List of bus rapid transit systems

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This is a list of bus rapid transit systems from around the world.

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[edit] List of Bus Rapid Transit Systems

[edit] BRT systems in North America

Main article: List of bus rapid transit systems in North America

[edit] Canada

• Calgary, Alberta Calgary Transit
• Gatineau STO Rapibus
• Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia Metro Transit's MetroLink [1]
• Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga Transit (Pending government funding approval)
• Montreal, Quebec STM BRT R-BUS 505 Pie-IX
• Ottawa, Ontario OC Transpo Transitway
• Saint John, New Brunswick ComeX [2]
• Vancouver, British Columbia 97 B-Line, 98 B-Line and 99 B-Line
• Waterloo Region, Ontario Grand River Transit iXpress
• York Region, Ontario Viva [3]

[edit] Mexico

• León, Guanajuato Optibus Optibus - Sistema Integrado de Transporte(SIT),
• Mexico City, Federal District Metrobús.

[edit] United States

• Albuquerque, New Mexico: Rapid Ride
• Austin, Texas: Capital Metrorapid (originally planned to open in 2008; now shelved)
• Baltimore, Maryland: QuickBus
• Boston, Massachusetts: MBTA Silver Line (currently 2 independent segments with a total of 4 branches),
• Chicago, Illinois: McCormick Place Busway (connecting convention center with downtown for private buses since 2002)
• Cleveland, Ohio: Euclid Corridor
• Denver, Colorado: Downtown Express (I-25 HOV),
• Des Moines, Iowa: Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority Rapid Transit Corridor study
• Eugene, Oregon: Emerald Express (EmX)
• Kansas City, Missouri: Metro Area Express (MAX)
• Las Vegas, Nevada: Metropolitan Area Express ("MAX", a Veolia Transportation subsidiary)
• Los Angeles, California: El Monte Busway
• Los Angeles, California: LACMTA Orange Line
• Los Angeles, California: Harbor Freeway Transitway
• Los Angeles, California: Metro Rapid system
• Miami, Florida: South Miami-Dade Busway
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: University of Minnesota transit
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: Metro Transit
• Oakland, California: AC Transit 72R Rapid Bus
• Orange County, California: Orange County Transportation Authority Bus Rapid Transit
• Orlando, Florida: Lynx Lymmo,
• Phoenix, Arizona: City of Phoenix BRT
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Port Authority's East Busway, South Busway, and West Busway lines
• Providence, Rhode Island: East Side Bus Tunnel
• Salt Lake City, Utah: MAX (opening July 14, 2008)
• San Diego, California: Super Loop (under construction-set to open in 2008),
• San Jose, California: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Rapid 522
• Santa Monica, California: Big Blue Bus Rapid 3
• Seattle, Washington: Metro Bus Tunnel
• Stockton, California: San Joaquin RTD Metro Express
• Tampa, Florida: HART BRT Project (Two routes operational in 2010).

[edit] BRT systems in South America

Articulated buses on Tiradentes Express ,São Paulo.

Red express bus (Expresso Biarticulado), Curitiba.

El Metropolitano, Lima.

• Barquisimeto, Venezuela : "Transbarca", under construction,
• Bogotá, Colombia : "TransMilenio", extension planned to Soacha to a final extent covering a 388 km system,
• Cali, Colombia : "MIO" (Masivo Integrado de Occidente). Under construction,
• Concepción, Chile : A transit system integrated between electric train "Bio Tren" and "Bio Bus" based on dedicated right of ways for buses,
• Curitiba, Brazil : Rede Integrada de Transporte (RIT),
• Florianópolis, Brazil : SIT (Sistema Integrado de Transporte),
• Guatemala City, Guatemala : "Transmetro", First line finished,
• Lima, Peru : El Metropolitano : under construction
• Medellín, Colombia : Under construction,
• Mérida, Venezuela : "Trolmérida", opened for public use June 18, 2007 as further expansion continues,
• Pereira, Colombia : Megabús
• Quito, Ecuador : Unidad Operadora del Sistema Trolebús. Currently there are plans to convert the system to a Light Rail system,
• Guayaquil, Ecuador : Metrovia
• São Paulo, Brazil : Expresso Tiradentes
• Santiago, Chile : Transantiago undergoing implementation.

[edit] BRT systems in Asia

• Cebu City, Philippines : Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System (planned) ^[1]
• Jakarta, Indonesia : TransJakarta,
• Nagoya, Japan : Nagoya Guideway Bus (Yutreet Line)
• Pune, India : Pune Bus Rapid Transit BRT on the Swargate Katraj Route, launched December 3, 2006
• New Delhi, India : Delhi Bus Rapid Transit BRT from Ambedkar nagar to Delhi Gate (IN-PROCESS)
• Chiayi, Taiwan : Chiayi BRT running between Chiayi City and THSR Chiayi Station
• Bangkok, Thailand : BRT
• Chiang Mai, Thailand : Chiang Mai BRT (Planned)
• Haifa, Israel : Metronit (Planned)
• Tehran, Iran

[edit] BRT systems in China

Beijing BRT Line 1. Note the doors on the left-hand side of the bus -- the BRT line uses central island platforms for most of its route.

More than 30 projects are being implemented or studied in China in some big cities.

• Beijing : BRT line 1, running on the Nan Zhongzhouxian (South Central Axis Line), launched at the end of December 2005. The line terminates at Qianmen and Demaozhuang, which is 16 km long with 15 intermediate stops.^[2]
• Chongqing : BRT line 1 on the way
• Dalian : Route "BRT" started operation in 2007
• Guangzhou : BRT line 1 on the way
• Hangzhou: BRT route B1 which started operation on April 22, 2006
• Jinan: BRT line 1 on the way
• Shanghai: A BRT line running between Shanghai West Railway Station and Shanghai West Railway Station is on the way
• Shenzhen : BRT line 1 on the way
• Wuxi : 5 routes planned
• Xian : 1 East/West route planned
• Shenyang: More than 6 routes planned.
• Changzhou: Several routes completed; others in progress.

[edit] BRT systems in Middle East

• Tehran, Iran : Azadi Sq. to Tehran Pars Sq. - operational

A 18 km long BRT Project to be developed in two phases is planned for the urban centre. The first phase is an exclusive one way dedicated bus roadway on 2 lane with standard bus. the second phase is articulated bus with median station.

[edit] BRT systems in Australasia/Oceania

• Adelaide, Australia : O-Bahn Busway,
• Auckland, New Zealand : Northern Busway,
• Brisbane, Australia : South-East, Inner-Northern, Northern, Eastern and Boggo Road Busways
• Perth, Australia : Causeway (East Perth-Victoria Park), Beaufort Street Inglewood,
• Sydney, Australia : Liverpool-Parramatta T-way, North-West T-way and M2 Bus Corridor.

[edit] BRT system in Asia

• RUZway,INDIA : "www.geocities.com/solartransit/index.html", Solar powered Hybrid elevated and geo gided bus system developed for Integrated trasit,

[edit] BRT systems in Europe

• Almere, The Netherlands : In service, "MAXX Almere",
• Coventry, UK : Project in study,
• Crawley, UK : Fastway
• Douai, France, [http:www.transportsdudouaisis.fr],
• Eindhoven, The Netherlands : Phileas, a tram on tyres
• Evry, France : The first one implemented in a southern parisan suburb, [www.bus-tice.com], "TICE"
• Hamburg, Germany : In service, "HOCHBAHN",
• Helsinki, Finland : [4], "Bussi-Jokeri",
• Nancy, France : [http:/www.reseau-stan.fr], "STAN",
• Nantes, France : [5], "TAN", "BusWay"
• Nice, France : [http:/www.lignedazur.com], ""Ligne d'azur",
• Paris, France : "TVM", the first dedicated route operated since the late 80s with artculated buses running on a tangential route across southern Parisan suburbs, 80% of which is segregated from traffic.
• Reims, France : line "H" which will be converted to tramway in 2010
• Rouen, France: "TEOR",
• Schiphol, The Netherlands : Zuidtangent
• Istanbul, Turkey : Metrobus between Avcilar and Topkapi, the first full-service bus rapid transit system of the country. It features a fully separated right-of the way without any single contact point with other traffic, and off-bus fare collection.

[edit] BRT systems in Africa

• Lagos, Nigeria : Lagbus In service; first and only BRT operational in Africa.

[edit] References

1. ^ CebuNewsOnline » cebu bus rapid transit system
2. ^ Gakei.com - Beijing Bus Rapid Transit