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Bus-only lanes

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Bus-only lanes

One way of speeding up bus travel, to make it more attractive to commuters who would otherwise drive their cars to work, is to mark out lanes to be used only by buses. This bus has the left-hand lane in Dixon Street, Wellington to itself, making its journey faster.

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Adrian Humphris, Public transport – Passenger trends, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22537/bus-only-lanes (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Adrian Humphris, published 12 April 2010.