Super High Frequency Routes in the Bus Network Redesign

I took a stroll through the revised Bus Network Redesign and looked at the Txx series of routes and their frequencies. Most of them are 8 min peak/11 min off-peak, with lower frequencies in later evening and early morning.

But there are a handful of routes which see higher frequencies:

RoutePeak FreqOff-Peak FreqCorridor
T17 min9 minMass Ave
T238 min9 minAshmont-Ruggles
T288 min8 minMattapan-Kenmore
T326 min8 minHyde Park
T576 min9 minA Line
T668 min10 minBrookline Crosstown
T1115 min9 minChelsea
T1168 min9 minRevere Broadway

No surprises here, all were previously all-day high-freq services (map from 2020):

The only mild surprise is that the T31 didn’t join this club, “only” getting 8 min peak/11 mean off-peak — which is still turn-up-and-go, and I’m guessing was mild trade-off to provide the same frequencies across the entire Txx network.

Which is itself notable: this is advertised as 15-min-all-day-all-week, which it is, but during peak hours and the midday off-peak, I believe the entire network is 8-min-or-better at peak and 11-min-or-better off-peak, which really is something.