The G Dashes To The Same Beat
Two G trains by the Smith-9th Streets station; Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit
Back in December of 2007, I wrote about how surprised I was that the 
did not earn an overall grade of F in the Rider Report Cards series. So this around I was not surprised to see it once again earned a D+. Lets go straight to the breakdown:
G Train Riders Top 10 Priorities; 2007 priority rank in ( ):
01. Reasonable wait times for trains ( 1 )
02. Minimal delays during trips ( 2 )
03. Adequate room on board at rush hour ( 3 )
04. Sense of security in stations ( 4 )
05. Cleanliness of stations ( 5 )
06. Station announcements that are easy to hear ( 6 )
07. Sense of security on trains ( 7 )
08. Train announcements that are easy to hear ( 8 )
09. Cleanliness of subway cars ( 10 )
10. Working elevators and escalators in stations ( 11 )
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Complete G train riders priorities 2007 priority rank in ( ):
01. Reasonable wait times for trains ( 1 )
02. Minimal delays during trips ( 2 )
03. Adequate room on board at rush hour ( 3 )
04. Sense of security in stations ( 4 )
05. Cleanliness of stations ( 5 )
06. Station announcements that are easy to hear ( 6 )
07. Sense of security on trains ( 7 )
08. Train announcements that are easy to hear ( 8 )
09. Cleanliness of subway cars ( 10 )
10. Working elevators and escalators in stations ( 11 )
11. Station announcements that are informative ( 9 )
12. Comfortable temperature in subway cars ( 13 )
13. Courtesy and helpfulness of station personnel ( 12 )
14. Ease of use of subway turnstiles ( 14 )
15. Availability of MetroCard Vending Machines ( 15 )
16. Train announcements that are informative ( 17 )
17. Signs in stations that help riders find their way ( 16 )
18. Lack of scratchitti in subway cars ( 18 )
19. Signs in subway cars that help riders find their way ( 19 )
20. Lack of graffiti in stations ( 20 )
21. Lack of graffiti in subway cars ( 21 )
Click here for the breakdown of votes in this section.
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Now here is the graded breakdown for all 21 categories; 2007 grade in ( ):
01. Minimal delays during trips D+ (C-)
02. Reasonable wait times for trains D- (D-)
03. Adequate room on board at rush hour D+ (C-)
04. Sense of security in stations C- (C-)
05. Sense of security on trains C (C-)
06. Working elevators and escalators in stations D+ (D+)
07. Signs in stations that help riders find their way C (C)
08. Signs in subway cars that help riders find their way C (C)
09. Cleanliness of stations D+ (D+)
10. Cleanliness of subway cars C- (C-)
11. Station announcements that are easy to hear D (D)
12. Station announcements that are informative D+ (D)
13. Train announcements that are easy to hear D+ (D+)
14. Train announcements that are informative D+ (D+)
15. Lack of graffiti in stations C (C)
16. Lack of graffiti in subway cars C (C)
17. Lack of scratchitti in subway cars C- (C-)
18. Courtesy and helpfulness of station personnel C (C-)
19. Comfortable temperature in subway cars C+ (C+)
20. Ease of use of subway turnstiles C+ (C+)
21. Availability of MetroCard Vending Machines C+ (C+)
Click here for the breakdown of votes in this section.
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A year goes by & the story is pretty much the same, literally! When it comes to the top 10 priorities, the first 8 were identical to the results from 2007. In terms of all the grades, 16 were the same from 2007. The remaining 5 saw 2 lower grades & 3 minuscule improvements.
The comments I made for 2007’s results continue to ring true to today. So I see no point in rehashing that point by point. If you want to refresh your memory on those comments, click here. In the meantime lets just face the fact that riders have a few years to go before the line sees major improvements.
xoxo Transit Blogger
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