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| On this page you will find a range of BRT resources developed by the Bus Rapid Transit Policy Center, including policy papers, analysis, presentation, a worldwide database and our bi-monthly newsletter. We have also included links to many valuable BRT resources from other organizations. Please let us know if you have suggestions for other links. |
| The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) BRT Program is supporting development of a series of technical documents on BRT including: FTA's BRT Vision and Action Plan Issues in Bus Rapid Transit BRT Vehicle Demand Analysis Characteristics of Bus Rapid Transit |
| FTA Fact Sheets on US BRT Programs (PDF): |
| Alameda, CA Albany, NY Boston, MA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Eugene, OR Hartford, CT Kansas City Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Miami, FL Montgomery County, MD San Juan, PR Santa Clara, CA |
| BRT and Public Transit Websites |
| Bus Rapid Transit Central WestStart-Calstart BRT Information Center National BRT Institute Institute for Transportation and Development Policy |
| Environmental Defense Access Exchange International World Bank Urban Transport Clean Air Institute BRT webpage |
| Project Studies: |
| Articles |
| BRT Policy Center -- Transportation Choices for the 21st Century |
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| Journal of Public Transportation: Vehicle Selection for BRT: Issues and Options BRT Issues from 2006 and 2002 (site link) |
A Review of Bus Priority Systems in Brazil (Smart Urban Transport Conference) BRT in China (from Public Transport International) Bus Rapid Transit Duels With Rail (Metro Magazine) The Economics of Transmilenio, A Mass Transit System for Bogota (Department of Economics, University of the Andes) How to Keep 18 Million People Moving; Sao Paulo operates the world's most complex bus system International Mayors Forum on Sustainable Urban Energy Development, November 10-11, 2004, Kunming, China Articles include: Beijing’s Bus Rapid Transit Plan and its Demonstration Corridor Shanghai’s Transportation Modernization and Management Planning The Development of Kunming’s Bus Rapid Transit System Financing Bus Rapid Transit: Options for China Bus Rapid Transit: The U.S. Experience Sustainble Urban Transport: Progress in Mexico City and Potentials for China Bus Rapid Transit Development in China: Challenges and Progress Latin American Experience with Bus Rapid Transit (Paper) (Annex Tables) |
| Breakthrough Technologies Institute (BTI) Resources |
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| Other BRT Resources: Technical and Analytical Documents |
| The Potential for Bus Rapid Transit to Reduce Transportation-Related CO2 Emissions - published in the Journal of Public Transportation's 2006 BRT issue, BTI's analysis finds that BRT can provide greater GHG emissions benefits than light rail. |
| Proceedings from 2002 BRT Workshop sponsored by FTA and Calstart |
| US General Accountability Office: Bus Rapid Transit Shows Promise |
| FTA's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP): Bus Use of Shoulders TCRP BRT Case Studies TCRP BRT Implementation |
| The World Bank: Bus Rapid Transit Accessibility Guidelines |
| American Public Transportation Association (APTA): Study on the energy benefits of transit, July 2002 |
| Worldwide BRT Database - a free, searchable database of BRT and innovative bus systems. |
| View current and archived editions of Transport Innovator. Subscriptions are offered free-of-charge. |
| Changing Lanes, a report on BRT and HOT Lanes in Northern Virginia by BTI and Environmental Defense |
| BRT Project Information |
| Presentation from the 2004 International Mayor's Forum on Sustainable Energy Development, Kunming China. |
| Presentation at Seattle BRT Technical seminar (2006) |
| Presentation before the C-Tran Board of Directors (2006) (note, this is a PDF so the film clip and animations will not work) |
| GTZ : The CDM in the Transport Sector - BRT projects appear to have a high Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) potential worldwide, receiving marketable certified credits for the project's GHG reductions. This report presents a case study of TransMilenio's BRT, tbe first officially registered CDM transportation project. |
| Metro Magazine's BRT page Federal Transit Administration BRT site American Public Transportation Association (APTA) BRT Resources |
| Transportation Research Board (TRB): Bus Rapid Transit Practitioner's Guide |
| Presentations from July 2006 APTA/TRB Conference on BRT |
| BRT Primer: |
| BTI-Authored Reports: |
| BRT as a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy -- download PDF |
| BTI's Presentations: |
| BRT Database: |
| Bi-monthly Transport News Summary and Commentary: |
| Air Quality and Emissions: |
| HOT Lanes: |