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> Will that be enough for them to embrace no public transportation on Saturdays, even though their culture would have it be Fridays? Crazy idea. Jews drive/cat

> Will that be enough for them to embrace no public transportation on Saturdays, even though their culture would have it be Fridays? Crazy idea. Jews drive/catch public transportation on Fridays, muslims drive/catch transportation on Saturdays, and the rest of us ride around everyday of the week, because in what world is any of this a good idea?

achow 5y ago
In the world where transportation staff does not need atleast 1d/week day off.
- scoopertrooper 5y ago
  Crazy idea, some employees take certain days off while others take different days off. You know, like how every other critical industry operates operates, and how public transportation works in countries that don't shut it down once a week.
  - dsr_ 5y ago
    And how it already operates with a shift system, since driving heavy machinery full of people around cities for more than six hours a day is rather dangerous, but people like to be able to get around all day. All drivers get two days a week off, one of them being their preference for Friday/Saturday/Sunday and the other not.
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  - achow 5y ago
    That is assuming that there is demand for those service in the days where otherwise it would have been shut down (Sun or Fri or Sat). If a place ~90% shuts down on a particular day, running a skeleton service with limited staff may not be viable due to the fact that most of the infra needs to be nearly 100% operational to support skeleton crews and vehicles. And also it may involve lot of planning to run skeleton operations (for all you know 10% of the users are sprinkled all over the grid - so which all routes you run the skeleton service, at what frequency etc.).
    - scoopertrooper 5y ago
      Again, this is a solved problem in countries that keep things moving every day of the week. For instance, trains may be replaced by busses on those days or bus routes may operate at reduced capacity.
0xdeadb00f 5y ago
Precisely. Making peace is all about making compromises too. However in this example ,religious conflict is much much more nuanced and "precious" to people than most other forms of conflict since religion is a life long dedication.

achow 5y ago

In the world where transportation staff does not need atleast 1d/week day off.

scoopertrooper 5y ago
Crazy idea, some employees take certain days off while others take different days off. You know, like how every other critical industry operates operates, and how public transportation works in countries that don't shut it down once a week.
- dsr_ 5y ago
  And how it already operates with a shift system, since driving heavy machinery full of people around cities for more than six hours a day is rather dangerous, but people like to be able to get around all day. All drivers get two days a week off, one of them being their preference for Friday/Saturday/Sunday and the other not.
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- achow 5y ago
  That is assuming that there is demand for those service in the days where otherwise it would have been shut down (Sun or Fri or Sat). If a place ~90% shuts down on a particular day, running a skeleton service with limited staff may not be viable due to the fact that most of the infra needs to be nearly 100% operational to support skeleton crews and vehicles. And also it may involve lot of planning to run skeleton operations (for all you know 10% of the users are sprinkled all over the grid - so which all routes you run the skeleton service, at what frequency etc.).
  - scoopertrooper 5y ago
    Again, this is a solved problem in countries that keep things moving every day of the week. For instance, trains may be replaced by busses on those days or bus routes may operate at reduced capacity.

0xdeadb00f 5y ago

Precisely. Making peace is all about making compromises too. However in this example ,religious conflict is much much more nuanced and "precious" to people than most other forms of conflict since religion is a life long dedication.