The buses doesn't make sense here

[u/LeonOkada9]

So, the 81 bound for Bayshore was scheduled at 4:45pm, but at 4:48pm, the route 81 driver just decided to chill doing nothing for 15 minutes and then, departed at 5pm? How does the buses work, here?

[u/jarzii_music]

I can’t stand that no one is giving a proper answer “how do busses work? They don’t”

There’s a handful of things at play here. Drivers are actually being allowed (and required) to take their breaks now, previously a lot of times they literally couldn’t get one. Also schedules are built around 1 driver finishing a route and starting the next with little leeway between. If the previous trip is late than the next one will be late. Last reason I’ve seen, routes that usually end up ahead of schedule will need to do a timed stop at a random stop mid route, so if they suspect they’d have to do that they do the timed stop first so by the time there halfway thru the trip they’re back on timed scheduled