"Since I returned to Metro-North two months ago, our customers have consistently said they want to be able to rely on our schedules again and that's exactly what these changes aim to do," Metro-North President Joseph Giulietti said. "We have analyzed train performance with an eye to bottlenecks, permanent speed reductions, actual running times, customer requests and the need to provide sufficient time to allow ongoing track and infrastructure improvements. We believe the new schedule will result in substantially improved performance."