The major section of the world's longest guided busway, using all new construction techniques and technology, connects St. Ives directly to Cambridge Science Park on the outskirts of Cambridge along the route of what was a disused railway line.

The length of time that it took to construct the busway drew the ire of many local residents, who felt it was a huge waste of taxpayers money, especially after company bosses admitted it would only shave eight minutes off the standard A14 bus journey time.

Furthermore, construction of the busway was beset with problems, causing delays ; for example, cracks appeared in the structure allowing weeds to grow through.

Contractors BAM Nuttall are being fined a significant amount of money for each day that the busway completion date was not met.

In 2003, a temporary busway was planned between Downsview Station and the campus, but was opposed by the university, which felt it would lessen government willingness to extend the subway.

From opening in 1986 until August 2011 it was the world's longest busway, with a length of 12 km ( 7. 5 mi ), and remains the world's fastest busway with a maximum permitted speed of 100 km / h ( 62 mph ).

The $ 100-million, 292-unit loft apartment project by Snyder was the first segment to be completed of NoHo Commons, part of a " transit village " rising at the terminus of the Metro Red Line subway and the Orange Line busway.

Although a busway station was opened in 2005, in common with most of Auckland beyond the CBD-fringe the suburb has a poor public transport network, with its planning premised on a population of car-owning families.

The facility was initially constructed with a single lane as the first busway in the United States before being expanded and converted to HOV use.

The first guided busway in the United Kingdom was in Birmingham, branded as Tracline 65, and had a short length as an experiment in 1984.

In Mannheim, Germany, from May 1992 to September 2005 a guided busway shared the tram alignment for a few hundred metres, which allowed buses to avoid a congested stretch of road in a location where there was no space for an extra traffic lane.

The El Monte Busway between El Monte and Downtown Los Angeles was the first busway in the USA, constructed in 1974.

It was recommended that a 75 km network of busway corridors to complement the existing heavy rail network would suit best.

The first section of busway between the CBD and Woolloongabba was opened to services on 13 September 2000 to coincide with the first match in the 2000 Olympic Games Football Tournament in Brisbane.

That section of the freeway was completed in the early 1980s, and local planners had included space within the overall right-of-way for a future transitway, which, at the time, was expected to be a busway ; TriMet had not even begun building its first light rail line at that time.

The busway was constructed instead of a further Red Line rail extension in the Valley.

The UQ Lakes to Buranda section of the busway was built under an alliance with Thiess, Sinclair Knight Merz and Queensland Transport.

The lower-level busway was later closed, and all buses ( and trackless trolleys, later discontinued ) were routed to the upper level.

A new busway was built on the west side of the station in 1929 ; this has since been connected to the old streetcar ramps.

However, construction of the bridge and the Greenwich busway was cancelled in 2008.

After numerous delays, construction on the York University Busway started on July 25, 2008, with a short section of the busway opened on September 6, 2009 and the remainder opened on November 20, 2009.

The second section of busway ( 13. 2 km ) between Woolloongabba and Eight Mile Plains opened on 30 April 2001.

The busway will be built and opened in stages.

A two-lane busway is located east of the station off Ocean Avenue, while a new busway off Route 1A opened on June 30, 2012.

In December 1977 Port Authority unveiled its first dedicated busway, the 4. 3-mile South Busway, which combined bus and light rail routes into an efficient and quicker connection between downtown Pittsburgh and the South Hills area.

BRT attempts to combine the advantages of a rail system ( notably a partially or completely dedicated right-of-way, which greatly improves punctuality and reliability ) with the advantages of a bus system ( low construction and way maintenance costs, low vehicle costs, right-of-way not required for entire length, and the ability of feeder bus services to join a trunk busway ).

Metro Transitway is Los Angeles County's bus rapid transit system with two lines operating on dedicated or shared-use busway.

The ACT Government plans to construct a busway to connect the Belconnen Town centre with the hospital and CIT precinct in Bruce and the city centre.

* The Federal Government have also provided funding to improve bus access to and from the city for O-bahn buses with either an extension of the guided busway track or bus lanes.

Adjacent to the railway station on the Boggo Road site is the Boggo Road busway station, with the Princess Alexandra Hospital busway station nearby.

The station forms an interchange with Buranda busway station on the South East Busway and Eastern Busway, allowing easy access to the southern suburbs and into the Brisbane central business district.

* a bus terminal for local routes, with a dedicated busway

As with all Orange Line stations, Wellington is fully handicapped accessible from the parking garage and busway.

) Stagecoach in the Fens ( Huntington ) now operates the longest Guided busway in the world with the fleet for the busway running on bio fuel.

As part of this the Panmure train station is currently undergoing a major upgrade, and a new 7 km busway is being built which will link Panmure train station with Pakuranga and Botany.

Proposals have been made including underground tunnel links to Clyde or Granville stations, or even to replace the line altogether with a more frequent light rail or busway service.

Though the cities of Etobicoke and York strongly supported the concept of an Eglinton Rapid Transit line, as did the Region of Peel, they were unsatisfied with the prospect of a busway.

Skip-stops work best when buses are able to easily pass each other at bus stops, such as on a low-traffic street, street with bus stop pockets or dedicated busway with at least two lanes in each direction.

It is the first station south of the Merivale Bridge and is also adjacent to the Cultural Centre busway station on the South East Busway.

The most heavily used route, the Tram T1, is a so-called ' tramway on tyres ', which is actually a guided busway based on Bombardier Transportation's Guided Light Transit ( GLT ) technology and using articulated trolleybuses.

Most buses serve the station via a dedicated two-lane busway on the eastern side of the station, which has easy access to Route 16.

The outbound terminus platform is connected to a busway on the Monsignor O ' Brien Highway, which serves several MBTA bus routes and a private shuttle open to the public: