutes of the scheduled time.
The MTA disagreed with the finding. It says “wait assessments” are a better measure because few passengers take a train to its last stop. “Wait assessments” measure how often subway lines stick to a scheduled wait time between trains.
But the audit found “wait assessments” also fell in 2014 to 79 percent from 80 percent in 2013.
(AP)
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And in other news, water is wet.
And if you think wait times for the subway are bad, they’re still better than the wait times driving down the roads of NYC…..