Mumbai Math Ch2: Local Trains
Mumbai Math - Chapter 2 Mumbai Local Trains: The Mathematics of Flow A Mathivation Research Lab Initiative A city of millions. A network of thousands of journeys. A train arriving every few minutes. And a mathematical problem that never stops. The Opening Thought Every morning, Mumbai wakes up. And then it starts moving. Some walk. Some drive. Some ride buses. But millions enter a remarkable system that has become inseparable from the identity of Mumbai - the Mumbai suburban railway . A local train is often described as a means of transportation. But perhaps it is much more. It is a circulatory system . It carries workers, students, teachers, doctors, vendors, engineers, artists, parents, dreamers, and millions of ordinary people whose daily movement keeps the city alive. A train arrives. Doors open (if A. C. Trains). People get down. Others get in till the time and space permit. The doors close (if A. C. Trains). The train moves. And the process repeats....