Every evening after work, I cross the street from my building, go into the Westlake Mall in Seattle, (that place is a freakshow, by the way,) and enter the Seattle Bus tunnel through the basement floor of the mall. After walking through a couple long halls, I ascend a stair case and voila, I am at my bus stop.

First, some details:

1. My bus comes every ten minutes, but there are no set times for when it gets to my platform.
2. I can’t see whether or not my bus is coming until I am at the platform (this will be important later)

Here’s the Question:

Will running to the bus stop increase, decrease, or not change my average wait time?

Think about it for a second…

I would say running will not change my average wait time.  It would seem to some that running would reduce the chance of just missing a bus, but I disagree.  While running to the bus stop may result in a more toned lower-body, wait times will remain the same.  Because, all I am doing is changing the time I show up at the stop. When the bus arrives is still completely unknown.

Obviously, I have a long bus ride.