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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Experts: New BRT model will again be fiasco
After the government took a Uturn on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand Bus Rapid Transit system fiasco, experts fear that markings with yellow lines and cones will not help as the road will again become mixed lanes, bringing the traffic situation back to square one. "It's clear that the middle-lane of the BRT has been scrapped owing to its inherent flaws and that is the reason why the government has decided to develop the new BRT model. Keeping in view the new model, the old stretch should be undone," Prof. P.K. Sarkar of the School of Planning and Architecture said.
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No move to build overbridge on BRT corridor
Delhi PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said that there is no plan to construct overbridge on the much-criticised Bus Rapid Transit corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand. He said that the construction of the flyover near Deer Park could not be related to Bus Rapid Transit as it is at a reasonable distance from it. The Minister said that the Public Works Department (PWD) was constructing three flyovers at Africa Avenue Marg
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10-day deadline for new design
The BRT project never ceases to surprise. Now there are two pilots. The original one between Ambedkar Nagar and Moochand has been designated as Pilot A and the stretch beyond as Pilot B. IIT and RITES, who are executing the project, have been given 10 days to prepare the new design and work out the modalities for the rest of the stretch. The decision was taken at the meeting on Tuesday which was chaired by Mehta and attended by senior officials from various departments involved in the project.
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With no medians, corridor just lane segregation
SC Order In 1997 Had Asked Buses To Stay In Left Lane The changed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) design, designated Pilot B, that's now being proposed between Moolchand and Delhi Gate, is in effect only a thinly veiled version of the existing pattern of traffic flow on all roads in the Capital.
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BRT takes U-turn to left
Plan To Shift Bus Lane, Give More Space For Cars In a virtual admission that the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand has left very little space for cars, the government has decided to expand the space to three lanes from two in the stretch beyond Moolchand. And, significantly, there will be no medians to demarcate the lanes. The bus lane will be shifted to the left and painted a particular colour so that other traffic doesn't stray into it.
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Nowhere City (Editorial)
BRT fiasco reinforces the idea of India as a perennially incomplete and visibly incoherent environment, writes Gautam Bhatia
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Change must be championed (Editorial)
Did the Nobel Prize committee make a mistake when it gave the 2007 Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former US Vice President Al Gore?
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Push buses in the south
The newly introduced bus rapid transit (BRT) system on a single 11-km stretch in Delhi has had a baptism by fire and just about survived. Although five corridors are planned as a first step, it is quite uncertain if the idea will eventually live and grow in practice. So those who feel that a key route to better cities is to have dedicated bus lanes to make bus travel more attractive and popular, see a long hard struggle ahead of themselves.
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Quickfix solutions are vanishing after U-turns
Quick-fix solutions and then U-turns. That's what the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) corridor story is turning out to be. And if you can't get your act together, despite some fancy PR work, shoot the messenger. Officials have been coming up with a wide range of solutions to the BRT mess
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BRT: Not responsible for erratic traffic signals, say traffic cops
Even as the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor continues to test the patience of commuters, the blame game between agencies in charge of the project continues, this time over traffic signals at intersections. While DIMTS has reportedly lodged a complaint with the CM's office over the lack of cooperation from the Delhi Traffic Police, after the fiasco during Saturday's power cut, the traffic police has cleared its stand as far as signals on the corridor are concerned.