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Comment on tranzmetro performance by stick

stick — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:16:27 +0000

Hi Grant

To be honest, my newspaper reading is nil. All of my news is via RSS and it was probably missed by me. Also, the link is on the main TranzMetro page so not so secret :)

I’ve been catching the train for over a year now and it has never been on time in either direction. Yes, there’s work going on in the guise of improvements but I call this maintenance. If you don’t upkeep your infrastructure then that’s your fault. I understand that there is new ownership and it is not the current owner’s fault we are in this mess.

There is a difference between speed restrictions and completely stopping.

I believe that if you don’t bitch and moan then how will service improve? Although, you will never stop people from complaining regardless of how good things are. For example, and this is my opinion only, the trains in Sydney are awesome. There’s always a train when you want it and they are always on time. Yet, people still complain.

Comment on tranzmetro performance by Grant

Grant — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:31:09 +0000

Not sure why you say “secret squirrel” annoucement. Its been was a news story in The Dom aswell as a 1/4 page paid ad on Wedensday. It also been covered by Radio NZ and Stuff websites, since Tuesday when the annoucement was first made.
As for timekeeping, with the amount of work going on and the spped restrictions past buildign sites, along with extensive associated bus replacements, I’d be surprised if anything is running exactly to time. The handling of two major failures lats week was poor, no question of that, but peple seem to be slacking them off for every little delay now and not taking into account just what is happening with rail in Wellington at present.

Comment on tranzmetro performance by KrazyMike

KrazyMike — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:14:57 +0000

Ahhh worth a try :)

Comment on tranzmetro performance by stick

stick — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:56:19 +0000

You forget the arriving part. If the train arrives late then it can’t leave on the scheduled time.

Comment on tranzmetro performance by KrazyMike

KrazyMike — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:48:52 +0000

they often meet the KPI 95% of servies do depart within 3 min of schedule… the fact they stop 25m away from the station and sit there for 20 min doesn’t count… they left the station on time

Comment on the third option – updated 8/9/09 by spinner.org.nz » Blog Archive » the decision

spinner.org.nz » Blog Archive » the decision — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:34:38 +0000

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Comment on still keeping it simple by stick

stick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:20:32 +0000

I’m sure I’ll try it out again at some stage.

Comment on still keeping it simple by Peter

Peter — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:06:39 +0000

Now I dunno what yer new theme looked like. Oh well.

Comment on keeping it simple by stick

stick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:24:06 +0000

Hmmm, it’s still quite buggy. I’ve discovered that the flickr section at the bottom shows random people’s flickr streams.

Comment on keeping it simple by paul

paul — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:16:26 +0000

It is indeed a nice simple look. I like it. I wonder how it looks with images in posts…