Notably there are also several "MetroExtra" buses that run similar routes as popular bus lines but make about 1/3 as many stops and are therefore much faster.
The NextBus service DC uses is clearly using a very naive algorithm that is often (consistently) too fast or slow. Some of the better apps modify it or add their own data.
Yes, WMATA has managed to move a lot of S9 buses up and down 16th St. NW at busy times of day. Judging from what I see, the S9 is efficient at moving such people as get on, less so in moving numbers of people. It is routine to see three mostly empty S9s go by a stop before a local bus (S1/S2/S4) arrives.
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Notably there are also several "MetroExtra" buses that run similar routes as popular bus lines but make about 1/3 as many stops and are therefore much faster.
The NextBus service DC uses is clearly using a very naive algorithm that is often (consistently) too fast or slow. Some of the better apps modify it or add their own data.
Yes, WMATA has managed to move a lot of S9 buses up and down 16th St. NW at busy times of day. Judging from what I see, the S9 is efficient at moving such people as get on, less so in moving numbers of people. It is routine to see three mostly empty S9s go by a stop before a local bus (S1/S2/S4) arrives.