Express bus definition

Express bus means a bus plying along the route approved by the Board, with a time-table and fare table, for the carriage of passengers at separate fares on a service which contains no fare stages of less than thirty-two kilometres;
Express bus means an omnibus plying under a contract carriage permit or stage carriage permit or special stage carriage permit with a limited or selected number of stages;
Express bus means a type of bus service designed

Examples of Express bus in a sentence

  • All SmartPass participants must therefore pay a $2.50 surcharge by tagging their card upon boarding a VTA Express bus.

  • Bi-directional ridership on the 95 Express bus service increased by 30 percent when comparing the first three months of 2009 with the same period of the previous year, with a significant increase coinciding with Express Lanes implementation in December 2008.

  • Starting January 1, 2020, all SmartPass participants must pay a $2.50 surcharge by tagging their card upon boarding a VTA Express bus.

  • Table 21 shows the transit mode share between 2008 and 2010, defined as the proportion of peak period person throughput carried by the 95 Express bus service.

  • Within this context, the ridership gains observed on the 95 Express bus service are even more impressive, though transit mode share on the Express Lanes has actually reduced slightly due to a significant increase in the number of SOVs on the facility.

  • Thus, the competitiveness of the 95 Express bus service as a round trip commute mode versus the private auto cannot be fully realized until the southbound direction is similarly improved under Phase 1B of the project.

  • However, 50 percent of the total sample stated that their prior mode for the trip was travelling alone by car, which suggests that the 95 Express bus service in general has had some success over time in attracting private auto users.

  • Comparing with conventional bus services, especially local buses, Express bus intends to provide services that are time-competitive with auto modes rather than other transit services.

  • All other SmartPass participants must pay a $2.50 surcharge by tagging their card upon boarding a VTA Express bus.

  • Institution employees who sponsor any VTA Express route may tag and board a VTA Express bus without a surcharge.


More Definitions of Express bus

Express bus means a type of bus service designed to expedite longer trips, especially in major metropolitan areas during heavily patronized peak commuting hours, by operating over long distances without stopping on freeways or partially controlled access roadway facilities.