Bus Rapid Transit A Cost-Effective Mass Transit Technology

摘要

Some of the most important technical innovations in the transportation field have nothing to do with vehicle technology or alternative fuels. Rather, they involve the way bus services are operated and infrastructure is used to optimize their speed, comfort, and capacity. The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has helped to popularize a term for such measures: Bus Rapid Transit, or BRTrnThe best examples of BRT are found in Latin America, where the speed, capacity, and quality of service rival all but the best metro and light rail systems.