A worldwide state-of-the-art analysis for bus rapid transit: Looking for the success formula
Journal article, 2015

The paper provides an additional angle in the existing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) state-of-the-art knowledge spectrum. It provides a detailed description of the mode, re-defining BRT as an overall concept by identifying, discussing, and categorizing in a systematic way its strengths and its weaknesses in comparison with rail-based solutions and conventional bus services. It also presents in detail a number of selected scheme-oriented applications from around the world, looking into some of the basic ingredients behind BRT’s success (or failure) stories. This is a scientific effort that could inform the reader about the current status of BRT internationally and about the challenges and opportunities that exist when trying to materialize BRT’s potential as an effective urban passenger solution that could challenge the merits of more conventional mass-transit options.

literature review

success factors

Bus rapid transit (BRT)

Author

Alexandros Nikitas

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Design and Human Factors

MariAnne Karlsson

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Design and Human Factors

Journal of Public Transportation

1077-291X (ISSN)

Vol. 18 1 1-33

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Subject Categories

Transport Systems and Logistics

DOI

10.5038/2375-0901.18.1.3

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