Waiting Time Paradox or Why Is My Bus Always Late?

Re:Waiting Time Paradox or Why Is My Bus Always Late? by laweijfmvo on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @11:57AM (#41301202)

my take away is that if you're lucky enough to live in a place that has such a bus schedule, you can just ignore the schedule and show up whenever you want and only wait 10 minutes. sounds lovely!

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Re:Waiting Time Paradox or Why Is My Bus Always Late? by i80and on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @01:02PM (#41301776)

Tell me about it. Reliable 45 minute bus headways would be a dream where I live

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Re:Waiting Time Paradox or Why Is My Bus Always Late? by bluGill on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @02:27PM (#41302594)

30 minutes is the worst I will accept. I have better things to do than sit outside a locked door for an hour waiting for the person with the key to arrive. I want every 5 mintes but I will be able to deal with up to half hour. More than that and I guess I must drive.

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Re:Waiting Time Paradox or Why Is My Bus Always Late? by was_a_dev on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @04:52AM (#41308247)

Being able to track a bus via GPS works well like this. It doens't matter if the bus is 20 minutes late, if you can check that the bus is 4 minutes away.

A bit like usnig the metro. You don't know the schedule, you just know the realative time to the next train

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