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		trial3 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared, an... why highlight bus speeds being 2.2% slower but not that ridership went up 30%? which, to me, feels like an obvious correlation to dwell time.

nyc_data_geek 29 days ago [–]

Because some reasoning is motivated

eesmith 28 days ago | [–]

If ridership went up 30% then there is demand for more busses, which would decrease dwell time caused by higher use per bus.

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