81.104 RCW – High-Capacity Transportation Systems
Today I ran across Washington State law “RCW” (Revised Code of Washington) 81.104, which talks about High-Capacity Transportation Systems in excruciating legislative detail.
I particularly enjoyed this bit (excerpted, with my highlighting added) from Section 81.104.015 that details the definitions of various transportation types:
(1) “High-capacity transportation system” means a system of public transportation services within an urbanized region operating principally on exclusive rights of way, and the supporting services and facilities necessary to implement such a system, including interim express services and high occupancy vehicle lanes, which taken as a whole, provides a substantially higher level of passenger capacity, speed, and service frequency than traditional public transportation systems operating principally in general purpose roadways.
I love it! So much to look forward to!! 
