Busway
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Busway may refer to several things:
Transport technology
Transport systems
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Transport technology
- Bus rapid transitBus rapid transitBus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
, bus systems including some elements of trams or metro systems - Guided busway, concrete tracks exclusively for modified buses
Transport systems
- Cambridgeshire Guided BuswayCambridgeshire Guided BuswayThe Cambridgeshire Guided Busway , branded the busway , is a public transport scheme connecting the population centres of Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives in the English county of Cambridgeshire...
, in the United Kingdom - Nantes BusWay, in France.
- Northern Busway, AucklandNorthern Busway, Aucklandthumb|Passengers boarding a [[MAXX Regional Transport]] Northern Express service operated by [[Ritchies Coachlines]].The Northern Busway is a physically separated busway with dedicated park & ride facilities along State Highway 1 in the north of Auckland, New Zealand, linking the North Shore with...
, in New Zealand - Northern Busway, BrisbaneNorthern Busway, BrisbaneNorthern Busway is a bus-only road in Brisbane, Queensland. The busway allows buses to travel north/south through the Brisbane City without encountering car traffic. The first section of the Northern Busway opened in February 2004 had one station, QUT Kelvin Grove, later Normanby and RCH Herston...
, in Australia - South-East Busway, BrisbaneSouth-East Busway, BrisbaneThe South East Busway is a grade separated bus-only corridor running south from the Brisbane CBD to Eight Mile Plains, in South East Queensland. Service providers using the Busway operate under the TransLink system...
, in Australia - O-Bahn BuswayO-Bahn BuswayThe Adelaide O-Bahn Busway is a guided busway located in Adelaide, South Australia. The O-Bahn – from the Latin omnibus and the German bahn – was conceived by Daimler-Benz to enable buses to avoid traffic congestion by sharing tram tunnels in the German city of Essen.The route was introduced in...
, in Adelaide, Australia
Similar terms
- BusbarBusbarIn electrical power distribution, a bus bar is a strip of copper or aluminium that conducts electricity within a switchboard, distribution board, substation or other electrical apparatus....
, lengths of conductive metal used for electricity