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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CM orders BRT freeze
Asks stakeholders to plug loopholes
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Step towards diluting BRT?
Govt May Allow Multi-Passenger Vehicles In Bus Lane Soon The dedicated bus corridor may just lose its exclusivity a little more.
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BJP ridicules BRT corridor
On the eve of Earth Day, Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan on Monday appealed to the people to protest against the controversial new Bus Rapid Transit corridor by taking out candlelight marches across Delhi. One such procession would also be taken out by the Delhi BJP on the 5.6-km Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand Hospital section of the corridor on which trial runs have begun.
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Digital map to track buses
The Delhi government has procured a digital map to track the movement of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses that will initially run on four selected routes in the city. As reported by this newspaper for the first time, the draft has been prepared by Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System (DIMTS) to track the movement of DTC buses fitted with global positioning system devices. The process will be extended to other routes in the near future.
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Trial run on BRT corridor from April 22
The trial run on the first 5.6-km section of the highly controversial Bus Rapid Transit Corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand Hospital in South Delhi would begin from April 22. To begin with, 20 new low-floor buses would be pressed into service on this section. Disclosing this on Wednesday, Delhi Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf expressed confidence that the corridor would live up to public expectations. "The corridor would be formally thrown open to the public in the first week of May. I am sure people will appreciate it once it is opened,' he said.
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Guangzhou BRT
In 2007 Guangzhou, a city of 10 million, carried out the detailed engineering design and some preliminary road works of a Bus Rapid Transit system which is likely to be operational late in 2008.
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Dakar BRT
Dakar, Senegal, like many cities around the world, faces an increasingly intractable transportation crisis. The motor vehicle fleet in Dakar is growing at over 8% per year.
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Jakarta BRT
Projected to be the fifth-largest city in the world by 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia has faced growing challenges in the traffic congestion and harmful pollution that result from the increasing use of cars and motorcycles.
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Ahmedabad BRT
In coordination with local partner the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, ITDP is providing direct technical assistance to Ahmedabad, India for the development of a Bus Rapid Transit system. The design of Ahmedabad