Description
Book SynopsisA wide range of contributors bring expertise from both developed and developing countries, to provide a big picture assessment of Bus Rapid Transit as part of an affordable process for restructuring transit systems
Trade Review"This is a must-read for those who wish to invest the time, intellectual energy, and building of political will required for BRT to help foster more sustainable cities." Fred Salvucci, former Secretary of Transportation for Massachusetts, USA
??"A very thorough and comprehensive review of the role of Bus Rapid Transit, drawing on a wide range of in-depth research. Set in a broader institutional and policy context, the issues discussed are of wider application to public transport operation as a whole." Professor Peter White, University of Westminster, UK
Table of ContentsThe promise of BRT ~ Laurel Paget-Seekins & Juan Carlos Munoz; Global overview of BRT and bus corridors ~ Luis Antonio Lindau, Cristina Albuquerque Moreira da Silva, Guillermo Petzhold & Daniela Facchini; Section 1: Institutional Relationships; The path toward integrated systems ~ Dario Hidalgo, Juan Carlos Munoz & Juan Miguel Velásquez; BRT as a tool for negotiated re-regulation ~ Onesimo Flores Dewey; Institutional design and regulatory frameworks ~ Rosário Macário, Maria Spandou & Luis Neves Filipe; Strategic participation for change ~ Lake Sagaris; Designing bus concession contracts ~ Patricia Galilea & Marco Batarce; Fare structures ~ Marco Batarce & Corinne Mulley; Section 2: BRT and the City; Conflict over public space ~ Laurel Paget-Seekins; Designing BRT-oriented development ~ Chris Zegras, Anson Stewart, Rosanna Forray, Rocío Hidalgo, Cristhian Figueroa, Fábio Duarte & Jan Wampler; Preferences for BRT and light rail – David Hensher, Corinne Mulley & John Rose; User preferences and route choice ~ Sebastián Raveau, Juan Carlos Munoz & Juan de Dios Ortúzar; Passenger information systems ~ Carola Zurob, José Manuel Allard, Rosário Macário, Bernardo Garcia and Camila Garcia; Section 3: Operations and Design; Opportunities provided by automated data collection systems ~ Nigel Wilson; Designing a BRT-based network under integrated operations ~ Homero Larrain, Omar Ibarra, Juan Carlos Munoz & Corinne Mulley; Assessing corridor performance ~ Juan Carlos Herrera, Juan Carlos Munoz, David Hensher, Corinne Mulley, Zheng Li & Luis Antonio Lindau; BRRT: adding an R for reliability ~ Felipe Delgado, Juan Carlos Munoz & Ricardo Giesen; Managing drivers and vehicles for cost-effective operations in regulated transit systems ~ Omar Ibarra & Ricardo Giesen; Road safety impact of BRT and busway features ~ Nicolae Duduta & Luis Antonio Lindau; Looking forward ~ Juan Carlos Munoz, Laurel Paget-Seekins.
