The reliability of a transport network is defined as the possibility of moving people or goods from one place to another successfully.
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An unreliable transportation system unnecessarily increases the travel time of drivers (both commuters and those traveling for personal use), leading to late arrival times.
Four major classes of strategies for improving reliability of bus transit service are analyzed: vehicle-holding strategies, reduction of the number of stops made by each bus, signal preemption, and provision of exclusive right-of-way.
Unreliable travel times are a major issue for transit operations because short delays can quickly snowball as more passengers try to board a late-arriving vehicle. Missing one green signal can cause a bus or streetcar to fall behind enough to delay the transit vehicle behind it.