Abstract

Millions of people depend on buses for their professional and personal livelihood. For many urban and suburban residents they are the only option for those who sit outside the straining grasp of commuter rail transportation. Buses go where other forms of public transportation are unable to go. They carefully twist and wind their way through narrow streets and around unforgiving corners. Whatever the fee, their thankless goal remains the same: deliver human cargo safe, sound, and on schedule.
There are few worse feelings than missing the bus. A bus only waits so long before it must lurch back into traffic carrying another load of weary passengers on its back. Whoever is left at the stop must sit, wait, and contemplate where things went wrong. The bus then rejoins the commute only to frustrate motorists who lack the patience for these vehicular beasts of burden. The life of a bus is lumber, stop, idle, start, all the while being brayed at by rush hour traffic. What if there was a better way?

Date

September 22, 2025

Authors

Marc Schlossberg, Darren Wyss, Joep Crompvoets, Floris de Bree, Pepijn van Oort, Arnold Bregt, Monica Wachowicz, Abbas Rajabifard, Ian Williamson, Daniel W Goldberg, John P Wilson, Craig A Knoblock, Christopher L Sidlar, Claus Rinner

Journal

Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association

Volume

19

Issue

1