This report in the Transit Strategies Series explores freeway bus services. Freeway bus services operate along freeways, either in regular traffic lanes, in high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, or along the shoulders. Freeway bus services also have stations within the freeway right-of-way to minimize travel times by eliminating all or most of the local circulation that is required to serve stops or stations off the freeway.
What do you think? Where should Nashville MTA/RTA consider freeway bus rapid transit?
Since I am not that keen on Clarkville commuter rail or Freeway BRT (though I’d love to see high-speed Light Rail along the freeways to Gallatin, Murfreesboro and Franklin), I think Express Bus on the shoulder is a great idea.
Faster, less volatile arrival times, likely to attract commuters stuck in traffic. It must be safe though.
Roy Wellington