How does that work? :: Froogville
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I took a 915 bus out towards the airport last week.
Leaving Dongzhimen bus statition, there was a bus at least once every 5 minutes. Coming back from Shunyi a few hours later, there seemed to be a bus only once every 15-20 minutes.
Does not compute.
Now, I suppose there might be an argument – if the service is a major commuter route, or leads to a major tourist attraction like the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall – for having more outgoing buses in the morning, and building up a reserve fleet for bring more people back into the city later in the day.
However, I don’t think anyone commutes out of Beijing. And I’m not sure how close to Mutianyu the 915 goes, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t go all the way. Nor can I see why the bus company would be making such a large provision for tourist traffic on an ordinary working day.
Frankly, even if there were such a need for transferring the distribution of the buses over the course of the day, I am deeply sceptical as to whether bus company managers here are sufficiently astute to plan for that.
So, why are there apparently at least three times as many outbound buses as inbound ones on that 915 route? It remains a mystery. I would appreciate any persuasive suggestions of an explanation.
