headways

Light rail and streetcars can run on close headways but as those who actually have ridden bus systems found out really frequent scheduling leads to bunching among other things.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Light Rail Killing Another Transit System 2009

The buses are at crush loads for much of the day in both directions, even with 5 and 10 minute headways.

More Than The Tailpipe « PubliCola 2010

The time it takes to operate the drawbridge is a significant fraction of the headways of the BRT service proposed to run on the bridge.

Neighborhood Activists Still Oppose State’s 520 Option « PubliCola 2010

The recession may also mean that many people have no real alternatives, and are simply living with inconveniences like greater headways.

Matthew Yglesias » The American Urban Paradox 2010

The longer headways capture the few diehard transit users; but does not change behavior on a larger scale.

Why Vancouver’s Transit System Has Seattle Beat « PubliCola 2010

When we are running 4 car trains at 4 minute headways, then lets worry about adding capacity.

Why I Choose to Live Carfree « PubliCola 2010

Unless you have a disability, why would you choose an option where the headways are longer than it will take you to walk?

A Canadian Lesson For Walk Bike Ride « PubliCola 2010

Even with long headways, off-peak buses and trains are fairly empty, which means they are wasting energy.

Why Vancouver’s Transit System Has Seattle Beat « PubliCola 2010

The idea was that by removing just a couple of trains each morning and cannibalizing their railcars to turn some of the remaining six-car trains into eight-car trains, then adjusting the schedule to equalize the gap between trains, Metro could run a number of longer trains each morning while only extending headways by a few seconds per train.

A win-win scenario for Metro 2010

The problem was, it ran at 5 minute headways back then and the best it could carry in ‘crush’ was 200,000 a day.

Plantalk: Learning from Chicago « Stephen Rees's blog 2010