(22 Oct 2014, 7:02 pm)aureolin wrote An interesting question. I often wonder whether it's because we now have delay information at our finger tips, or whether it's a case that problems have massively increased. It'd be interesting to see some historical performance data to compare with the current data.
I often think the same with buses. Social media, in particular, has highlighted some the problems all modes of public transport face in recent years. In the past, it was unlikely that we would have heard about buses breaking down or metros not operating unless we were directly affected. Nowadays, we get to know everything more or less as and when it happens. So, I often wonder, whether public transport has always been as unreliable as is often portrayed today, or whether our perceptions of unreliability has changed based upon advances in personal communications.
Personally, I haven't encountered many problems when using public transport. but maybe I don't use it often enough for any issues to affect greatly.