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minus-squareLantsu@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI read that in Germany they basically do this. If running late, they don’t stop in all the stations to save time. They skipped your station? Boohoo.
minus-squaremyotheraccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThat’s because a canceled stop does not count for the “delayed” statistic, which they optimize for. It’s a great example of how a metric becoming a goal makes it a terrible metric!
I read that in Germany they basically do this. If running late, they don’t stop in all the stations to save time. They skipped your station? Boohoo.
That’s because a canceled stop does not count for the “delayed” statistic, which they optimize for. It’s a great example of how a metric becoming a goal makes it a terrible metric!