There are a number of bus rapid transit systems in the Americas, with some of their technical details listed below. The tables below are incomplete. Mouse-over column titles to see expansions of the abbreviations, or see the notes below. 1 Ded.: Dedicated Right-of-Way 2 Excl. hwy: Exclusive highway lanes 3 Excl. street: Exclusive on-street lanes 4 Excl. part: Part-time exclusive lanes 5 Bypass: No exclusive lanes but heavy intersection bypass lanes 6 Shoulder: Buses can use bus bypass shoulders in congestion 7 HOV: High-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lanes can be used 8 Ltd. stop: System includes limited stop/express routes (includes conventional bus lines) 9 Pre-pay: Payment is made before boarding Canada Guatemala Mexico United States Alabama California Colorado Connecticut Florida Illinois Indiana Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Mexico New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin See also List of bus rapid transit systems Notes 1 Ded.: Dedicated busway or tunnel 2 Excl. hwy: Exclusive highway lanes 3 Excl. street: Exclusive on-street lanes 4 Excl. part: Part-time exclusive lanes 5 Bypass: No exclusive lanes but heavy intersection bypass lanes 6 Shoulder: Buses can use hard shoulders in congestion 7 HOV: High-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lanes can be used (common) 8 Ltd. stop: System includes limited stop/express routes (includes conventional bus lines, common) 9 Pre-pay: Payment is made before boarding External links Recapturing Global Leadership in Bus Rapid Transit - A Survey of Select U.S. Cities (available for download in pdf) Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (May 2011) fr:Liste des bus à haut niveau de service