Future? - USA - Speedy buses in the works?
SbX project set to be discussed
San Bernardino,CA,USA -San Bernardino Sun, by Andrew Silva -17 Oct 2005: -- A futuristic bus system that has more in common with light rail than regular city buses could be running on E Street and between Cal State San Bernardino and Loma Linda University Medical Center by the end of the decade... Buses would get priority at intersections and run in special lanes along stretches to increase speeds and draw people out of their cars... "We want to give people a time advantage compared to the automobile," said Rohan Kuruppu, director of planning for Omnitrans, San Bernardino Valley's bus agency... San Bernardino also has about 300,000 visitors a year, and sbX would give them an option, other than cars, to get around to main activity centers, including the universities and downtown, he said... The project is expected to cost about $120 million, with most or all of the money coming from the Federal Transit Administration...
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