Dedicated transitways for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), in-street Light Rail Transit (LRT), and Streetcars (e.g., Trams or Trolleys) allow transit vehicles to travel at the design speed regardless of the congestion on the generalpurpose lanes. However, ROW constraints may require the reconfiguration of the existing typical section, such as the narrowing of a wide median or combining transit and right turn lanes into a Business Access Transit (BAT) lane. These approaches can accommodate transit without reducing existing capacity. It may still be necessary to acquire additional ROW at signalized intersections to provide storage for left turn lanes. Locating transit platforms away from turn lanes can help to mitigate additional ROW needs.

Note that if existing medians are utilized for dedicated transitways, existing unsignalized intersections that allow left turns from and to the major roadway will become “T” intersections with right turns only. Cross traffic will only be possible at signalized intersections.

If existing rail corridors are retired and the ROW is returned to the government, these corridors may be repurposed as dedicated transitways with or without parallel multi use bike/pedestrian trails.