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The guide wheel of a guided bus in Mannheim, Germany

A Fastway bus in the guided bus lane on Southgate Avenue, Crawley

Guided buses are buses steered for part or all of their route by external means, usually on a dedicated track. This track, which often parallels existing roads, excludes all other forms of traffic, permitting the maintenance of reliable schedules on heavily used corridors even during rush hours. Adelaide O-Bahn guided busway (external link - in Japanese) This work is copyrighted. ... Adelaide O-Bahn guided busway (external link - in Japanese) This work is copyrighted. ... The Adelaide O-Bahn, at Parsons Road, Dernancourt. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1365x1024, 197 KB) Mercedes Benz O 405 N bus of MVV Verkehr AG in Mannheim, germany Detail of the guide wheel for use on the special trackway For a full image of the bus see http://commons. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1365x1024, 197 KB) Mercedes Benz O 405 N bus of MVV Verkehr AG in Mannheim, germany Detail of the guide wheel for use on the special trackway For a full image of the bus see http://commons. ... This article is about the German city. ... A Fastway vehicle on Southgate Avenue, Crawley File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Fastway vehicle on Southgate Avenue, Crawley File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... This page is related to transport; you may be looking for the 2002 Bollywood movie Road. ... In many parts of the world traffic is generally organized, flowing in lanes of travel for a particular direction, with interchanges, traffic signals, or signage at intersections to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. ... A timetable is an organized list or schedule, usually set out in tabular form, providing information about a series of arranged events: in particular, the time at which it is planned these events will take place. ... Rush hour in a city A rush hour is a part of the day with busy traffic and hence traffic congestion on the roads and crowded public transport; normally the two periods in a day when people are travelling to or from work or school. ...

Guidance systems can be either physical, such as kerbs, or remote, such as optical or radio guidance.

On kerb-guided buses (often abbreviated to KGB) small guide wheels are attached to the regular wheels of the bus, and these engage vertical kerbs on either side of the trackway. The bus is steered in the normal way away from the guideway. The start of the guideway is funnelled from a wide track to the normal width. The trackway allows for high speed operation on a narrow guideway.

Only a few examples currently exist, but more are proposed in various countries. The longest guided busway in the world is the single O-Bahn route in Adelaide South Australia, which has been operating since the mid 1980s. The Adelaide O-Bahn has been reasonably successful. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a population of more than 1. ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...

A number of guided busways currently operate in the United Kingdom. They are at:

• Ipswich (Kesgrave) - opened in 1995
• Leeds (Scott Hall Road) - opened in 1995
• Leeds (A64 York Road and A63 Selby Road) - opened in 2001
• Bradford (A641 Manchester Road) - opened in October 2001.
• Crawley (Southgate Avenue) - opened in August 2003.
• Crawley (London Road) - opened in December 2004.
• Edinburgh (Fastlink - Stenhouse to Broomhouse) - opened in December 2004.

Plans for a guided busway in Cambridgeshire have met with local opposition, with campaigns such as CAST.IRON advocating the re-opening of the Cambridge to St Ives railway line. The scheme has been approved. Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk in East Anglia, England, and a local government district on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... The A64 is a dual carriageway in the United Kingdom, which carries much of the commuter traffic between Leeds and York, continuing on to Scarborough. ... The A63 is a major road in Yorkshire, England. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, in the county of West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... A Fastway vehicle on the guided bus lane on Southgate Avenue, Crawley Crawley Fastway is a guided bus public transport service linking parts of Crawley with the nearby Gatwick Airport and Horley. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Fastway vehicle on the guided bus lane on Southgate Avenue, Crawley Crawley Fastway is a guided bus public transport service linking parts of Crawley with the nearby Gatwick Airport and Horley. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ), Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic, is the second-largest city in Scotland and its capital city. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... St Ives is a medium-sized market town the east of England (around 15 miles north-west of the city of Cambridge). ...

Guided buses shared the tram alignment for a short length in Mannheim

In Mannheim, Germany, from May 1992 to September 2005 a guided busway shared the tram alignment for a few hundred meters, which allowed buses to avoid a congested stretch of road in a location where there was no space for an extra traffic lane. It was discontinued as the majority of buses fitted with guide wheels were withdrawn for age reasons. There are no plans to convert newer buses. ImageMetadata File history File links Spurbus_Mannheim1. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Spurbus_Mannheim1. ... A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Map showing the tramway system in Oslo, Norway Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ... Basic information Country: Germany Federal state: Land Baden-Württemberg Regions: Rhein-Neckar District: Independent municipality Population: 324,787 (Mai 2005) Additional information Area: 144. ...

In France, Nancy and Caen run 'tramways on tyres', guided busways based on Bombardier Transportation's Guided Light Transit technology. Nancy (pronounced in French) is a city and commune which is the préfecture (capital) of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, in the Lorraine région of northeastern France. ... Location within France Caen is a city and a commune of northwestern France. ... A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Map showing the tramway system in Oslo, Norway Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ... Firestone tire A tire (U.S. spelling) or tyre (UK spelling) is a roughly toroidal piece of material placed on the circumference of a wheel, either for the purpose of cushioning or to protect the wheel from wear and tear. ... Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... GLT vehicles bear a strong resemblance to trams, but are in actual fact buses capable of following a single guidance rail. ...

See also

• Bus rapid transit
• Bombardier Guided Light Transit
• Rubber-tired metro
• Tram

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External links

• Lots of Guided Bus Information and Pictures
• Adelaide O-Bahn
• First Group guided busways