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Both buses probably need to drop off passengers, though (who would likely be a lot more enraged than people who don't get picked up by the first bus if they did
by eMSF 8y ago
Both buses probably need to drop off passengers, though (who would likely be a lot more enraged than people who don't get picked up by the first bus if they didn't get out where they wanted).
Anyway, I think the leading bus skips stops when possible, at least here. I don't think people mind that too much, because for all they know, the bus might simply be too full, although that certainly only happens on exceptional circumstances if ever around here.
- nicoburns 8y agoThe London Underground sometimes skips stops in order to uncongest lines after a temporary delay. They tell everyone on the trains that will be skipping stops that it's happening, and anyone who wants the intermediate stops has to get off and catch the next one. This probably wouldn't work for buses that take a lot longer to load/unload though...
- joncrane 8y agoThis is amazing! I wish the DC Metro did this.
- Zach_the_Lizard 8y agoWhen I lived in the DC area, the Metro would indeed skip stops after delays sometimes. Here's an article talking about it: https://ggwash.org/view/38198/expressing-trains-helps-metro-recover-from-delays https://ggwash.org/view/38198/expressing-trains-helps-metro-... The NY subway will also sometimes have trains switch from local to express or vice versa to help recover during delays.