Best Practices in BRT Presentation
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This document provides best practices and elements for successful Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. It recommends focusing on reliable service, improving public transit's image to gain loyalty, and viewing BRT as a service rather than just a route. Key elements of high-quality BRT include dedicated lanes, platform-level boarding, off-board fare collection, wide doors, and passenger information systems. BRT works best when placed in the most congested routes serving the largest number of existing bus riders to maximize ridership and improve bus speeds.
Best Practices in BRT Presentation
- 1. Best Practices in Bus Rapid Transit Benjamin de la Peña Director/Community and National Strategy The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
- 2. When building new transit: ! Build a reliable service so that you get people to shift modes ! Improve the image of public transit so you get pride (and sympathy) ! Get more users and build user loyalty so that you get a constituency
- 3. When you build Bus Rapid Transit, think about…
- 4. a service, not a route
- 6. NEW THINK: Direct services Terminals OLD THINK: Trunk-feeder services Intermediate transfer stations
- 7. the system, not the mode
- 8. TRANSIT GRID + INFORMATION BUS RAPID TRANSIT LOCAL BUS CAR SHARE BIKE SHARE RIDE SHARE COMMUTER RAIL METRO TAXIS SHUTTLES
- 9. an armature for growth, not the best compromise
- 12. Elements of Gold Standard BRT www.brtstandard.org,
- 15. Ecovia Metrobus-Q: Quito, Ecuador
- 16. Strip-Downtown Express (SDX): Las Vegas, Nevada
- 18. Metrobus: Mexico D.F., Mexico
- 21. Rede Integrada de Transporte (RIT): Curitiba, Brazil
- 24. Buses with wide doors
- 26. High Quality Stations Wide, Well-lit and Weather Protected
- 30. Guangzhou, China
- 32. Photo:&Mariana&Gil/EMBARQ&Brasil& Curitiba, Brazil – birthplace of BRT Ahmedabad, India
- 34. MyCiTi: Cape Town, South Africa
- 36. Guangzhou, China
- 37. Service Planning
- 38. Optimize to serve multiple lines and routes
- 40. Dedicated lanes in the most congested areas
- 44. > Parked vehicles block the bus lane
- 45. > Turning movements reduce bus speeds
- 46. Two most important criteria that drive the most successful BRTs…
- 47. Ridership Put it where you have the largest number of current bus riders
- 49. Bus Speeds Put it in the routes most affected by congestion
- 52. delapena@knightfoundation.org with thanks to: ITDP and EMBARQ
- 53. “Urban transport is a political, not a technical issue. The technical aspects are simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit.” -Enrique Peñalosa