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Worcester Regional Transit Authority · Flagship Study

WRTA One-Month Corridor Bunching Study

Comparative Scheduled-Service Analysis — June, July and August 2026

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.

Research Question

Is WRTA Bunching Improving?

Insufficient Evidence
Verdict from published Bunching Index values
Jun → Jul
Jul → Aug
Jun → Aug

Result will be calculated once valid GTFS data has been uploaded, analyzed and published. No value is fabricated.

Month-to-Month Comparison

Awaiting GTFS Data

WRTA Corridor Bunching: June–August 2026

Did scheduled bus bunching and corridor headway irregularity improve across WRTA's Orange, Blue and Green corridors between June and August 2026? Comparison sequence: June 26 → July 31 → August 21, 2026.

The three analysis dates—June 26, July 31, and August 21, 2026—were selected as comparable Friday service days to support a like-for-like longitudinal assessment of scheduled corridor headway regularity, service gaps, and potential bunching. GTFS calendar and calendar-exception records are validated for each date before comparison.

JUN 26
Analysis Pending
JUL 31
Analysis Pending
AUG 21
Analysis Pending

Three-Corridor Comparison

Orange Corridor

Routes 33, 27, 19

Analysis Pending

Blue Corridor

Routes 12, 5

Analysis Pending

Green Corridor

Routes 26, 23

Analysis Pending

Arrival Timeline, Stringline & Coordination View

No published analysis runs match these filters

Executive Summary

No published analysis is available yet for this study window.

Generated only from calculated database values.

Data & Method
Agency: WRTA · Corridor: ALL · Dates: 2026-06-26, 2026-07-31, 2026-08-21 · Time window: 07:00–19:00 (all periods) · Direction: BOTH · Methodology version: v1.0 · Source: static GTFS schedule data · Research metric developed by OKEN Transit Research Lab. Not an official MassDOT or transit-agency metric.