Quote Originally Posted by Atticus View Post
Yes, but a middle-to-higher income person tends to value their time a lot more than a few $$. So if the options are: 1) sit around inside for 15 more minutes, and then spend 5 min walking to the station to get there when the train arrives, or 2) pay $5 more to take the Uber 5 minutes from now... the Uber wins every time to the mid/higher income people. That is why the headways have to get to at least the 15min range. Yes, knowing when the train arrives is great, but that still doesn't save you the time lost.
With all due respect, most middle- to higher-income people are likely to be dicking around on their phones, just like everyone else.