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Bus Rapid Transit
Bus Rapid Transit or BRT is a method of mass transportation that uses rubber tired buses in conjunction with some sort of infrastructure to move people faster and in higher quantity than a usual bus line. BRT varies from separated ways similar to light rail to the simple skipping of stops, often called express buses. It is often seen as a cheaper alternative to rail-based systems such as a subway or light rail. More recently it was gained a great deal of popularity, especially given the high construction costs of major mass transit projects. Several cities in North America have installed BRT, including Ottowa, Boston, and Pittsburg. Latin American cities of Mexico City, Mexico,
Bogota, Colombia
, and
Curitiba, Brazil
all have extensive and expanding systems as well.
Main Features
BRT implementations vary but most use sort of separated gradeway for at least part of the route, usually have larger buses, often articulated and are often branded differently from other types of bus service.
An example of separate branding exists in Boston, where the Silver Line connecting downtown with Boston Logan International Airport, although appearing on the subway and streetcar maps, is in fact, a bus line, running for part of its route in a separate tunnel and other parts on the streets. Similarly, Vancouver operates the 97-B and 98-B lines, which although they lack a separated way, are branded differently from regular buses and have widely separated stations.
ALSO ON THE LIVABLE STREETS NETWORK
- Streetfilms: Bus Rapid Transit: Bogota
- Streetfilms: Lessons from LA: Looking at BRT
- Streetsblog: Defying Media Spin, Poll Shows Public Support for Delhi BRT
- Streetsblog: A Bridge and Tunnel Transit Solution
- Streetsblog: COMMUTE's BRT Plan: A Denser Network and Interborough Lines
- Streetsblog: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BRT
- Streetsblog: The Human Rights Argument for BRT and Pricing
- Streetsblog: Penalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class
- Streetsblog: NYC's First Bus Rapid Transit Line Debuts in Bronx
- Streetsblog: Bus Rapid Transit Under Fire in Delhi, India
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[1] Streetfilms. "Bus Rapid Transit: Bogota."
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