CTA performance

Bus Bunching Tracker

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36 · Broadway

Total headways: 17,513

Bunching rate

1.3%

Share of observed headways considered bunched

Excess wait (min)

+14.0 min

Extra wait vs. schedule (frequent service only)

Headway CV

0.76

Spacing irregularity — 0 is perfectly even

Median scheduled headway

9.83

Typical planned spacing between buses on this route

Median actual headway

24.76

Typical spacing between buses on this route

Segment ranking

Worst segments

SegmentBunching rateHeadways
From Clark & W. LaSalle Drive
To Clark & North Ave
3.9%127
From Clark & Burton
To Clark & Schiller
3.9%129
From Clark & Schiller
To Clark & Goethe
3.9%129
From Clark & North Ave
To Clark & Burton
3.8%131
From Clark & Menomonee
To Clark & W. LaSalle Drive
3.2%125
From State & Jackson
To State & Van Buren
3.1%130
From Clark & Goethe
To Division & Clark (Red Line)
3.1%130
From Division & State
To State & Maple
3.0%133

Spatial view

Route segments

AM peak
Low (<10%)
Medium (10% - 20%)
High (20%+)
No data

Trend by hour

Route 36 · bunching by hour

Peak risk: 6p (10.1%)
0%3%5%8%10%12a: 1.3%12a1.3%1a: 1.6%1a1.6%2a: 0.0%2a0.0%3a: 0.0%3a0.0%4a: 0.0%4a0.0%5a: 0.0%5a0.0%6a: 0.3%6a0.3%7a: 0.7%7a0.7%8a: 2.0%8a2.0%9a: 1.5%9a1.5%10a: 7.6%10a7.6%11a: 3.7%11a3.7%12p: 2.5%12p2.5%1p: 6.9%1p6.9%2p: 6.9%2p6.9%3p: 9.3%3p9.3%4p: 5.5%4p5.5%5p: 7.6%5p7.6%6p: 10.1%6p10.1%7p: 7.9%7p7.9%8p: 3.5%8p3.5%9p: 3.2%9p3.2%10p: 1.2%10p1.2%11p: 3.5%11p3.5%