An exclusive bus lane for eastbound buses along a 2.5 mile stretch of Interstate 495, between the Lincoln Tunnel and the New Jersey Turnpike, was implemented in December 1970 as a major part of the United States Department of Transportation's Urban Corridor Demonstration Program. The exclusive bus lane project described in the report demonstrates how a public transportation improvement can be established quickly and at a relatively low cost in an urban area where several planning and operating agencies have jurisdiction. The report summarizes the history and first year details of operation of the special bus lane and explains the future plans for the bus lane. Conclusions arrived at from the day to day running of the demonstration bus lane complete the synopsis of results of the first exclusive bus lane in the greater New York City Metropolitan Region and the first reverse-flow exclusive bus lane on a freeway in the United States.
Urban Corridor Demonstration Program Exclusive Bus Lane. Interstate 495-New Jersey Approach to Lincoln Tunnel
1972
40 pages
Report
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English