Peer-to-Peer Information Exchange on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Bus Priority Best Practices

The purpose of this effort was to foster a dialogue among peers at transportation and planning agencies about their experiences with promoting public transit and, in particular, the challenges they face related to Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects, as well as the solutions they have developed in response. Agencies from dozens of large cities around the United States participated at three peer-to-peer exchanges in New York City, Los Angeles, and Cleveland. The facilitated discussions were structured to address the unique barriers to BRT implementation on the streets of dense and/or highly-congested large urban centers. Three major themes were the focus of the workshops: Network, Route and Street Design; Traffic Operations; and Building Political, Interagency and Stakeholder Support—BRT as a Driver of Economic Development. The results of the workshops make clear that better public transportation in general and BRT in particular can be cost-effective and useful tools for improving transportation and the environment and for restoring the livability of America’s large cities.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/FTA_Report_No._0009.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  • http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/FTA0009_Research_Report_Summary.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29232
• Corporate Authors:

  New York University, New York

  Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
  295 Lafayette Street, Room 3038
  New York, NY  United States  10012

  National Association of City Transportation Officials

  1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #350
  Washington, DC    20004

  Federal Transit Administration

  Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Panero, Marta
  • Shin, Hyeon-Shic
  • Zedrin, Allen
  • Zimmerman, Samuel
• Publication Date: 2012-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 109p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Bus priority; Bus rapid transit; Large cities; Urban transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Peer-to-peer communication
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01379174
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA Report No. 0009
• Contract Numbers: NY-26-7006
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 2012 1:57PM