Developing the Next Frontier: Capitalizing on Bus Rapid Transit to Build Community

This report describes a bus rapid transit system in the greater Seattle, Washington area. It also documents the experiences of other U.S. cities with bus rapid transit. Busway design, transit signal priority, real time scheduling, transit vehicle (bus) design, corridor development, stakeholder involvement, and marketing are also discussed.

• Record URL:
  http://seattle.uli.org/Community%20Building/~/media/DC/Seattle/Seattle%20Docs/ULI%20Seattle%20BRT%20Report.ashx
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• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Land Institute

  1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, Suite 500 West
  Washington, DC  United States  20007-5201

  Urban Land Institute Seattle

  700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100
  Seattle, WA  United States  98104
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: 34p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Bus rapid transit; Busways; Design; Marketing; Public participation; Real time information; Scheduling; Traffic signal preemption; Transportation corridors; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Seattle (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01351880
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 2011 11:13AM