Re:Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early
by rayiner on Thursday November 16, 2017 @02:04PM
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Then there is the Wilmington, DE, bus system, where the posted schedule is completely made up. You just go and stand at a stop for 20-40 minutes until a bus comes. (It may or may not, sometimes the drivers decide to just clock out their shift early.)
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Re:Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early
by alexasmyths on Thursday November 16, 2017 @02:36PM
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This might be rational, actually.
Given the inherent randomness of traffic, it might just make more rational sense to have busses at 'intervals' instead of specific times.
Might make for more throughput.
Re:Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early
by rayiner on Thursday November 16, 2017 @03:25PM
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That really only works if your intervals are relatively short, not where they’re 30-60 minutes, as in Wilmington.
Re:Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early
by johannes1234321 on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:46AM
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Traffic isn't fully random. Rush hour peaks happen about the same time etc.
Handling that is an infrastructure and priority question. Given the political will one can build bus lanes and equip buses with a radio system which enables priority on traffic lights. In my hometown (Munich, Germany) this works quite well and most buses see mostly green lights.