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submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One pet peeve that gets to me is something that's done on a lot of commuter railways and S-Bahns, the 10/20 minute schedule. The schedule looks like:

2:10
2:20
2:40
2:50
3:10

etc, when it should be like this:

2:10
2:25
2:40
2:55
3:10

This minimizes waiting and allows for frequent service every 15 minutes..

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Anything more than 10 minutes between vehicles during peak time is absolutely unacceptable for a transit system, no matter how low the ridership is. From (at the very least) 8am-6pm you should be able to walk out at any time and catch a bus/train without planning

And I say “no matter how low the ridership is” because if it’s longer than 15 minutes your ridership is going to stay low because it’s easier to drive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Love having headways that are 30 minutes and the stops for two lines at a key transfer point are perfectly timed so that you’ll just miss it as you get off and be forced to wait for half an hour.