Bus-only signal now on Hawthorne

• The signal hangs a few feet to the right of a regular signal.
• Instead of red, yellow and green lights, there is a horizontal bar, a triangle and a vertical bar, respectively, in white light.

The bus driver can run a regular red light when the vertical white light is showing to get ahead of other traffic.

• The new bus-only signal is on the Hawthorne-Madison couplet outside Burgerville.

Catch up quick: Eleven bus-only signals already operate on the FX2 Portland to Gresham line where long, articulated buses make fewer stops.

• FX2 also has transit signaling priority, where the bus' radio signal triggers a green light as it approaches a signal, saving six minutes on a full trip.
• The Hawthorne-Madison couplet has four popular bus lines (6, 10, 14 and 70) and seven traffic signals that now also have transit signaling priority.

Yes but: The new system saves riders on Hawthorne about 30 seconds per trip.