Scumandvillany t1_j9vcycx wrote
Reply to comment by Indiana_Jawns in Warning: they are running shuttle buses between Spring Garden and Huntingdon for the el right now. by beancounter2885
That's good news, but unfortunately black swan events(due to operations mismanagement or no) can expose underlying systems that are hanging by a thread.
Indiana_Jawns t1_j9vhis4 wrote
Sure, in the same what that a truck tipping over can expose how easily out highway system can be shut down. In the end you can only engineer a system to be safe in so many circumstances and you have to rely on people not being idiots. Sadly construction workers causing damage seems to be an escalating issue, hopefully they’ll be held accountable for the damage.
flamehead2k1 t1_j9vidy5 wrote
The issues is more acute with rail because it is harder to reroute
Indiana_Jawns t1_j9vkflc wrote
Yeah, but they point is I’m there isn’t much septa can do to prevent construction workers from idiotically taking down power lines and starting fires.
flamehead2k1 t1_j9vm169 wrote
If it is construction within their system, they can make improvements to policies abs supervision to make them less likely.
If it was a Peco substation down the road, definitely less control
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