Bradford

A bus enters the guideway and by-passes the traffic queue... as the bus passes over a detector, the traffic signal controller at the junction reacts to give a green signal to the bus by the time it arrives at the end of the guideway. Traffic queues which form on the approach to a roundabout junction are held briefly at the traffic signals which change to red in response to the presence of a bus on the guideway.

The bus leaves the guideway ahead of the traffic queue and progresses along the highway in the normal way.

Whilst in the guideway, buses still occupy the highway and have to conform to normal highway regulations including speed limits.

To use the guideway sections, buses are specially adapted by fitting small guide-wheels in front of the front wheels, attached to the steering arms. When the bus approaches the guideway, the driver steers the bus into a funnel section and this adjusts the path of the bus smoothly into the guideway proper.

Once in the guideway, the steering is controlled automatically by the kerbs bearing against the guide-wheels. The driver simply controls the acceleration and braking, staying alert to pedestrians crossing the guideway.