Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time

• Main Authors: Vismara, Luca, Saw Vee-Liem, Chew, Lock Yue
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Analytical Formulation; Bus Bunching
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165640
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bus bunching is ostensibly regarded as a detrimental phenomenon in bus systems. We study a bus loop with two bus stops, one regular bus stop and one spike bus stop, where bunched buses can outperform staggered buses. The spike bus stop models a bus stop connected to a train or metro service, where p...