Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
VAO (vehículo con alta ocupación)
English translation:
HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle)
Added to glossary by
Parrot
Jan 9, 2003 18:37
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term
bus-VAO (question for madrileños)
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I have this in a text about transport, and have to deal witn it in some way.
Could someone exoplain exactly what it is and HOW IT DIFFERS from a regular bus in the service it provides, what it costs, the rationale behind it etc?
Or is it simply a name given by a private bus company?
Could someone exoplain exactly what it is and HOW IT DIFFERS from a regular bus in the service it provides, what it costs, the rationale behind it etc?
Or is it simply a name given by a private bus company?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | bus/HOV lane |
tazdog (X)
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| 5 +3 | Bus-HOV Lane |
outlier
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| 5 | Bus-VAO lane |
EDLING (X)
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
Selected
bus/HOV lane
Hi Ailish,
The previous answer is right in that it refers to a lane of traffic, not the bus itself (as far as I know, anyway).
Here are some refs.
Ampliación y mejoras del carril Bus-Vao de la nacional VI, tramo Moncloa/Las
Rozas- (MADRID), El Sistema de Control y Explotación ...
217.130.28.17/sice/projects/projects_traf_int.asp
ORDEN MINISTERIAL de 10/5/1995 POR LA QUE SE DEFINEN LOS CONCEPTOS DE «VEHICULO CON ALTA OCUPACION (VAO)» y «CARRIL RESERVADO PARA LA CIRCULACION DE VEHICULOS CON ALTA OCUPACION» Y SE DETERMINAN LAS CONDICIONES DE UTILIZACION DE ESTE ULTIMO. (BOE: 19/5/1995)
http://www.carreteros.org/circulacion/otros/otros.htm
High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes were introduced to metro Atlanta on December 14, 1994, along an 18-mile section of I-20, east of I-75/85. An additional 60 lane miles opened on 75/85 inside I-285 in 1996.
http://www.dot.state.ga.us/specialsubjects/hov/index.shtml
What are Bus/HOV lanes?
The temporary Bus/High Occupancy Vehicle (Bus/HOV) lanes on I-25 are offered exclusively to buses and motorists who participate in carpooling efforts by traveling with two or more persons in a vehicle and operate during peak drive times.
http://www.ridearrangers.org/newhov.html
You'll find lots of others.
Hope it helps. :-)
The previous answer is right in that it refers to a lane of traffic, not the bus itself (as far as I know, anyway).
Here are some refs.
Ampliación y mejoras del carril Bus-Vao de la nacional VI, tramo Moncloa/Las
Rozas- (MADRID), El Sistema de Control y Explotación ...
217.130.28.17/sice/projects/projects_traf_int.asp
ORDEN MINISTERIAL de 10/5/1995 POR LA QUE SE DEFINEN LOS CONCEPTOS DE «VEHICULO CON ALTA OCUPACION (VAO)» y «CARRIL RESERVADO PARA LA CIRCULACION DE VEHICULOS CON ALTA OCUPACION» Y SE DETERMINAN LAS CONDICIONES DE UTILIZACION DE ESTE ULTIMO. (BOE: 19/5/1995)
http://www.carreteros.org/circulacion/otros/otros.htm
High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes were introduced to metro Atlanta on December 14, 1994, along an 18-mile section of I-20, east of I-75/85. An additional 60 lane miles opened on 75/85 inside I-285 in 1996.
http://www.dot.state.ga.us/specialsubjects/hov/index.shtml
What are Bus/HOV lanes?
The temporary Bus/High Occupancy Vehicle (Bus/HOV) lanes on I-25 are offered exclusively to buses and motorists who participate in carpooling efforts by traveling with two or more persons in a vehicle and operate during peak drive times.
http://www.ridearrangers.org/newhov.html
You'll find lots of others.
Hope it helps. :-)
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Comment: "Thanks for all teh info, clarified all. Namely, that the HOV is a class of vehicles that includes buses, coaches, etc"
2 mins
Bus-VAO lane
lane for buses or vehicles with more than three people (vehículos de lata ocupación)
+3
1 hr
Bus-HOV Lane
Where HOV stands for Highly Occupied Vehicles (it will need a translator's note). In Madrid, it's called Carril Bus-VAO and it's supposed to be a fast way to reach the city from the north (as an alternative to the lanes of the A-6, the Madrid-La Coruña highway) if you travel by bus or in a vehicle with three or more people.
Peer comment(s):
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Parrot
: HOV lane (includes buses)
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Gracias ;-)
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Rick Henry
: in the US it's "carpool lane"
50 mins
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Hope it works better than our Bus-VAO...
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Nikki Graham
1 hr
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