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Winter Service Change In-Depth Analysis LocalLink Version The second of three posts will be on the changes which affect the LocalLink routes, that start this upcoming Sunday, February 3rd, 2019. There were changes on 36 LocalLink routes. They are listed below, courtesy of the MTA website: LocalLink 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 51, 53, 54, 56, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 85, 87, 91, 94, and 95 The majority of those routes received added time in most periods, while others received re-calibrations, in which the timing was balanced. Below will focus on added or modified trips for some of the LocalLink lines during Weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. LocalLink 36: Towson to Fox Ridge During the midday, headways were decreased from every 50 minutes to every 40 minutes to improve reliability and rider convenience.  Current:   New: LocalLink 54: State Center to Carney/Hillendale In the early evenin

Winter Service Change In-Depth Analysis CityLink Version Taking a break from the "class", the next three posts will be on the changes that start Sunday, February 3rd, 2019. The focus here will be changes to the CityLink brand routes. The LocalLink, Express BusLink, and School trippers will be covered in the other two posts.  The major change is that 11 CityLink routes, 36 LocalLink routes, 9 Express BusLink routes, and 4 school supplemental routes received updated schedule for the service change. They are listed below, courtesy of the MTA website: CityLink Blue, Brown, Gold, Green, Lime, Navy, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red and Yellow LocalLink 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 51, 53, 54, 56, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 85, 87, 91, 94, and 95 Express BusLink 103, 104, 105, 115, 120, 150, 154, 160, and 164 Supplemental Service for Select Baltimore City Public Schools on S2, S6, S7, S13, and S16 The majority

Welcome to Scheduling 201: Getting the basics out the way, the topics will get more involved and really dive into the scheduling process.  With the upcoming service change happening in less than a week, it was the appropriate time to discuss what a service change is and how input from riders, workers, and analysis all come together to make that change happen.  A Service Change is when schedules are modified, whether trips and routes are added, eliminated, or realigned. This includes Headways/Frequency, and Span of Service.    MTA conducts a service change three times a year: Winter (usually starts at the beginning of February), Summer (begins after school closes for the Summer break), and Fall (When school starts again) This is when routes/trips can be added, modified, or eliminated. All other service changes, only trips can added, modified, or eliminated. Formerly, changes that added/eliminated routes or changed alignments, could happen during any of the change p