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Bus Rapid Transit
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Bus Rapid Transit
Lessons from LA: Looking at BRT:
Mobilien: Paris' Version of 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 volume than a typical bus line. BRT can operate in physically-separated bus lanes or in designated express lanes with very few stops. Because of lower construction costs, It is often seen as a more practical alternative to rail-based systems such as a subway or light rail. Several cities in North America have installed BRT, including New York, Los Angeles, Ottowa, Boston, and Pittsburgh. 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 a separated gradeway for at least part of the route, employ larger buses (often the articulated "accordion" type) and are 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 appears on subway maps and runs for part of its route in a separate tunnel. Similarly, Vancouver operates the 97-B and 98-B lines, which are branded differently from regular buses and have widely separated stations.
ALSO ON THE LIVABLE STREETS NETWORK
- Streetswiki:
Select Bus Service
- 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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