It's definitely harder to consistently communicate the status of a fundamentally inconsistent service...remember that "real time" transit trackers are a PATCH to compensate for the train (or bus) never reliably keeping on schedulehttps://twitter.com/Dustin_Hinkley/status/1034432153839443968 …
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Replying to @380kmh
This isn't to disagree with you, but I feel like it also depends on the frequency of the network. Like if it's roughly every 5-10 minutes I don't care but if it's like every 15-30-60 minutes, unless the schedule is posted at the stop, I generally like to have some way of tracking
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even if it only comes 5 times a day--if you know it'll come exactly when it says it will come, what's the problem?
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I mean if it's only 5 times a day they can easily just have it posted at the stop But if it's not posted, it's nice to be able to tell at an instant how long of a wait itll be, especially if the schedule isn't as simple as "every 15 minutes on the 5s" or something.
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Personally I find it easier just to text the bus stop number or something than to have to memorize the next few times and check the time against those scheduled times In theory that could be done with just the schedule in a tracker-style system I guess
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I suppose I'm thinking of this from more of a local bus perspective than a BRT/Train perspective. If it's a train line that runs consistently on a schedule that's easy to follow (every ten minutes on the 5s, every half hour on the 0s, etc) then I'd say trackers are unnecessary
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This line runs 3 trains an hour for most of the day, but the intervals vary--nonetheless, it has perfect schedule adherence, and a glance at the timetable tells you exactly how long you'll have to wait: http://ekikara.jp/newdata/ekijikoku/0101071/up1_01102021.htm …
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posted at the station too, ofc--if I just walked up to it now, I'd see that I'd missed the 11:05 and my next train would be at 11:25, just over 15 minute wait
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