The 1 & 9 ranks 9th out of the 19 subway lines rated by the Straphangers Campaign. Its line rating worsened from 80¢ in our 1999 report to 75¢ this year. Our ranking is based on the MTA New York
City Transit data below:
The 1 & 9 is scheduled to come more often than most subway lines...
You're less likely to get a seat on the 1 & 9
% of passengers with seats at most crowded point during rush hour
scheduled minutes between weekday trains as of December 1999
but is the least regular of all lines in the system.
% of trains arriving at regular intervals (without gaps in service or train "bunching: between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
The 1 & 9 is cleaner than average.
% of cars with no or light interior dirtiness (as defined by NYC Transit)
The 1 & 9 breaks down less often than the average line.
and performs both above and below average on in-car announcements.
average miles traveled between delays caused by mechanical failure
% of trains with correct announcements as defined by NYC Transit
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign Line Ratings are based on a formula that gives the most weight to the amount of scheduled service, followed by other performance measures. Under this formula, a line would be rated
$1.50 if on average its 1999 scores for the measurements above matched a baseline standard defined by the 1996 scores released in our first State of the Subways report. This year, the highest Line Rating goes to the 7, which scored $1.05. The worst line is the 5, at 60¢. For more information, call NYPIRG Straphangers
Campaign at (212)349-6460 or visit our website at www.straphangers.org.
Suggestions? Complaints? Call the 1 &9 line superintendent at (212) 704-0537.
