Comment by laurencerowe

> 700 busses per hour is a BIT unreasonable.

The article I quoted to which you are replying suggests 600 busses an hour. I don't think that is unreasonable for a dedicated highway lane into a bus terminal. There's a nice picture of it here: https://abc7ny.com/port-authority-lincoln-tunnel-technology-...

> Also, 1850 / 4 is 453, not 600.

Quoted in the post you are replying to:

> Now the XBL handles 1,850 buses that carry more than 70,000 passengers from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. each weekday, which comes to 600 buses an hour. The bus lane operates at its maximum capacity for 90 minutes of its four-hour operation.

I read that as they reach the maximum capacity of 600 buses an hour only for the 90 minutes of rush hour. Across the 4 hours it operates each bus averages 38 passengers (70000/1850). It seems reasonable to assume that the rush hour buses are more packed given they are looking at ways to increase capacity and have you ever taken a rush hour bus in a big city?!

From the picture linked above these seem to be 53 seat coaches for longer distance routes rather than city buses which would carry more passengers with some standing. 50 * 600 = 30,000. It's in the ballpark!