Buses run on the route of Bus Rapid Transit in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province, January 15, 2008.

Passengers get on a rapid bus in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province, January 15, 2008.

A worker directs the bus to leave the bus station in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province, January 15, 2008.

A bus runs on the route of Bus Rapid Transit in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province, January 15, 2008.

The first route of Dalian's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was open to traffic on Tuesday, January 15, 2008. The opening of the 13.8-km-long BRT route will effectively ease the pressure on urban traffic.

(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2008)