I believe that you don't get my point. It is not that I complain
about 1 bus 3 mins. Even if 1 bus 10 mins, it is fine with me as
long as the freq of the bus is as stipulated in Transitlink Bus
Guide or even the bus guides stated at the bus stops.
Let me use my above example to explain the problem of bus bunching.
A bus service with 6 mins freq which I consider is rather gd.
Due to an event or any unforeseen circumstances, unfortunately 6
buses are clustered together. Max waiting time will be 36
mins.
It can be 36, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr in IRIS for the most extreme
cases.
Or, it can be 28, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1 for probably the next extreme
case.
Anyway, assuming a passenger comes to that bus stop, wanting to
take this bus service every minute.
After 15 mins, there will be 15 passengers waiting.
After 27 mins, there will be 27 passengers waiting.
So, when the first bus arrives, there will be 1 passenger that has
waited for 28 mins, 2 passengers that has waited for more than 26
mins and around 7-8 passengers that has waited for more than 20
mins.
18 passengers will have waited for more than 10 mins.
Plus don't forget that this is just a bus stop. If there are 10 bus
stops which is as hot as this, 180 passengers will be waiting for
this bus service alone for more than 10 mins. In that case, do you
think that bus bunching is gd?
So, in actual fact, the freq of that bus service seems to be longer
in the eyes of the commuters although it is the same. I can
understand that these problems exist, our BCs are doing their best
to drive the bus and explain to passengers about the long wait. It
is just that, I hope someone be it government or the company can do
something about this problem.
