tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post2995189196956856509..comments2024-03-28T03:24:52.114-04:00Comments on The Lansey Brothers' Blog: How to decrease bus traffic at the GWB bus terminalEli Lanseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01955234977479398457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post-71509084890154019502013-04-05T13:56:09.423-04:002013-04-05T13:56:09.423-04:00I just want to point out one little (yet significa...I just want to point out one little (yet significant) math mistake. Your figures are grossly inflated because you mixed up minutes and hours. You multiplied 6 minutes by 1,152 buses and somehow got 3,354 hours instead of 115.2 hours. That's an error on a logarithmic scale.<br /><br />Additionally, if you check the schedule: http://www.expresshuttle.com/bus-terminals.php you can calculate that the buses make approximately 200 trips each way per day, or 400 total. (They only run 6AM to 11PM, and 5 of those hours it only goes once every 10 minutes, not once in 5 minutes.) You said there are 2 lines, so you can double the number, but I'm going to ignore that, because it's a factor of two, and I'd rather just work with the numbers I've got.<br /><br />Here is how your calculation should go (I am only considering weekdays [Mon.-Fri.], not weekends, to make the calculation easier): If the working season is about 50 weeks per year (excluding scattered holidays), there are 50*5=250 workdays throughout the year. On these days, there should be 250*400=100,000 trips. If each trip loses 3 minutes, that's 300,000 minutes, or 5,000 hours, annually. Assuming the minimum-wage and the 20 people per bus (which is somewhat inflated because night buses don't always carry so many people), you have 100,000 hours or $725,000 lost annually.<br /><br />At the end of the day, I agree with your point. The current system is kind of ridiculous, and a pointless waste of time and resources. But I think the major fallout is aggravation to the customers, plain and simple. Also, when it's a late Friday afternoon jitney on a trafficky day, that extra few minutes can come at the cost of a shower. (B"H never happened to me, but I'm just noting that it could.)Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443671406369489924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post-68559420234261441302013-03-29T17:53:16.823-04:002013-03-29T17:53:16.823-04:00Though I don't take the jitneys any more, I ha...Though I don't take the jitneys any more, I had the same thought years ago when I did. Can't understand why they never figured this out.Avi-Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477302233332050987noreply@blogger.com