Features
SmartBus aims to provide a premium bus service to commuters with quality stops and tram-like frequencies. Service improvements include the following:
- Services are higher-frequency than many bus routes in Melbourne. Weekday service levels are, on average.
- every 30 minutes between 05:00 and 06:30
- every 15 minutes between 06:30 and 21:00
- every 30 minutes between 21:00 and midnight
- Weekend service levels are, on average:
- every 30 minutes between 06:00 and midnight on Saturdays and public holidays
- every 30 minutes between 07:00 and 21:00 on Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day.
- Real-Time passenger displays are available at selected bus stops along SmartBus routes, especially at interchanges, although real-time information is not available at all stops.
- In some sections of SmartBus routes, buses are given priority at signalised intersections, for example by extending the green time in a light when a bus is approaching.
- Limited dedicated bus lanes are in operation on routes 900, 901, 902 and 903. The DART bus routes have a dedicated bus lane during peak our operation in the peak direction.
- There are some priority "head start" lanes at intersections that allow buses to enter the intersection before other traffic.
- Bus stops that are in conjunction with the Commonwealth Discriminatory Act, with tactile tiles and better signage, as well as lower ground to allow the elderly or wheelchair-using passengers easier access to buses
- More low floor buses with ramps to accommodate elderly and wheelchair-using passengers.
- Electronic "next stop" signage on each bus which displays and announces the next stop.
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