No a car is not allowed to drivein a buss lane at all. exceptions are to turn out of the road it is driving on unless otherwise instructed by either a sign or a traffic police directive.
It depends on local by-laws.
Bus lanes are usually reserved for buses during certain hours in the morning and evening. There should be signs showing the times when a vehicle, other than a bus, must not use the bus lane.
16 passengers or more (including the driver), and the answer is yes.
That would require a special license to operate legally.
Yes, they are a multi-passenger vehicle. . This is incorrect. In California it is a violation to drive a school bus in an HOV lane whether loaded or unloaded. Per the vehicle code, only paratransit, or mass transit buses can drive in the HOV lanes VC section 21655.5
You will typically see a contraflow bus and cycle lane on one-way streets that allow buses and bicycles to travel in the opposite direction of the regular flow of traffic. This setup helps improve transportation efficiency and safety for cyclists and bus passengers.
That just depends on the type of bus, and how many passengers are on the bus, as well as the net weight of all the passengers on that bus.
You can drive a taxi or a 15 passenger van. When it comes to a bus designed to transport more than 15 passengers (including the driver), you can't even drive the bus empty - let alone transport passengers - on a learner's permit. You must have the passenger endorsement in order to drive the bus, and you don't get that endorsement until you take the road test in the appropriate class of passenger vehicle - hence, by the time you get the endorsement, you actually have a CDL.
They should not be driving in the bus lane to start with bus lane means bus lane end of story.
Life in the Bus Lane was created in 1988.
Bus lanes are set up for buses used for public transportation. That way, they can stop as needed without disrupting traffic.