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Many subway systems have displays showing that the next train is right behind the current one, and yet many people still insist on getting on the current overcr
by derdi 1y ago
Many subway systems have displays showing that the next train is right behind the current one, and yet many people still insist on getting on the current overcrowded one.
- HappyPanacea 1y agoPerhaps they should offer a discount for boarding the next train or a price increase for boarding the overcrowded one or even both?
- bell-cot 1y agoToo difficult to implement - crowds on a busy subway platform are very different from boarding planes at an airport.
- closewith 1y agoWhich makes sense, as the next one may be equally or more overcrowded. In a busy urban area, it may be hours before an uncrowded train arrives.
- derdi 1y agoI'd argue that that's not bunching, it's the entire system being overloaded. A characteristic of bunching is that you have a pair of vehicles which together carry an average manageable load of passengers, but that load is unevenly distributed between them.
- DharmaPolice 1y agoCertainly with buses people have been burned where they are told that another bus will be along in 2 minutes only for that to evaporate and the next bus actually takes 15+ minutes. If that happens to you then you'll squeeze onto the first bus you can physically fit. It takes quite a long period of good service to undo one bad interaction.