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We should invest in making public transit more consistent and frequent rather than faster. If something comes every 5 minutes… you don’t need to worry about sch
by pantojax45 4y ago
We should invest in making public transit more consistent and frequent rather than faster. If something comes every 5 minutes… you don’t need to worry about schedule and the expected wait time from end of task until end of transit is lower.
Plus if you have transfers, it really drives down the time.
If the segment is really fast but only happens hourly, now you have to plan :( If it only happens hourly AND the timing is inconsistent or segments get cancelled, now you just have to possibly wait for hours.
- hackernewds 4y agoThis is complicated by the physical reality that different trains can't occupy the same physical space concurrently. One line coming more frequently displaces another. There is a fair deal of complexity to this, that the common populace seems to assume isn't being implemented already. Transit is a very complicated prediction/optimization problem
- pantojax45 4y agoMost transit (in the US at least) is buses. If you can have buses arriving every 5 minutes, it’s night and day from every 15 or especially every 30. I don’t think issue if overlapping lines applies to buses. In SF, reaction to pandemic ridership decline was to decrease frequency of most transit. This also unfortunately makes transit less appealing :( > Transit is a very complicated prediction / optimization problem. It also depends what you’re optimizing for - is the goal to increase total users of system? Ensure there aren’t empty trains / buses? Have ridership “pay for” operations? Because having your light rail continue into late night even if sparsely used means people can rely on it as an option. Frequent bus routes even on lesser used routes still can make the overall system more likely to be used.