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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by trial3 on Sunday November 23, 2025 @09:32PM (#46029748)
why highlight bus speeds being 2.2% slower but not that ridership went up 30%? which, to me, feels like an obvious correlation to dwell time.
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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by nyc_data_geek on Sunday November 23, 2025 @09:42PM (#46029797)
Because some reasoning is motivated
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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by eesmith on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:18PM (#46038001)
If ridership went up 30% then there is demand for more busses, which would decrease dwell time caused by higher use per bus.
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