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> see if you can figure out which route is actually quickest On this question, there's a balance between possible maximum speed, and reliability. If I want to
by Brakenshire 12y ago
> see if you can figure out which route is actually quickest
On this question, there's a balance between possible maximum speed, and reliability. If I want to go to point B, the quickest possible route will often be made by stringing together a serious of improbable connections. For instance, the route could rely on taking three infrequent buses, with little leeway for transfer between one and another, on the assumption that they won't be slowed down by traffic (or just slow customers, stopping more than normal, etc). But if an app sends me along this route, and one of the buses is behind schedule, and I miss the connection, that then becomes a big problem. So there definitely is good sense in prioritizing frequent bus routes to some degree.
- wrikl 12y agoWhen dealing with (London) tubes and train lines, most of the time it should be possible to indeed work out which route is actually quickest. I agree that buses do complicate things.
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- Brakenshire 12y agoYeah, I agree it doesn't make sense for train times, where there is a meaningful, rigid timetable (all jokes about British Rail aside).
- tomp 12y agoBut this just means that you should include a margin of error in arrival times when calculating which changes are possible. Doesn't excuse them from using the average time of arrival instead of the actual time of arrival each leg of the journey.