Fantastic, a mathematically devised determination that throws light on the age old enigma:
Without getting really long-winded (!) about this, there’s a common theme to most of what I’ve said, and that is: If the model you build in the scheduling department doesn’t match (as closely as possible to) what you’ve got on the street, then [...]
Why do buses travel in threes, or groups, or bunches?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 20 November, 2008 to the comment subset
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Help Facebook, I’m on the bus, and we have a problem
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 1 October, 2008 to the comment subset
Talking of mobile phone usage on transport services and too much social network information, I’m still trying to make sense of this snippet of mobile phone conversation that I overheard on bus the other day:
As soon I get home I’ll get onto Facebook and sort this mess out. No I can’t right now, I’m on [...]
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Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 26 January, 2008 to the comment subset
Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus.
Buses travel in packs. It’s a universal constant. So if you’ve just missed a pack of buses that were meant to be travelling 20 minutes apart, what should you do? Wait for another bus-pack, or walk to your destination?
Scott Kominers, a mathematician at Harvard University, and his [...]
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