United States
| United States | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region/system | Rights-of-way | Ltd. stop8 |
Traffic light priority |
Pre- pay9 |
Notes | ||||||
| Ded.1 | Excl. hwy2 |
Excl. street3 |
Excl. part4 |
Bypass5 | Shoulder6 | HOV7 | |||||
| Albuquerque, New Mexico: ABQ RIDE |
X | X | Rapid Ride | ||||||||
| Boston, Massachusetts: MBTA Bus |
X | X | Silver Line: Phase I uses street lanes, Phase II (tunnel and street) dual mode bus to airport, and Phase III (tunnel—future) | ||||||||
| Chicago, Illinois: |
X | McCormick Place Busway; dedicated route between downtown and McCormick Place Convention Center along the side of active railroad for the use of charter buses for conventions | |||||||||
| Cleveland, Ohio: HealthLine |
X | X | X | X | dedicated lanes from Public Square to East Cleveland | ||||||
| Dallas, Texas: DART |
X | X | |||||||||
| Denver, Colorado: Downtown Express (I-25 HOV) |
X | X | X | X | reversible HOV lanes with changeable signs, traffic gates and closed-circuit TV; bus tunnel in Northglenn at Wagon Rd. park-and-ride; cross-platform rail transfer at Union Sta. and underground Market St. Sta. terminus in downtown Denver | ||||||
| Eugene, Oregon: Emerald Express (EmX) |
X | X | X | ||||||||
| Fort Collins, Colorado: MAXMason Express |
X | X | Under Construction; 2009-2011 | ||||||||
| Honolulu, Hawaii: TheBus Express!/TheTransit |
X | ||||||||||
| Houston, Texas: (HOV system) |
X | X | reversible HOV lanes in 6 corridors with direct ramps to park-and-ride lots, transit centers and Downtown streets. Frequent express bus service using dedicated fleet. | ||||||||
| Kansas City, Missouri: Metro Area Express (MAX) |
X | X | X | ||||||||
| Las Vegas, Nevada: Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) |
X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Los Angeles, California: El Monte Busway |
X | X | X | HOV 3+ lane on freeway and on separate right of way, has three rail-like stations | |||||||
| Los Angeles, California: Metro Orange Line |
X | X | X | busway in old railroad corridor with at-grade crossings | |||||||
| Los Angeles, California: Harbor Transitway |
X | X | X | X | innermost lanes on freeway – HOV 2+, have rail-like stations and portions of route separate from freeway running elevated, and on-street bus lanes in Downtown Los Angeles used by Harbor Transitway routes | ||||||
| Los Angeles, California: Metro Rapid |
X | X | X | Only exclusive lanes are a 1.5 mile section of Wilshire Boulevard in West Los Angeles | |||||||
| Mesa, Arizona: Valley METROLink |
X | Starts December 2008 | |||||||||
| Miami, Florida: |
X | ||||||||||
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota transit |
X | X | X | at-grade crossings on busway have flashing stop signs, plus a few priority traffic lights at St. Paul end | |||||||
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN: Metro Transit, others |
X | X | X | X | limited-stop/express buses run in rush hours, also queue-jump lanes for ramp meters, Northwest Corridor busway w/pre-ticketing planned | ||||||
| New York, New York: MTA Regional Bus (New York City Bus) |
X | X | X | X | Select Bus Service: Dedicated lanes along Fordham Road and 207 Street. Requires payment before boarding. One route currently in service; 3 more to be implemented between 2009 and 2011. | ||||||
| Oakland, California: AC Transit Rapid Bus 1R and 72R |
X | X | X | includes NextBus dynamic message signs | |||||||
| Orlando, Florida: Lynx Lymmo |
X | ||||||||||
| Phoenix, Arizona: RAPID |
X | X | weekday rush hours only | ||||||||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Ardmore Busway |
X | converted Red Arrow trolley right-of-way, private SEPTA bus road for the 'Route 103' bus to Ardmore from 69th Street Terminal | |||||||||
| Providence, Rhode Island: East Side Bus Tunnel |
X | converted trolley tunnel, built 1912, used solely by four bus lines and one rubber-tired "trolley" line, running under College Hill and the Rhode Island School of Design | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Busway System |
X | ||||||||||
| San Francisco, San Rafael, Novato, and Sonoma County: Golden Gate Transit Route 101 |
X | X | Route operates as a complement to local Route 80. Operates effective June 15, 2009 as a weekday-only service, and it will use the HOV lanes along U.S. Highway 101 in Marin County between San Francisco and Santa Rosa. | ||||||||
| San Jose, California: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Rapid 522 |
X | X | |||||||||
| Seattle, Washington: Downtown Seattle Bus Tunnel |
X | downtown tunnel and busway continuing south | |||||||||
| Stockton, California: San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) |
X | X | X | Metro Express service operates along a four-mile corridor through Stockton to the Downtown Transit Center. | |||||||
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