ABSTRACT
Timetables score rhythms of movement across space, structuring relationships between people, places and things. The timetable performs an official interpretation of public mobility “needs” or “desires” based on assumptions about established social practices (e.g. commuting around nine-to-five working hours). The timetable is the temporal stage on which travel time is performed, while the vehicle (e.g. bus, train) facilitates the spatial arena for temporal improvization by individual passengers and their possessions. Thus, time and space are interwoven in the multiple performances of travelling.
