Flagship Research Project
Worcester Regional Transit Authority
WRTA · Worcester, Massachusetts
Flagship research project: high-frequency corridor and scheduled bunching analysis.
List of Briefings
Published research briefings for WRTA. Each briefing opens the formally published presentation of that analysis.
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Published Findings
Scheduled Bunching / Schedule Coordination Analysis. Static GTFS identifies scheduled clustering, uneven spacing and potential bunching conditions. Actual operational bunching requires vehicle-location or GTFS-Realtime/AVL observations.
| Corridor | Date | Period | Direction | Arrivals | Mean HW | CV | Bunching events | BI | Regularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | 2026-06-26 | EVENING | INBOUND | 21 | 10.83 | 0.706 | 5 | 26 | 74 (Good) |
| Green | 2026-06-26 | EVENING | OUTBOUND | 17 | 13 | 0.738 | 7 | 30 | 70 (Good) |
| Orange | 2026-09-01 | EVENING | INBOUND | 21 | 10.83 | 0.706 | 5 | 26 | 74 (Good) |
| Orange | 2026-09-01 | EVENING | INBOUND | 21 | 10.83 | 0.706 | 5 | 26 | 74 (Good) |
| 12 + 5 | 2026-09-04 | MORNING | INBOUND | 8 | 27.09 | 0.593 | 1 | 23 | 77 (Good) |
| Green | 2026-09-04 | MORNING | INBOUND | 17 | 13.38 | 0.311 | 1 | 10 | 90 (Excellent) |
| 19 + 27 + 33 | 2026-09-04 | EVENING | OUTBOUND | 22 | 11.14 | 0.639 | 6 | 21 | 79 (Good) |
| 19 + 27 + 33 | 2026-09-04 | MORNING | OUTBOUND | 20 | 12.32 | 0.585 | 1 | 12 | 88 (Excellent) |