Fig. 1

Properties of the route reach an equilibrium state. a Time series of stop-list-length n for four values of x, in a 10 node ring. Higher request rate x leads to longer stop lists. b Histogram of (relative) service time t_s for four values of x. A higher request rate x leads to a wider distribution of relative service times. c The mean relative service time grows with the request rate but saturates at the network size N, as for large x the bus-route covers the entire network