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Headways meaning

plural of headway

Using Headways

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of headway
  • In the example corpus, headways often appears in combinations such as: headways and, headways would, two-second headways.

Context around Headways

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

weekday 2× holiday 1× talking 1× minute 1× decreasing 1× safety 1× possible 1× prt 1× improve 1× short 1×

Often after:

podcast 1× recommended 1× using 1× provide 1×

Sentence patterns with Headways

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and decreasing headways 1× emergency safety headways and accessibility 1× half second headways would quadruple 1× headways would vary 1× help improve headways provide more 1× minimum prt headways would be 1× minute weekday headways and 30 1× minute weekday headways and no 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

alongside my sportive 1× computerized control theoretically 1× half second headways 1× headways would vary 1× in a full 1× operating on two 1×

Common sentence endings:

a half second 1× achieved during tests 1× and decreasing headways 1× and interurban locomotives 1× be braked simultaneously 1× double prt capacity 1×

Words around Headways

Just before it in the word index:

headway 174 headwaters 66 headwater 8 headward 2 headwall 4 headtorch 2

Just after it in the word index:

headwear 28 headwind 79 headwinds 295 headword 2 headwords 3 headwrap 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Headways

  • In this selection, "headways" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, weekday, holiday, talking, podcast, recommended and using stand out and add context to how "headways" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and decreasing headways and emergency safety headways and accessibility. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "headways" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with headways

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Very short headways are controversial. (5 words)

Half-second headways would quadruple capacity. (6 words)

Therefore, moving from two-second headways to one-second headways would double PRT capacity. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Operating on two-minute headways using traffic signal progression, a well-designed two-track system can handle up to 30 trains per hour per track, achieving peak rates of over 20,000 passengers per hour in each direction. (38 words)

Alongside my sportive companion you will find it necessary to solve puzzles, rain blows upon certain hostile individuals of our wild zones, and oversee the headways and logistics of a network of swan boats and interurban locomotives. (37 words)

The Light-rail Blue & Gold Lines have 15 minute weekday headways and 30 minute weekday evening and weekend/holiday headways; the Green Line has 30 minute weekday headways and no weekend service. (32 words)

Example sentences (16)

The Light-rail Blue & Gold Lines have 15 minute weekday headways and 30 minute weekday evening and weekend/holiday headways; the Green Line has 30 minute weekday headways and no weekend service.

Therefore, moving from two-second headways to one-second headways would double PRT capacity.

Alongside my sportive companion you will find it necessary to solve puzzles, rain blows upon certain hostile individuals of our wild zones, and oversee the headways and logistics of a network of swan boats and interurban locomotives.

This week on the Talking Headways podcast, we’re joined by Nico Larco, Director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon.

Computerized control theoretically permits closer spacing than the two-second headways recommended for cars at speed, since multiple vehicles can be braked simultaneously.

Half-second headways would quadruple capacity.

Headways would vary by time of day, but are expected to be of the order of 5 minutes in peak periods.

In a full-scale test facility, 84 vehicles operated at speeds up to convert on a convert guideway; one-second headways were achieved during tests.

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Operating on two-minute headways using traffic signal progression, a well-designed two-track system can handle up to 30 trains per hour per track, achieving peak rates of over 20,000 passengers per hour in each direction.

Phase II will use Regional Measure J funds to expands service providing lines along corridors which are undeserved or not served, and increasing hours and decreasing headways.

Regulatory concerns Possible regulatory concerns include emergency safety, headways, and accessibility for the disabled.

Since the car rode on a rail, switching from one path to another required the rail to be moved, a slow process that limited the possible headways.

Single line capacity With two-second headways and four-person vehicles, a single PRT line can achieve theoretical maximum capacity of 7,200 passengers per hour.

Theoretical minimum PRT headways would be based on the mechanical time to engage brakes, and these are much less than a half second.

Utilizing this technology would help improve headways, provide more reliable communications and allow divisional supervisors to locate vehicles in real time (the current GPS system only sends location updates every 20 seconds).

Very short headways are controversial.

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Common combinations with headways

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "headways" in a sentence?
An example: "The Light-rail Blue & Gold Lines have 15 minute weekday headways and 30 minute weekday evening and weekend/holiday headways; the Green Line has 30 minute weekday headways and no weekend service." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "headways" from authentic English texts.
What does "headways" mean?
Headways means: plural of headway
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