07-03-2021, 10:06 AM
(07-03-2021, 09:37 AM)creative Wrote: Increasing frequency will not reduce travel time!
It should though when you include "waiting" time.
You're at least saving a few minutes from the get go. I want to leave for my destination at 9:00 but the bus comes at 9:30, I have either have to leave earlier 8:50 or wait until 9:20 to leave. How long am I waiting at a transfer stop?
This is especially true if you're using transit for work (or school). In the above, a real example, and my kids high school: class starts at 8:20, his bus route hits the closest stop by our home at 7:45 and 8:15, and a 10 minute bus ride. So he has two options: Go early, wait until school opens to get at 8:00, or be about 5 minutes late every day. 10 minute headway, he goes on the 8:05, gets to school and 8:15, and Bobs your uncle.
One of the big issues with PT is the waiting. And depending on how things roll, you potentially are adding close to (potentially) 60 minutes to your own travel time. With 10 minute headway, that should take it down to no more than close to 20 minutes.