I brought my bicycle on the train today because the valet at Warm Planet Bikes was overfilled to where bicycles were in the storeroom floor.  I was going in late enough that I knew I wouldn’t be bumped going to work, but the commute home I was worried about since there is no patten for train configuration.  I made it on the 6:46 out of MV and was reminded how frustrating it is to rack up quickly when there is a large queue waiting to get in.

This process reminded me of the daily commute before the valet and I had always thought while a FIFO queue was the more fair there would be some benefit if people were to board in a FILO.  If we were to know how many slots were available (conductors helped out by doing more than telling us to hurry up) bicyclists could quickly board accordingly.  Maybe this just adds more work and confusion, but in my perfect world it wouldnt.  Then again in my perfect world there would be enough room for all bicycles all the time.

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