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  • noun A right of way, roadway, or lane for the exclusive use of buses, possibly only during peak traffic hours.

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Examples

  • The expression BRT is mainly used in North America; in Europe and Australia, it is often called a busway, while elsewhere, it may be called a quality bus.

    Neural Market Trends 2009

  • The busway will be the longest in the world and has been designed to provide an attractive alternative for people who currently use the A14 from Huntingdon to Cambridge.

    Latest stories 2009

  • The "Silver Line," as Metro's calling the busway proposal, would run from the Artesia Transit Center in South L.A. to El Monte.

    blogdowntown: Life in Downtown Los Angeles (Stories+Headlines) 2009

  • The busway will be the longest in the world and has been designed to provide an attractive alternative for people who currently use the A14 from Huntingdon to Cambridge.

    Latest stories 2009

  • The busway will be the longest in the world and has been designed to provide an attractive alternative for people who currently use the A14 from Huntingdon to Cambridge.

    Latest stories 2009

  • But Jakarta, a city of over nine million people, currently has a dozen busway corridors with the combined capacity to serve only 500,000 passengers per day.

    Car-Free Sundays Give Glimpse of Jakarta's Potential 2011

  • Critics have also condemned his move to increase spending on a 10-mile busway between New Britain and Hartford from $75 million to nearly $600 million.

    Malloy Faulted for Inaction Shelly Banjo 2011

  • Critics have also condemned his move to increase spending on a 10-mile busway between New Britain and Hartford from $75 million to nearly $600 million.

    Malloy Faulted for Inaction Shelly Banjo 2011

  • I ride both a bus and a subway on my daily commute, and I assure you that the subway is more comfortable, even though the bus rides on its own busway.

    Matthew Yglesias » Requests Thread 2009

  • In Los Angeles, we have the Metro Orange Line, a bus that runs on its own dedicated busway, roughly parallel to Victory Boulevard across the San Fernando Valley.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Case for Free Transit 2009

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