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, Greece .]] A bus (only) lane is a lane on a road restricted to Bus es, and generally used to speed up public transport otherwise held up by traffic congestions. Often Taxicab s, High Occupancy Vehicle s or Bicycle s may use the bus lane as well. Bus lanes are a central part of Bus Rapid Transit measures. FUNCTION The aim of a bus only lane is to give priority to buses and save journey time in places where roads are congested with other traffic. A bus lane is not necessarily very long, as it may only be used to 'detour' a single congestion point such as an intersection. However, some cities have built large stretches of bus lanes which in some places amount to a separate local road system, often called a Busway system. Bus lanes are normally created when the road in question is both likely to be congested as well as heavily traveled by bus. Entire roads can be designated as bus lanes ( as well. Some bus lanes operate on certain times of the day only, usually during rush-hour, allowing all vehicles at other times. HISTORY The world's first bus-only lanes were established in 1962 in the German city of Hamburg . Other large German cities soon followed, and the implementation of bus lanes was officially sanctioned in the German highway code in 1971. Many experts from other countries (among one of the first, Japan ) studied the German example and then went forth to implement similar solutions in their own countries. The website) CRITICISM The installation of bus lanes requires additional space to either be constructed (increasing the impact of the road on the surrounding area, and possibly requiring private land)'' Transport plan will force homes and businesses to move '' - '''', Tuesday 01 May 2007 They can also become inefficient if weak traffic enforcement encourages '', Tuesday 03 October 2006 SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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