Example of Rapid Bus Transit

[emu steve]

Starts Sunday in suburban D.C. [[Arlington/Alexandria) connecting Crystal City and the Braddock subway station.

I was there today and saw the dedicated lane in the middle of the highway surrounded by a median.

To me, this is an excellent bus route which connects passengers to either of several subway stops.

"“A lot of people will be looking to this project as a test concept to find out what lessons they can learn from it,” said Eric Randall, a senior transportation engineer at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. “This is the first BRT in the region. It offers us an opportunity to apply some concepts for the first time — things like off-board fare collection, a design of bus stops with higher platforms and custom design shelters, a new branding and frequency of buses.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...ve_1.0_strip_3

Here is an older article with maps, etc.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...584_story.html