Editing Fastway (bus rapid transit) (section)

==Overview==
Fastway aims to improve bus services in the Crawley, Gatwick and Horley area.  The project included construction of new bus lanes, including guided bus lanes, construction of new bus waiting shelters and provision of electronic real-time passenger information and a fleet of new low-floor buses for Metrobus (part of the Go Ahead Group)
[[File:Metrobus 578 YT09 BKV.JPG|right|thumb|[[Bus priority]] includes this bus lane over the middle of Tushmore Roundabout in Crawley, allowing buses to by-pass other traffic.]]
[[File:Metrobus 550 YN05 HCF and Crawley London Road A23 guided busway.JPG|right|thumb|A stretch of guided Busway on the A23 London Road in Crawley. This leads up to the bus lane over the roundabout.]]

Construction work began in May 2002, and was scheduled to be completed by June 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fastway.info/creating/phasing.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021209002321/http://www.fastway.info/creating/phasing.htm|archive-date = 9 December 2002|title = Metrobus}}</ref>  In October 2006, major work stopped, having completed around 60% of the planned work - 1.5&nbsp;km guided and 5.8&nbsp;km unguided bus lanes were constructed,<ref>Fastway Official Newsletter 13, ''"1.5km guided and 5.8km unguided bus lanes were constructed"'' {{cite web |url=http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/roads-and-transport/public-transport/fastway/news-archive.en?page=2 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011731/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/roads-and-transport/public-transport/fastway/news-archive.en?page=2 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}, retrieved 9 August 2007</ref> of the planned 2.5&nbsp;km guided and 8.8&nbsp;km unguided lanes.<ref>Fastway Official Website 12 August 2002, ''"Fastway Facts and Figures, as announced in 2002"'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20021208230313/http://www.fastway.info/creating/facts.htm], retrieved 12 August 2002</ref> The planned 24 traffic lights and 11 roundabouts were changed to 40 traffic lights and 2 roundabouts.