bus bunching

What grinds our gears: Bus bunching

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer As university students, most of us spend a lot of time taking buses, and a lot of time waiting for them to arrive. Much  of the wait time can be attributed to bus bunching, which is when buses on the same route clump together in traffic. Many people may not have heard the term before, but most of us have experienced it through infrequent buses that are either early or late (I’m looking at you, 95 B-line). Mathematically, some degree of bus bunching is unavoidable, especially during high traffic times. However, the level it…

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