Bus Use of ShouldersThis synthesis documents and summarizes transit agencies experiences with policies and regulations that permit buses to use shoulders on arterial roads or freeways to bypass congestion either as interim or long-term treatments. Both transit and highway perspectives are explored for jurisdictions that allow bus use of shoulders and those that have considered, but have not implemented, these treatments and the reasons why. |
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applications arterial AUTHORIZED BUSES BBS lanes BBS projects Bus Bypass Shoulder bus drivers Bus Operator bus shoulder BUSES USING SHOULDER bypass congestion Central Dispatch congestion bypass corridors cost dedicated bus ramp Department of Transportation Dolphin Expressway eastbound enforcement enter the BBS Erin Mills Parkway exit Federal Transit Administration FIGURE Florida Turnpike freeway shoulder lane ft wide GO Transit Highway 403 HOV lanes implementation improvements interchange Mavis Road merge Metro Transit Metrorail Station Miami Miami-Dade Miami-Dade Transit Minnesota Mississauga Transit MnDOT motorists National Academy off-ramp on-ramp Operating Partners Operating Protocol Palmetto Expressway Palmetto Metrorail Station passengers Planning public transit Regional Route safe shoul shoulder facilities shoulder lanes shoulder operations southbound speed change lane survey synthesis TCRP traffic lanes transit buses transit lanes transit operators transit-only lanes Transportation Research Board travel lanes travel time savings Turnpike U.S.DOT Washington West Falls Church westbound