In Seoul , public transit buses are operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and private bus operators. The city maintains a quasi-public system where the city manages where the routes run, but private companies manage the running of the individual routes themselves.
32-618: (Redirected from MetroBus ) Metrobus may refer to: Transport services [ edit ] Bus Rapid Transit [ edit ] MetroBus (Bristol) , a bus rapid transit system in Bristol, England, United Kingdom Metrobus (Buenos Aires) , a bus rapid transit system in Buenos Aires, Argentina Metrobus (Istanbul) , a public transit system in Istanbul, Turkey Metrobus (Lahore) ,
64-571: A bus model manufactured by Metro Cammell Weymann in the 1970s and 1980s See also [ edit ] Metro (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Metrobus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metrobus&oldid=1213365420 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
96-576: A bus service in Washington DC, United States, and immediate suburbs in Maryland and Virginia Metrobus (South East England) bus operator with routes in parts of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, and Greater London Metrobus Transit , a public transit system in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada MetroMini , a minibus system is part of the public transport system of Jakarta, Indonesia. CapMetro Bus ,
128-403: A cap on fares. They suggested that the services would not be viable on a commercial basis. MetroBus had said in 2016 that public subsidy might be needed to attract an operator. In June 2017, it was announced that First West of England would run services on the first route to open – at that time expected to be the m2 from Long Ashton – and would not receive any public funding. In April 2018, it
160-471: A combination of both. In the past, diesel buses also ran until retirement, and Daewoo buses measuring 12 m (39 ft 4 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) in length and Iveco articulated buses measuring 18 m (59 ft 11 ⁄ 16 in) in length were in service on trunk buses from 2004 until 2014. The South Korean animated children's television series Tayo the Little Bus , which
192-519: A combination of segregated busways and bus lanes. A mixture of double-decker buses are used: lines m2 and m3 use Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC buses on diesel Scania N250UD chassis, while lines m1 and m4 use Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City buses on compressed natural gas -powered Scania N280UD chassis. All buses have two doors, one for boarding and one for exiting, to shorten stop times. There are five routes: The South Bristol Link section, between Long Ashton park & ride and Hengrove Park,
224-783: A public rapid transit system in Lahore, Pakistan Métrobus (Quebec) , bus rapid transit service operated by the Réseau de transport de la Capitale in Quebec City, Canada Metrobus (Tegucigalpa) , a bus system under construction in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Mexico City Metrobús , a bus rapid transit system in Mexico City, Mexico Multan Metrobus , a public rapid transit system in Multan, Pakistan Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus ,
256-926: A public rapid transit system in Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Pakistan Los Angeles Metro Busway , a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles, United States Metronit , a bus rapid transit system in Haifa, Israel Transmilenio , a bus rapid transit system in Bogotá, Colombia Conventional [ edit ] Los Angeles Metro Bus , the transit bus service of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Los Angeles County, California, United States Metrobus (Miami) ,
288-622: A public transit bus network in Austin, Texas, United States El Metropolitano , a public transit system in Lima, Perú Havana MetroBus , the principal bus network of Havana, Cuba Metro Tasmania a public bus service in Tasmania, Australia Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County , bus service in the Houston, Texas, United States Ticket [ edit ] Metrobús (ticket) ,
320-873: A result, the revised economic appraisal in 2014 projected significantly lower passenger numbers than the original appraisal in 2011. An addition to the North Fringe package was proposed in 2015. The Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) will provide a more direct route from Bristol Parkway railway station to Cribbs Causeway, via housing developments at Filton Airfield . The scheme's promoters claimed in 2014 that it would reduce journey times by up to 75% between Long Ashton park & ride and Hengrove Park . In 2015, services were expected to begin in 2017, although this date subsequently slipped. The first route (m3) commenced on 29 May 2018. Route m2 commenced on 3 September 2018 and route m1 in January 2019. In 2018,
352-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages MetroBus (Bristol) MetroBus (stylised as metrobus ) is a bus rapid transit system in Bristol , England, created as a joint project between Bristol , North Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils. The first route, service m3, began operations on 29 May 2018, followed by m2 on 3 September 2018, m1 on 6 January 2019 and m4 on 22 January 2023. MetroBus
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#1732772521810384-520: Is not currently operated as no operator will run services without a subsidy. It is anticipated that when a large housing development is built near the route, the service will become commercially viable. In central Bristol, The Centre was re-modelled and partly pedestrianised as part of the project. Many sections of the Metrobus routes also include a shared use path for multi-modal transport. The £200 million project started in 2006, developed by
416-645: Is part of a package of transport infrastructure improvements in the West of England which have been designed to help unlock economic growth, tackle poor public transport links in South Bristol, long bus journey times and high car use in the North Fringe of the city and M32 motorway corridor. The system uses "buy before you board" ticketing and the services have a reduced number of stops. MetroBus vehicles have priority over other traffic at junctions and use
448-674: The Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust from 1995 until 2003 M-é-t-r-o-b-u-s, a bus and metro operator Tramway de Rouen in Rouen, France West Yorkshire Metro , passenger transport executive in West Yorkshire, England Other [ edit ] MAN Metrobus ( de ), a bus model manufactured by MAN and Krauss-Maffei (1959-1973), and under license as Ikarus MAN IK-5 by Ikarus Zemun (1972-1981), and Roman 112U by Autobuzul Bucharest (1974-1980) MCW Metrobus ,
480-707: The A4174 required the replacement of the Church Lane bridge for pedestrians and horses, near Emersons Green . The concrete bridge was demolished in December 2015 and replaced with a steel truss bridge in June 2016. Also in June 2016, the M32 was closed to allow the installation of a bus-only bridge. Work on this westward extension of the A4174 began in summer 2015 and involved the construction of: The South Bristol Link Road
512-761: The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads route. Works for the Ashton Vale to Temple Meads MetroBus route include: Work began on the Stoke Gifford Transport Link (SGTL) and Bradley Stoke Way in August 2015 as part of the North Fringe to Hengrove Package. The work includes the construction of new roads, widening the carriageway, a bus only junction on the M32 and the creation of new bus lanes on the A4174 , Coldharbour Lane, Stoke Lane and SGTL. The widening of
544-808: The Madrid Metro and bus ticket Organisations [ edit ] King County Metro , the public transit authority of King County, Washington, United States Metro Bus Corporation, a Seoul bus operator Metrobus (London) a bus operator in London, England, operated by London General Metrobus (Malaysia) , a bus operator in the Klang Valley Metrobus (South East England) a bus operator in Surrey, Sussex and Kent in South East England MetroBus, trading name of
576-497: The West of England Partnership, a partnership between South Gloucestershire , Bristol and North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset councils. Three routes were originally proposed: From its announcement, MetroBus (originally called 'BRT') proved controversial. In 2013 and 2014, incoming directly elected mayor George Ferguson decided to change the route of the Ashton Vale to Temple Meads service. Instead of travelling on
608-854: The ambition for future expansion of the MetroBus network to link Bristol city centre to Bath via Keynsham , Clevedon via Nailsea , Yate , Thornbury and Avonmouth ; along with an orbital service linking Emersons Green to South Bristol . A service in Weston-super-Mare is also proposed. In August 2021, Bristol City Council opened a consultation on extending the m1 route from Hengrove Park to Imperial Park via Hawkfield Road. The current MetroBus network has shown signs of bus rapid transit creep ; primarily not fully operating on dedicated bus lanes for much of its routes, operating in mixed road traffic and being subject to traffic jams. In an open letter published in January 2020, James Freeman,
640-883: The bus network of Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States Metrobus (Montreal) , express feeder routes to the Montreal métro in Montréal, Québec, Canada Metrobus (Panama) , the massive bus system in Panama City, Panama MetroBus (St. Louis) , the bus system operated by the Bi-State Development Agency in St Louis, Missouri, United States Metrobus (Sydney) , a high frequency bus network in Sydney, Australia Metrobus (Washington, D.C.) ,
672-560: The loss of 1.79 hectares of best and most versatile agricultural land ." The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads route was approved by the DfT in November 2013. The South Bristol Link part of the MetroBus scheme was approved in January 2015. By April 2016, construction had begun on the first three routes. Works for the fourth route began in February 2019. Construction started in early 2015 on
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#1732772521810704-548: The loss of 12 smallholdings, loss of long-held allotments, expansion into green belt land, and loss of Grade 1 soil and land at Feed Bristol, a community food-growing project. The scheme proposed mitigation for loss of allotments, soils etc but a report to the Development Control Committee for the meeting of 27 August 2014 stated: "Despite the proposed off-site mitigation, the NFHP scheme would result in
736-492: The m3 route was intended to be extended at a later date from Emersons Green to Bristol Parkway, following works at the station to improve access for buses and other vehicles. This plan was superseded by the m4 route, between the City Centre and Cribbs Causeway via Bristol Parkway station, which commenced in January 2023. The estimated cost of the scheme initially was £200 million. The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads route
768-489: The north side of Bristol Harbour along Hotwell Road or along the south side of the harbour and over Prince Street Bridge , it would follow Cumberland Road and Redcliff Hill calling near Temple Meads station and travelling around the inner ring road before reaching the city centre. This change would have implications for potential patronage: as the city centre was projected to be the most frequent destination, journey times for most passengers were significantly lengthened. As
800-533: The numbering system of routes based by area. This system was created to facilitate recognition of route outlines. Most buses in South Korea are domestic models and are made by Hyundai , Daewoo and Edison Motors. Buses are either 9 m (29 ft 6 + 5 ⁄ 16 in) or 10.6 m (34 ft 9 + 5 ⁄ 16 in) to 11 m (36 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 in) Buses use either compressed natural gas , electric batteries, or
832-442: The railway with a wider concrete bridge, began in 2019 and was largely complete in August 2022. Services on the m4 route began in January 2023. As of February 2017, an operator for MetroBus services had not been found. An operator should have been in place 12 months prior to commencement of services (planned for Spring 2017), but bus companies were reluctant to invest in new buses to meet the requirements for MetroBus, whilst having
864-406: The second digit indicates where the route ends. For rapid buses, the first digit is always 9, and the second digit indicates the area in which the route begins. The first digit of circulation buses indicates the area in which the bus circles. Routes that begin with an 8 are holiday or rush-hour only branch buses. For all lines, any remaining digits identify individual routes. The following list shows
896-404: The then managing director of First West of England, said services could not operate properly because buses were delayed by roadworks and congestion. He stated that the £230m of public money had been "largely wasted". Seoul bus There are four types of buses: Route numbers specify area divisions. For trunk and branch buses, the first digit indicates the area where the route begins, and
928-477: Was announced that the m1 route would be operated by Bristol Community Transport , under contract to First West of England, with the m2 and m3 services operated by First. HCT Group , the owners of Bristol Community Transport, announced at short notice in August 2022 that they would withdraw from the m1 service. First West of England took over the service after a two-day suspension. The West of England Combined Authority 's Joint Local Transport Plan has outlined
960-675: Was completed and opened to traffic in early January 2017. The initial Metrobus network will not, however, run along the bus lanes of the Link Road, although the road is used by services between the city centre and Bristol Airport . A route to be known as 'm4', between the city centre and the Cribbs Causeway regional shopping centre, via Bristol Parkway and new housing built on the former Filton Airfield , began to be designed in 2014. Work to add short stretches of bus lane to existing roads, and replace Gipsy Patch Lane Bridge under
992-434: Was estimated to be £102 million, with DfT contributing £51 million, £30.5 million from South Gloucestershire Council and £20.5 million from Bristol City Council. In 2016 estimated costs had increased to £216 million, and in 2017 to £230 million. MetroBus faced opposition from environmental groups who claimed the new bus-only junction over the M32 (North Fringe to Hengrove section) would mean
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1024-548: Was £49.6 million, of which the Department for Transport (DfT) would contribute £34.5 million. DfT would contribute £27.6 million, more than half of the total cost, to the South Bristol Link Road scheme which extends the A4174 ring road, with Bristol City Council contributing £8.4 million and North Somerset Council £5.3 million. The cost of the North Fringe to Hengrove package
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