Table of bus rapid transit systems in North America
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This table of bus rapid transit systems in North America has been part of the bus rapid transit page but for space reasons has been moved to this separate page. A list is still maintained on the original page.
- The tables below are incomplete. Mouse-over column titles to see expansions of the abbreviations, or see the notes below.
[edit] Canada
| Canada | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region/system | Rights-of-way | Ltd. stop8 |
Traffic light priority |
Pre- pay9 |
Notes | ||||||
| Ded.1 | Excl. hwy2 |
Excl. street3 |
Excl. part4 |
Bypass5 | Shoulder6 | HOV7 | |||||
| Calgary, Alberta: Calgary Transit |
X | X | X | X | Articulated buses coming soon | ||||||
| Halifax, Nova Scotia: Metro Transit's MetroLink |
X | X | X | ||||||||
| Mississauga, Ontario: Mississauga Transit |
X | X | Dedicated busway to commence construction soon. On-hold until the remaining 33% on funding is obtained. | ||||||||
| Montreal, Quebec: STM BRT |
X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Ottawa, Ontario: OC Transpo |
X | X | X | X | Ottawa Transitway | ||||||
| Vancouver, British Columbia: B-Line |
See Note | X | 98 B-Line only | X | X | Until April 2006, #98 B-Line had busway for part of Richmond leg of route | |||||
| Waterloo Region, Ontario: iXpress |
X | X | X | ||||||||
| York Region, Ontario: Viva |
See Note | X | X | X | X | Dedicated busways planned as part of Viva's Phase 2 expansion | |||||
[edit] Mexico
| Mexico | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region/system | Rights-of-way | Ltd. stop8 |
Traffic light priority |
Pre- pay9 |
Notes | ||||||
| Ded.1 | Excl. hwy2 |
Excl. street3 |
Excl. part4 |
Bypass5 | Shoulder6 | HOV7 | |||||
| León, Guanajuato: Optibus Optibus - Sistema Integrado de Transporte(SIT) |
x | x | x | ||||||||
| Mexico City, Federal District: Metrobús |
X | two-part Phase I under construction; Phase II planned | |||||||||
[edit] 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: Rapid Ride |
X | X | |||||||||
| Boston, Massachusetts: MBTA |
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: Euclid Corridor |
X | X | X | X | dedicated lanes from Public Square to East Cleveland | ||||||
| Denver, Colorado: Downtown Express (I-25 HOV) |
X | X | X | X | reversible HOV lanes with changeable signs, traffic gates and closed-circuit television; bus tunnel in Northglenn at Wagon Road park-and-Ride; cross-platform rail transfer at Union Station and underground Market Street Station terminus in downtown Denver | ||||||
| Honolulu, Hawaii: TheBus Express!/TheTransit |
X | ||||||||||
| 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 and run 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 | |||||||
| Miami, Florida: [1] |
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 | ||||||
| Oakland, California: AC Transit 72R Rapid Bus |
X | X | X | includes NextBus dynamic message signs | |||||||
| Orlando, Florida: Lynx Lymmo |
X | ||||||||||
| Phoenix, Arizona: City of Phoenix BRT |
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 Jose, California: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Rapid 522 |
X | X | |||||||||
| Seattle, Washington: Downtown Seattle Bus Tunnel |
X | downtown tunnel and busway continuing south | |||||||||
[edit] Notes
1 Ded.: Dedicated busway or tunnel
2 Excl. hwy: Exclusive highway lanes
3 Excl. street: Exclusive on-street lanes
4 Excl. part: Part-time exclusive lanes
5 Bypass: No exclusive lanes but heavy intersection bypass lanes
6 Shoulder: Buses can use hard shoulders in congestion
7 HOV: High-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lanes can be used (common)
8 Ltd. stop: System includes limited stop/express routes (includes conventional bus lines, common)
9 Pre-pay: Payment is made before boarding
