Headway is the distance or time interval between one vehicle and the next following it on the same route, measured front to front, and is the core scheduling variable transit operators set to balance passenger waiting time against operating cost. Rail, bus and metro systems each publish a target headway for their services, and shortening it is usually the fastest way to add capacity on a line already running at its practical train or bus length. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ConcernThe time or distance gap between one vehicle and the next on the same route 1 FAQs
What is headway in public transit scheduling?
Headway is the distance or time interval between one vehicle and the next on the same route, the core variable operators set to balance wait time against cost.
Headway is the distance or time interval between one vehicle and the next following it on the same route, measured front to front, and is the core scheduling variable transit operators set to balance passenger waiting time against operating cost. Rail, bus and metro systems each publish a target headway for their services, and shortening it is usually the fastest way to add capacity on a line already running at its practical train or bus length.
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1. Wikipedia: Headway
WikipediaDescription section
Headway is the distance or duration between vehicles in a transportation system.
- Part Of: Rail Transport
- Part Of: Urban Transit
In Group: Transit Operations Concepts, Lead sentence
Headway is the distance or duration between vehicles in a transportation system.
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