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	PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		East Busway (East Busway) is a 9.1-mile, two-lane buses-only roadway constructed adjacent to an operating railroad right-of-way.
		A 2.3-mile extension of the busway and a linear park in the communities of Wilkinsburg and Swissvale opened in June 2003.
		The West Busway, opened on September 8, 2000 and it was an immediate success.
	www.portauthority.org /ride/pgBusways.asp (334 words)

	House of Commons - Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
		Busways, however, have been built in a number of North American cities, also in Brazil and Japan: in two cases which we visited, it was clear that an important consideration was the availability of existing rail, tram or road corridors suitable for building busways.
		In all cases guided busways and busways seem not to be suitable for city centres as they are too obtrusive and the feasibility for integration into a denser built up urban environment is difficult or impossible.
		Busways and existing guided buses emerge as useful additions to the instruments available for public transport, but probably limited to a specific fringe role—making use, on occasion, of disused rail lines (but not justifying replacing a still-functioning rail system), and for use in some outer areas.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmenvtra/153/153ap84.htm (2219 words)

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		Busway shall be in accordance with UL 857 and NEMA BU 1, BU 1.1 and BU 1.2.
		Busway shall be rated as shown on the drawings for the positions in which they are being installed, and have the following features: SPEC WRITER NOTE: Insure that the drawings show the type of busway desired for indoor use, feeder type or plug-in type.
		For busways that pass through floors or firewalls, incorporate fire stops within the busway housings and external flanges to close the openings in the walls or floors adjacent to the busways.
	www.va.gov /facmgt/standard/spec/16112.doc (961 words)

	BUSWAYS 61 years of service in 2003
		Busway's is one of the largest bus operators in New South Wales.
		Busway's operate extensive transport networks stretching from Swansea in the North to Wollongong in the south.
		Busway's are extremely pro-active in service planning resulting in high levels of Patronage on most if not all of their services!
	www.geocities.com /deano_192/busways.htm (372 words)

	Bus rapid transit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These bus systems can come in a variety of different forms, from dedicated busways that have their own rights-of-way (e.g., Ottawa's Transitway) to bus services that utilize HOV lanes and dedicated freeway lanes (e.g., Honolulu's CityExpress) to limited stop buses on pre-existing routes.
		Bus streets and busways: A bus street or transit mall can be created in an urban center by dedicating all lanes of a city street to the exclusive use of buses.
		This is a particular problem for guided busways, bus stops and similar situations where the wheels always pass exactly over the same spot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Busway (2618 words)

	BUSWAYS - ARGO INTERNATIONAL - busway, electrical, products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Busway is a modular power distribution system that consists of solid, insulated copper or aluminum bars (one for each phase and one for ground + one for neutral in 4-wire systems) encased in a metal housing.
		Busway makes sense not only in industrial plants, but also in commercial properties (especially if the use changes occasionally), high-rise buildings, hospitals, etc. Early versions of busway tended to be ventilated, but much better insulation has resulted in totally enclosed systems.
		The life expectancy of your busway installation depends on your plant environment (corrosive?) and on the electrical insulation of the bus bars.
	www.argointl.com /products/busway.htm (495 words)

	At-Grade Busway Planning Guide
		About 64% of the busway alignment is in an exclusive right-of-way, 14% on an expressway where buses operate with other traffic, and the remaining 22% on local roads where buses share the right-of-way with general traffic.
		The average speed of buses on the busway is approximately 19.5 mph (31 km/hr) compared to 12 mph (19 km/hr) for buses on conventional roads.
		The busway basic service is supplemented by other high frequency bus routes that typically pick up and drop off the majority of their passengers at on street locations away from the immediate busway corridor.
	www.cutr.usf.edu /research/nuti/busway/Busway.htm (6297 words)

	CSULB Online 49er: v8n94: OCTA should not build light rail, but busways
		Busways are highway lanes that allow transit buses to run faster than on city streets, and have freeway-level stations built in the median to allow boarding from major streets or locations like malls or government buildings.
		Busways along the 22 and 405 freeways would allow for quick movement across the county.
		The billions allocated to the ill-planned light rail project should be rolled over to build the busway and carpool lanes, stations in the freeway medians and fund the operating costs of the buses that would run along the 22 and 405 freeways.
	www.csulb.edu /~d49er/archives/2001/spring/opinion/v8n94-manifesto.shtml (483 words)

	Resources - Ways busways fail - 06 June 2001
		The failure of Busways is outlined and another direction suggested for the city.
		The key is to understand that the fad on Busways has been manufactured around a particular city, Ottawa, and that this has been vastly oversold in terms of its achievement.
		A study from QT comparing modal performance shows busways equal in their ability to light and heavy rail in attracting nodal development.
	www.brisinst.org.au /resources/newman_peter_busway.html (4272 words)

	Milton Railway Station Campaign - Guided Busways FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Essen, part of the busway went through a tunnel, and after they had experienced a number of problems (the most serious being signalling) bus operation in them was suspended and remains so to this day.
		Finally, the guided busway in Nancy, France was closed down because it wasn't considered safe for the public to use.
		You can't fundamentally alter the shape of the bus without having to rebuild the busway and that would be prohibitively expensive.
	miltonstation.members.beeb.net /guidedbuswayfaq.htm (1446 words)

	BUSES INTERNATIONAL July_2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Busways now in operation in England have been built on unused railway right-of-way, and also in median areas once reserved for trams.
		The Cambridge Area Metro plans a superCAM guided busway and refers to it as a "tram on tyres." The route is 27.4 km (17 miles) from St. Ives through Cambridge to Tranpington.
		With all the busway activity in the United Kingdom, it will become a leader for bus rapid transit and a showcase for the world to observe.
	www.busesintl.com /July_2002.htm (1410 words)

	Railwatch Magazine - Don‘t rip up railtracks for busways
		In order for busways to run as safely as trains, a number of additional features would be required such as level crossing protection signalling and radio control.
		Busways are generally more expensive in terms of passengers carried than light rail or tramway.
		Prices quoted for busways often exclude a significant part of the construction costs as it is envisaged that a former railway trackbed will be used.
	www.railwatch.org.uk /backtrack/rw75/rip.html (1765 words)

	Federal Transit Administration - Reference Guides Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When determining which corridors should be developed into a busway, the potentially worse routing, compared to transit riders origins and destinations, should be weighed against the potential for faster operating speeds.
		Although busways are generally designed to be used by public transit vehicles, it is possible to permit other authorized vehicles to use the facility, such as emergency vehicles, passenger vans, carpools, or others, provided that such vehicles do not interfere with the operation of transit vehicles.
		Busways and busway stations can be designed so that they can be converted to light or heavy rail if ridership increases to the point where buses can no longer accommodate the demand.
	www.fta.dot.gov /2340_7252_ENG_HTML.htm (1364 words)

	Milton Railway Station Campaign - Guided Busway on St.Ives Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A FAQ on Guided Busways, an Article by the Liberal Democrats and a Discussion Paper on Busways is available.
		Perhaps the reason for the lack of detailed plans is that there isn't a single successful guided busway of comparable length (12 miles to St.Ives, 17 miles to Huntingdon) anywhere in the UK or anywhere else in the world, which means that the full details of construction, operation and safety are not known.
		A busway could only serve local needs, and is no better than running buses on road, albeit on a bus lane.
	miltonstation.members.beeb.net /guidedbusway.htm (3023 words)

	Security Electronics Magazine - Fast Lane
		One of key goals of the Busway system IRTP is to help Queensland increase the proportion of trips taken on public transport in South East Queensland from 7 per cent to 10.5 per cent by 2007 – that’s a jump of around 50 per cent.
		According to the Principalle ITS Busways Oofficer Mr Dave Grosse, the Busways security brief for the busway is to provide 100 per cent surveillance coverage of stations and a extremely fast timely response to emergency events.
		Busways used blown fibre with 12 cores of single mode in each tube to carry signals from remote stations to the BOC.
	www.semweb.com /nov03/casestudy.htm (2534 words)

	Money spent on busway questioned - PittsburghLIVE.com
		But the busway is still far short of the 50,000 daily ridership — or about 25,000 people — it's expected to eventually accommodate, and critics say expectations are easy to surpass if the bar is set low enough.
		The West Busway is the third built by the Port Authority, and at $258 million, by far the costliest.
		The 4.3-mile South Busway, which was the first in the nation when it opened in 1977 at a cost of $27 million, has an average weekday ridership of 13,000.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/news/s_64283.html (1354 words)

	Federal Transit Administration - Issues Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Exclusive busways or bus lanes were implemented on the Shirley Highway in the Washington, D.C. area, the El Monte Freeway in Los Angeles, the I-495 approach to the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey, California Highway 101 in the San Francisco metropolitan area, and a separate right-of-way in Pittsburgh.
		With the exception of the I-495 lane in New Jersey and the Pittsburgh busway, the early highway exclusive bus lanes have all since been converted to HOV lanes, with carpools being the predominant users.
		While busways and freeway HOV facilities can substantially reduce travel times and improve service, mobility within congested urban centers is essential to support the economic and social functions of cities and to sustain high levels of transit ridership.
	www.fta.dot.gov /7694_7696_ENG_HTML.htm (1849 words)

	Planning and Markets: James E. Moore, et al: Section II
		Busway capacities meet or exceed the capacities of all rail lines except heavy rail trunk lines, in large part because busway speeds are higher, and because buses can be separated by seconds instead of minutes.
		Busways are roadways, and there are more firms experienced in the design and construction of roadways than firms experienced in the construction of light rail.
		Busways do not need operations control centers, have simpler maintenance facilities, and do not require separate communication, power, signal, and propulsion systems.
	www-pam.usc.edu /volume3/v3i1a4s2.html (4421 words)

	Metropolitan Council Directions Newsletter \| Transit \| Busways expanding region's transit network
		Busways will play a big part in the region's transit growth in the next 25 years, with the Riverview and Northwest Corridors leading the way.
		Faster than traditional bus service, less expensive than light rail - busways are the leading edge of a growing regional transit network.
		Congestion is growing in the Northwest Corridor, a booming area that expects 20 percent growth in the next two decades.
	www.metrocouncil.org /Directions/transit/transit_busways.htm (324 words)

	Vass Electrical Industries
		The IP rating for indoor Electrobar Busways is IP50 and the feeder for outdoor applications has been tested and certified to IP66.
		Vass Electrobar H-Series Busways are enhanced by the use of a polyester powder coated finish.
		In the past, one of the limitations of Busways has been that their length cannot be adjusted on site.
	www.vass.com.au /h_features.asp (966 words)

	First Corporate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A guided busway is a specially constructed, dedicated bus lane, the width of one bus, along which specially adapted buses can travel.
		Buses using the busway are fitted with small ‘guide wheels’ located immediately in front of the normal front bus wheels.
		Away from the busway the guided bus behaves like any other bus with the driver using the steering wheel in the normal way.
	www.firstgroup.com /corpfirst/company/guidedbus.php (546 words)

	Ottawa, Canada-does it look like Charlotte?
		For those that may not be aware of the situation, the Ottawa busways are the system we plan to copy here in Charlotte with our four proposed busway corridors.
		People in Pittsburgh were told when the busways were built that they were only temporary, and would be replaced in 15 or 20 years with light rail.
		However, instead of replacing the busways, they are now planning to extend the East Pittsburgh busway, and there is talk of building more busways.
	users.adelphia.net /~bablum/archives/canada.htm (883 words)

	AMCAP - June 2002 Monthly Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The East Busway was delayed for years due to this change as much of the Federal money had to be returned, as it was awarded on the basis of the EAP with the TERL, and reapplied for.
		The busway was and still is unique as it was the first road to be designed and built exclusively for transit.
		The majority of the South Busway can't be used for light rail unless several bridges are replaced as they were designed for standard road traffic weight, not the weights of the much heavier light rail vehicles.
	www.amcap.org /monthlyfeature/200206/index.shtml (1570 words)

	02-3345 -- 103 Investors v. Square D Co. -- 06/23/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At the heart of this appeal is a dispute over the admissibility of expert testimony in relation to the cause of a fire that occurred in the building of 103 Investors I, L.P. ("Investors") on March 1, 2001.
		Investors alleges that those busways caused the fire and seeks to introduce expert testimony toward the goal of demonstrating that allegation.
		In the walls ran "busways," which are systems of four insulated aluminum bars in aluminum casing that run from the basement to the top floor and distribute electricity to various floors.
	www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2004/06/02-3345.htm (2189 words)

	The National Academy of Public Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Some people are leaving home as early as 4:30 a.m., then sleeping in their cars until work time, to avoid the gruesome traffic tie-ups between the growing suburban Kapolei area, 25 miles to the west, and downtown Honolulu.
		Curitiba's expansive system of "surface subways" -- five exclusive busway routes carrying hundreds of thousands of passengers daily -- sets a kind of marker for system superiority: the buses are triple-length, accommodating up to 270 passengers; they preempt traffic signals to maintain speed; fares are collected before passengers board.
		Where the choice is a busway now or rail much later, then busway logic is tough to refute.
	www.napawash.org /resources/peirce/Peirce_8_25_02.html (921 words)

	Lima Metropolitan Busway System Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		WSA was responsible for developing plans for a 60 kilometer network of high capacity busways, as part of the Lima / Callao Urban Transport Study, carried out by Badalsa, WSA, and Booz-Allen for the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
		These busways would serve as the central element of a restructured public transport system linking together 18 municipalities of the Lima Metropolitan Area.
		Local authorities have proposed the development of a regional network of exclusive busways in order to protect the commercial speed of bus operations, thereby providing better service to passengers while maximizing the efficiency of the bus fleet.
	www.wilbursmith.com /services/LimaBusway.html (223 words)

	The SABRE Roads Website
		Guided Busways are where buses run between specially constructed kerbed tracks in the middle or the side of the road.
		Apparently in Essen, Germany where guided busways emerged, they are amazed by the number of British planners coming over for a look at there system.
		Busways seemed like a good idea at the time to the Germans and they have since gone beyond them.
	groups.msn.com /TheSABRERoadsWebsite/roadsnews.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=9302&LastModified=4675477453592544087&all_topics=1 (1900 words)

	Eduk12b
		"...(busways) permit the operation of high-volume, reliable service at a cost far less than new rail construction...what might be an undesirable two-transfer ride on rail system (auto to rail to walk/bus/subway) could be a no- or one-transfer ride on a bus/HOV system." U.S. Department of Transportation.
		The Shirley Highway busway carries more people into and out of the Washington region's urban core during rush hours than any of the several rapid rail lines that serve Washington.
		Busways also encourage competitive provision of transit services since different bus operators may use the same busway." U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
	lava.net /cslater/trans2kc.htm (1653 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Show busway layout and relationships between components and adjacent structural and mechanical elements.
		Design each fastener and support to carry 200 pounds (90 kg) or 4 times the supported weight of the busway, whichever is greater.
		G. Connect busway and components to wiring system and to ground as indicated and instructed by manufacturer.
	www.sandia.gov /engstds/ConstSpecs/Special/PETL_Bldg_701/DIV_16/16466_S_Busways.doc (1146 words)

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