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busway [′bəs,wā]
(electricity)
A prefabricated assembly of standard lengths of busbars rigidly supported by solid insulation and enclosed in a sheet-metal housing.
bus
1. A busbar.
2. A heavy, rigid electrical conductor that serves as a common connection between the source of electric power and the load circuits.
bus duct, busway
A prefabricated conduit which is used to enclose and protect bus running through it.
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Many in the transit world now foresee busways as the wave of the future.
ORANGE LINE HASTENS MASS-TRANSIT EMBRACE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In addition the provision of bus lanes and guided busways will give commuters a rapid transit system equal to and more flexible than tramways Trevor J.
You say: Really bad idea II by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
9 billion mass-transit plan for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, the most expensive public-works project in state history, will rely on commuter and light-roil trains and busways, according too plan being considered by the Metropolitan Transit Commission.
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