busway

[ buhs-wey ]

noun

1. a highway, or lane of a highway, set aside for the exclusive use of buses, especially during peak traffic hours.

Word History and Origins

Origin of busway¹

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; bus ¹ + way ¹

Example Sentences

Rather than reconsider the busway, the city and King County Metro right now are expanding it three blocks farther north into Belltown.

From Seattle Times

The project will feature improvements to North Hollywood’s Metro station, including a new entrance to the B Line subway on the west side of Lankershim Boulevard, improvements to the G Line busway terminus, and new internal streets and walkways to break up the large development site, a city report said.

From Los Angeles Times

Besides linking light rail to Aurora buses, the city planned to renovate Harrison as an east-west busway.

From Seattle Times

He said the HSE was considering prosecuting four incidents on the busway "which are relatively similar in nature" and will make a decision by the end of April.

From BBC

Matthew Taylor, representing the HSE, added: "Essentially, the busway itself, the bus in that section doesn't have the ability to manoeuvre, you can only go forwards and therefore to prevent any type of incident where something trespasses across that busway the only thing they can do is reduce speed."

From BBC