Parting the ‘Red Sea’: Sydney buses would sail through intersections under automated lights plan

A NSW white paper has outlined a plan to address passenger frustrations in the hope of getting more people to catch the bus. Photograph: Steven Saphore/EPA

Sydney’s traffic light patterns would be interrupted to allow buses to glide through busy intersections under a plan to get more commuters to take the bus.

The plan, outlined by the New South Wales government’s bus industry taskforce in its white paper for better bus services, is designed to address frustration such as long waits, delays and getting stuck in traffic that have become front of mind for passengers.