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Math explains why your bus route seems so unreliable

  • Written by Vikash V. Gayah, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
The tricky math behind your bus route.Monkey Business Images/shutterstock.com

Have you ever waited for your bus at a bus stop for a very long time – only to be greeted by two or more buses arriving together?

This phenomenon, known as “bus bunching,” is a problem that bus transit systems around the world have been trying to solve...

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