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Journalism Fail OTD

2012-03-19 20:26:33.334426+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Grrr: SFGate.com: Idea that rains delay BART trains may be all wet

BART's system performance statistics back him up. During the past two rainy seasons, 92 to 93 percent of trains were on time, and passengers arrived at their destinations on schedule about 95 percent of the time. BART's standards call for passengers to arrive on-time 96 percent of the time and to have 94 percent of trains on schedule.

With no mention of what the baseline statistics were. The only way I can read this is that BART never actually lives up to its standards.

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