Bender, Corwin, Gu

The Hague HTM Tram Assignment

Alex Bender, Max Corwin, Yuhao Gu

Trip time- Centraal Station—Leyenburg: 17 minutes 38 seconds

  • Speed: 5.02 minutes per mile, .20 miles per minute, 11.9 mph

Trip time- Leyenburg — Centraal Station: 16 minutes 45 seconds

  • Speed: 4.77 minutes per mile, .21 miles per minute, 12.6 mph

Distance to/from: 5.65km—3.51mi

Times stopped at light doors closed: 2

How long stopped at light:

Instance 1: 38 seconds— long stop

Instance 2: 8 seconds — short stop

 

Time for people to board:

Instance 1: 10 seconds—8 person

  • 1.25 seconds per person

Instance 2: 11 seconds—8 people

  • 1.38 seconds per person

Instance 3: 21 seconds—2 people

  • 10.5 seconds per person

 

General Impression:

Overall, this service seemed pretty good, but not perfect. There were still times that we were stopped at stations for longer than seemed necessary, but rarely for a long time at lights. This train was moderately faster than the Green Line, but it felt faster due to less time idle. The stops also seemed to be more spaced out than some areas of the green line.

Alex Bender’s Green Line Assignment for comparison

Trip time- Northeastern—Heath Street: 14 minutes 16 seconds (8:34:14PM—8:48:33PM)

  • Speed: 9.15 minutes per mile, .11 miles per minutes, 6.56 mph

Trip time- Heath Street — Northeastern: 11 minutes 35 seconds (8:52:40PM—9:04:15PM)

  • Speed: 7.43 minutes per mile, .13 miles per minute, 8.08 mph

Distance to/from: 1.56 miles

Times stopped at light: 11

How long stopped at light:

Instance 1: 45.7 seconds

Instance 2: 12.4 seconds

Instance 3: 1:25.5 seconds

 

Time for people to board:

Instance 1: 11.5 seconds—1 person

  • 11.5 seconds per person

Instance 2: 35.92 seconds—6 people

  • 5.99 seconds per person

Instance 3: 20.76 seconds—4 people

  • 5.19 seconds per person

 

General Impression: Overall, the trip was fairly frustrating. There was a lot of wasted time spent idle at lights or while boarding passengers. The employees seemed frustrated and unhelpful as well.