How to Use guideway in a Sentence
guideway
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The bus drives most of its route on a dedicated lane, marked in red, called a guideway.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
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Put small electric vehicles on their own narrow guideways.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
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No other vehicles are allowed on the guideway and that helps the bus deliver a more speedy commute.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
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As a result, the company says the system can move up to 10,000 people per hour on a guideway just over six feet wide.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
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More than 60 miles of guideway have been completed, ready for immediate track-laying in the Central Valley.
—Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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More than 70 miles of guideway, meaning the physical railway, has been completed, along with nearly 60 major structures.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
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Operational costs also stay lower because there are no drivers, vehicles are electric, and the guideway environment reduces wear and tear.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
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Burke touted a system of elevated guideways running down many of Los Angeles’ major roads, above auto traffic.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
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The Gold Line is the first and only BRT in Minnesota to have its own guideway, according to Barber.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
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However, the infrastructure costs are enormous, since maglev requires entirely new guideways, rather than upgrading existing tracks.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
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By levitating a few millimeters above the guideway, magnetic-levitation vehicles avoid that friction and can run much faster, but only if aerodynamic side effects such as tunnel boom can be controlled.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
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In fact, Glydways says its guideway infrastructure deploys faster and cheaper than traditional rail systems, which can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to realize, though the company hasn't disclosed specific construction costs for the Atlanta pilot.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
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The rail system, whose first bond issue was approved by California voters in 2008, has built more than 50 major railway structures, including bridges, overpasses, undercrossings, and viaducts, and completed nearly 80 miles of guideway for the project.
—David Shepardson, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
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