Rubber-tyred tram
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A rubber-tyred tram is a development of the guided bus in which a vehicle is guided by a fixed rail in the road surface and draws current from overhead electric wires.
Translohr vehicles are now providing tram-like service in Clermont-Ferrand.
Guidance and steerage in a Translohr tram 1995. Rubber tyres support the vehicle, while metal wheels and a single rail provide guidance.
Translohr flexible single rail switch
Translohr rigid two-rail switch
Guided bus
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Guided buses are buses capable of being steered by external means, usually on a dedicated track or roll way that excludes other traffic, permitting the maintenance of schedules even during rush hours. Unlike railbus, trolleybuses or rubber-tyred trams, for part of their routes guided buses are able to share road space with general traffic along conventional roads, or with conventional buses on standard bus lanes.
A Mercedes-Benz O305 bus on the O-Bahn Busway route in Adelaide, Australia
An optical guidance device on TEOR bus in Rouen.
Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen
Phileas bus