01-03-2020, 01:01 PM
(01-03-2020, 10:08 AM)JoeKW Wrote: I don't think the system, as designed, can accommodate 5 minute headways. Unfortunately, I don't have any details but I remember reading it... probably here.
I thought 5 minutes was the design headway. 5 minutes is a long time — it shouldn’t be a problem. If you think of how far away a train is that is 5 minutes ahead and compare that to things like stopping distance, it should be OK. On the road segments, if buses can follow each other so closely that they meet at traffic lights and stops then so can LRTs. Personally I think the system itself should be able to handle 3 minute service, although at that point the benefits of saving operator salaries by running in pairs become hard to ignore and certain crossings would be engaged too much of the time under current practices.