We haven't given buses nearly enough love on this channel, so now it's time to look at Bus Rapid Transit, what it is, and which North American cities do it best. Lower capacity than a subway but certainly higher than Tesla Tunnels, BRT is a more affordable, lower-intervention option for cities looking to expand their transit offerings.
Our journey today takes us to:
- Curitiba, Brazil and Bogota, Colombia, to learn from the cities that really put BRT on the map
- Canada, where we look at Ottawa's groundbreaking Transitway and see how that city is settling the bus rapid transit vs. light rail question
- A variety of US cities that have succeeded in implementing BRT, and
- Mexico, to check out the Metrobus, the Mexibus, the Macrobus, and...yeah, lots of services with the word "bus" in them.
It's bus nerd day. Come along for the ride!
Other CityNerd vides referenced in this video:
- Key Cities/Stations for HSR in North America: [ Ссылка ]
- Transit to Beaches, Worldwide: [ Ссылка ]
- Transit to NFL Stadiums: [ Ссылка ]
- Transit to Airports in North America: [ Ссылка ]
Resources:
Download page for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy's publication, "The BRT Standard": [ Ссылка ]
ITDP scorecard and rankings: [ Ссылка ]
Wikipedia BRT page: [ Ссылка ]
Wikipedia CTfastrak page: [ Ссылка ]
Photo Credits:
Vine logo By C-Tran - The Vine Fact Sheet, Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
Swift logo from By The logo is from the following website: [ Ссылка ], Fair use, [ Ссылка ]
TriMet FX logo from the following website: [ Ссылка ]
EmX photo By User:Cacophony - This file was derived from: Eugene-EMX.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.5, [ Ссылка ]
CT Fastrak photo By Pi.1415926535 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Duquesne Incline video [ Ссылка ]
Pittsburgh Busway photo from [ Ссылка ]
MetroBus map by Secretaria de Movilidad - [ Ссылка ], CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Cablebus photo by Jefatura de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México / Gobierno de la Ciudad de México - [ Ссылка ], CC BY 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)
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