Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Nuplex t1_j8wraxf wrote

Weekday: Good

Weekend: Unreliable due to lack of frequency and frequent daytime construction interruptions

Verdict: It's a miracle it was even built and that compared to the rest of the country is fairly frequent and above average in terms of service.

Edit: The fact at peak it runs at sub-10 minute intervals and only stops running from ~1:30am - 5:00am is crazy for the US and even some other countries. It is actually pretty decent service. During the week.

The biggest issue is the state thinks way too commuter oriented when there is actually a lot of demand on the weekends for the light rail. It needs to be more frequent and they need to stop the weird daytime construction that anywhere else would be done at night.

68

mushroomsandroses t1_j8ysrvw wrote

This is it. As someone who doesn't drive, the HBLR is huge for me. Service on the weekends is tremendously frustrating, though--the platforms at Newport especially get packed.

14