Latin American experience with BRT [bus rapid transit].

Author(s)
Menckhoff, G.
Year
Abstract

This paper gives a descriptive overview of the BRT and major busway systems currently functioning in 10 Latin American cities, and 11 additional ones where new BRTs will start operations in the next two years. Drawing on the data collected for each system, the paper then summarizes the physical, operational and institutional dimensions of the Latin American experience and comments on their productivity, financial characteristics and public acceptance. It concludes that BRTs can provide high-performance rapid transit services at very low cost and should thus play a major role in future public transport policy not only in Latin America but also in cities throughout the World, where budget constraints make it impossible to quickly build large-scale freeway or rail systems. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E213531.

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C 36836 (In: C 36756 CD-ROM) /72 /21 / ITRD E213577
Source

In: ITE 2005 Annual Meeting and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers, Melbourne, Australia, August 7-10, 2005, 25 p.

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