Introduction

A fundamental objective of introducing Metro Rapid service was to improve service quality, both from a customer perception and actual measurable performance standpoint. Effective service quality can be measured by vehicle headway...

Summary

The MTA and City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) implemented the Metro Rapid Bus Demonstration Program on June 24, 2000 in the Whittier-Wilshire and Ventura corridors.

On-board questionnaires were distributed...

Metro Rapid "After" and Limited "Before" Ratings

DEAR METRO RAPID RIDER: Please take a minute to fill this out and help us evaluate our service. Place the survey in the...

DEAR BUS RIDER: Please take a minute to fill this out and help us plan for your transit needs. Place the survey in the...

DEAR BUS RIDER: Please take a minute to fill this out and help us plan for your transit needs. Place the survey in the...

• Bus Rapid Transit: A Handbook for Partners
• Characteristics of Bus Rapid Transit...

Definition

A busway is a special roadway designed for the exclusive use of buses. A busway can be in its own right-of-way, or in a railway or highway right-of-way. Short stretches of streets designated for exclusive bus use are sometimes also...

Metropolitan areas in the US are well served by networks of radial and circumferential high-performance limited-access highways ("expressways"). Express bus routes were in many cases routed to these facilities soon after they were opened to traffic....