Bus Rapid Transit

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses transportation issues and focuses on bus rapid transit as a transport option. The paper maintains that it is promising because it is inexpensive, flexible and not much slower then cars. The paper then considers the problems of urban sprawl and car culture.

From the Paper:

"Traffic congestion is a major problem facing North America. Many solutions have been suggested to this problem. One of the most practical appears to be the use of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). According to Jose Luis Moscovich in Designing Transportation Systems for Active Communities, bus transit can help accelerate surface transit operations considerably, particularly when the right kind of rolling stock is deployed (such as low-floor, and articulated vehicles with multiple doors) and combined with a proof-of-payment system."

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