OBahn
 

The Adelaide O-Bahn, the world's longest guided busway, can move 18,000 people an hour in each direction. Buses carry more than 7 million passengers each year at speeds up to 60 mph.

Mission Report (pdf file)


 
 

 

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Fall 2008

Karen King , Team Leader, Chief Executive Officer, Golden Empire Transit District (Bakersfield, CA)

Roland Behee, Supervisor of Strategic Planning, Community Transit (Everett, WA)

Alix Bockelman, Director, Programming and Allocations, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (Oakland, CA)

Mary DeLoretto, Environmental Studies Manager, Utah Transit Authority (Salt Lake City, UT)

Toby L. Fauver, Deputy Secretary, Local & Area Transportation, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Harrisburg, PA)

LaShawn K. Gillespie, Director of Planning, Foothill Transit (West Covina, CA)

Virginia Harrington, Chief Financial Officer, San Mateo County Transit District (San Carlos, CA)

Michael C. Hubbell, Vice President, Maintenance, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Dallas, TX)

William S. Hutto, Executive Director, TriCounty Link (Moncks Corner, SC)

Renee Matthews, Special Projects Director, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (Pompano Beach, FL)

Diane H. Ratcliff, Director, Office of Planning, Maryland Transit Administration (Baltimore, MD)

Steven Santoro, Assistant Executive Director, New Jersey Transit Corporation (Newark, NJ)

Charles N. Switzer, Vice President of Transportation Services, Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (Rochester, NY)

Kathryn Harrington-Hughes , Mission Coordinator
Harrington-Hughes & Associates, Easton, MD

(Please note: affiliations shown here were current as of the time of the study mission.)


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