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michael_scarn_21 t1_j9ug3sm wrote

It'll be interesting to see how the data differs from Transit Matters. The T is not unfamiliar with using practices that make its numbers look better, like not counting cancelled buses and trains towards reliability statistics.

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Smilerk t1_j9umg7b wrote

Volunteer for TM here who made the SZ tracker :)

Our algorithm only flags a slow zone when its travel time is 10% higher than the median for 4 days in a row. Some of these slow zone orders are only for a few hundred feet of track which only accounts for a few second delay in overall travel time between two train stops.

TLDR -> MBTA is showing more granular slow zones, which is important. But not all have a big impact on travel time, i.e. disruptions that riders actually feel.

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