Abstract
In Runcorn in the UK and Almere in the Netherlands, new towns have been functioning for several decades with their transport needs based around largely segregated, highly reliable bus services. In common with other publictransport the fortunes of these systems may have fluctuated with investment levels of access relatively low congestion. Tales from the Americas andAustralia trumpet the success of Bus Rapid Transit systems in communitieswith a wide spread of social and economic conditions. The unsung busways in Runcorn and Almere point the way in Europe to what might be achieved with bus based rapid transit solutions. This article discusses Bus Rapid Transit Systems in the UK and Europe.