You've probably already noticed the difference between the way people line up at McDonald's and the way they line up at Starbucks. At McDonald's, a single employee handles your entire order. Even if ...

Two queueing theorists investigated why queues at restrooms are invariably longer for ladies than for men. Time and time again. What are the main causes for this disparity? And how can it be overcome?

Queueing theory provides a robust mathematical framework for analysing waiting lines, a critical aspect across sectors ranging from telecommunications and healthcare to manufacturing and ...

We’ve all been in queues that seem to last forever, especially if we choose our queue at the checkout and the one next to ours is moving faster. You know the existential dread that comes along with ...

Drivers have been warned to approach a busy Cambridge road “with caution” due to a signal failure. There was a signal failure ...

Queueing: Brits are experts at it, and airports are hotspots for it. It’s the inevitably boring but necessary slog of any journey. Check-in, bag drop, security checks, border control, boarding, ...

Now, a start-up here is hoping to cash in on the national past-time by providing a professional queueing service, which has taken off in cities abroad. Founded in May, iQueue offers queueing packages ...

A Wetherspoons pub that made customers queue in line for a pint has scrapped the rule after complaints. The chain trialled a single-file queueing system at its Surrey Docks pub in Rotherhithe, ...

Queueing has been in the news recently, no thanks to the crowd that waited hours to get their hands on the MoonSwatch collection - a collaboration by watchmakers Omega and Swatch. A video of a man ...