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jackcarter on May 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do buses bunch?

Why are buses planned to arrive in bunches? Double-length buses save a driver, but if you have two single-length buses, what's the advantage to bunching?

judk on May 21, 2015 [–]

Rush hour, bursty demand.

juliangregorian on May 21, 2015 | [–]

And let's not even get started on how inefficient the whole rush hour concept is.

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