Civic · 6 pages · 12 min
Why headways matter more than a colored line
Headway, the gap between vehicles, tells you if a colored line is usable service.
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From the opening
Headway is the time between successive vehicles on a route, and a colored line is the ink that shows where the route goes. Headway matters more because two lines of the same color can be utterly different services if one comes often and the other comes a few times a day. The opening covers color identifies a route, not a wait, short headways make a line usable, and a frequency map tells a different story.
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Inside
- Color identifies a route, not a wait
- Short headways make a line usable
- A frequency map tells a different story
- Bunching can erase a planned gap
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Transit headway
- Frequency mapping of transit networks