The BRT Standard 2016
The BRT Standard is the centerpiece of a global effort by leaders in bus transportation design to establish a common definition of bus rapid transit (BRT) and ensure that BRT systems more uniformly deliver
High Capacity Bus
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Drive your car alongside BRTS road, pay for it
Ahmedabad : If you were to use your car on the carriageway alongside BRTS, whenever it is launched, you might have to pay for parking. Free parking will soon be a dream. Transport reforms being worked out under the National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) will make every private vehicle user pay for using its infrastructure.
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WB approves Rs 160 cr for non-motorised transport on BRTS lanes
Pune The World Bank on Thursday approved Rs 160 crore to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for executing the non-motorised transport projects on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) lanes along with showing interest in the ambitious Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) initiative by the civic administration for improving the public transport in the city.
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Bicycle track along BRTS route
Ahmedabad : The need for a bicycle track is vital as a study conducted by the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) on the travel patterns of almost eight lakh cyclists indicates that even the best of newly-designed roads in our city is only 57 per cent safe for them during peak traffic hours.
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After Reddy, Maken bats for BRT, calls it the need of the hour
After Reddy, Maken bats for BRT, calls it the need of the hour Express News Service Posted: Dec 06, 2008 at 0304 hrs IST
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BRT a necessity for all cities
NEW DELHI: With the urban population set to double in the next 25 years, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken said on Friday that the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is a must for all cities as it is their future. In case of Delhi, too, where the system has experienced a lot of teething troubles, 409 km of route has been envisaged at a cost of Rs.4,510 crore.
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Urban transport: standing committee on urban development (2008-2009)
The Ministry of Urban Development is the nodal Ministry for planning and coordination of Urban Transport matters at the central level. Urban Transport is not defined in the Constitution as a separate subject and the allocation of subjects between Central and State List is mode-wise.
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Citys rapid bus transport system in slow gear
Mumbai Project is further delayed as MMRDA is still to get a report from the consultants it had roped in The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
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Ride your bicycle beside the BRTS
Ahmedabad : The city could well get to see its first bicycle lanes by 2009. The entire network of BRTS corridor will have bicycle lanes alongside by then. These will be no ordinary lanes occupied by squatters or hawkers. It will be an exclusive zone for those who want to pedal hard.
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Special vehicle to complete all BRTS projects
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NOVEMBER 22 FOR completing all Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) projects in PimpriChinchwad, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has decided to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV). This is probably the first time that any municipal corporation in the country is forming an SPV for the completion of projects.
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Maken speaks up for BRT corridor
NEW DELHI: New Delhi MP and Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken on Thursday defended the controversial Bus Rapid Transit corridor project in the Capital stating that the concept was not bad and it was teething trouble on the first section that had caused inconvenience to citizens.