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Lagos, Nigeria : Lagbus In service; first BRT operational in Africa. Government is building a BRT system for the Lagos Mega City Area. The first phase of the project has been completed.
[2][3] It is expected operate on eight routes on special BRT Lanes running through the city but will expand its operation.
The first phase of the Lagos BRT to run from Mile 12 through Ikorodu Road and Funsho Williams Aveğnue up to CMS is now in operation (officially commissioned on March 17, 2008).
It is projected that the system will carry up to 10,000 passengers per direction per hour during peak travel hours.
The LAMATA BRT corridor is about 22 kilometres in length.[1]
Two operators, NURTW Cooperative and LAGBUS, a Lagos State Government owned Asset Management Company are contributing about 180 high capacity buses for the implementation of the first phase Mile 12 to CMS BRT Lite system.
It is the cheapest to develop in the world costing only $1.6 million/km for the 22-km route.
Cost of the first corridor (Mile 12 to CMS): N4.5 billion (~US$35 million). This includes elevated segregation barriers, road repairs on bus and service lanes, desilting of blocked drainage channels, and provision of bus stops.
South Africa
Cape Town: The City's MyCiTi BRT system started operations in May 2010, just before the 2010 World Cup. Its first service was a shuttle from the Airport to the CBD. The initial Phase 1A trunk and feeder services started operating in May 2011. It is expected that the remainder of Phase 1A construction will be complete in 2014 and 1B in 2015.[2]
George: The Go George BRT system began operation in August 2015.[3]
Johannesburg: The Rea Vaya (meaning "we are moving") The first phase (phase 1A) was opened to the public on 30 August 2009. Expansion of BRT system is under construction and in many cases, both the stations and roadworks have either been completed or are in the final stages. The system was partially opened for the 2010 World Cup with the full system linking the majority of Johannesburg from Soweto in the south to beyond Sandton in the north. Buses include those able to use both the BRT stations and general bus stops as well to act as feeders for the network, others are articulated and can use the BRT stations only.[4][5] Just like most of the current transport projects, the system will be implemented into phases. Phase 1 of the estimated R2-billion project, which is now reaching the end of the operational planning phase, will run articulated ‘right-of-way’ buses along dedicated median bus lanes in both directions across Johannesburg by 2010, covering almost half of Johannesburg.[6] The 120-km Phase 1 route will include 150 stations, eight terminals and six depots. Phase 1A, comprising a 40-km route with 48 stations, will be completed by April 2009, ahead of the FIFA Confederations Cup, while Phase 1B will add 86 km and 102 stations to the system ahead of the 2010 World Cup. According to the City of Johannesburg website, one of the most important aspects of this new system is that it will be fully integrated with other transport networks. Rea Vaya will not be competing with other transport systems such as the South African Rail Commuter Corporation or the Gautrain.[7]
Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa: A BRT system is being implemented in the city for the 2010 World Cup.[8] At the moment, the bus lanes are being built throughout the city. Buses are being built by Marcopolo.
Tshwane: A Re Yeng meaning [Let's Go]. Construction began in July 2012 and as of that time.[9] The system was to be operational from five in the morning to midnight.[10]
Rustenburg: The Yarona (meaning "it is ours") BRT system is under construction. The initial Phase 1A trunk and feeder services expected to launch during 2016.[11]
Tanzania
Dar-es-Salaam has already started constructing a highway for bus rapid transit system in place. 27 km have been constructed in the major city of Dar es Salaam Morogoro Road.
Uganda
Kampala, Uganda: Planning to introduce BRT system in Kampala by 2014. Pioneer Easy Buses Company started a public bus service in Kampala with an estimated 100 buses acquired from China, each with a 60-passenger capacity (30 seated and 30 standing).
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.
BRT systems with light blue background are not yet operational but under construction.
Kunming developed China's first BRT system starting in 1999.[12] There are also systems operating in Beijing (2005 with 3 routes over 34.5 km, 60 stations and 4 terminals), Shanghai (2005), Guangzhou (2010) (1 route 22.5 km with 26 stations), Hangzhou (2006 with 2 routes over 18.8 km, 50 stations), Chongqing (2007 with 1 route over 6 km, 9 stations and 1 terminal), Dalian (2007), and Xiamen (1 route on 38.2 with 31 stations). As of 2008, there were half-a-dozen BRT systems in different stages of implementation.
List of Bus systems (BRT) in the People's Republic of China by Network
length
^Lines in operation counts the number of main lines only.
^Stations connected by transfers are counted as one station, unless otherwise noted.
^Network length refers to track length and lines that share track are counted only once.
^Running on the Nan Zhongzhouxian (South Central Axis Line), the line terminates at Qianmen and Demaozhuang.
^There are significant sections that are on dedicated elevated roads. BRT one 33.4 km, BRT 1 Interchange 18.7 km, BRT 2 15.3 km.
Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, bus lanes and bus-only roads are designated extensively. Some roads, including Des Vœux Road Central, Caine Road (westbound), and King's Road (eastbound), are open only to buses and minibuses. Bus routes serving these roads do not compete with other vehicles for road space. However, there is no bus rapid transit for specific roads and stations in Hong Kong.
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad BRTS: 13 operational lines with 126 BRT stations and few cabins (all are wheelchair - accessible except two) covering almost 89 km. Fleet of 220 buses.
Delhi: Delhi BRTS: was the 2nd BRT system in India. Currently uses Tata Marcopolo Bus, some with AC and some without. The project is now scrapped by AAP Government.
Indore: Indore BRTS: currently uses Corona XL buses (AC, automatic doors, Intelligent Bus System - iBus) running on 10 corridors.
Rajkot: Rajkot BRTS: one line operational, two lines are under construction.
Jakarta: TransJakarta (13 lines running, 2 planned), currently the longest BRT route in the world with 230.9 km[14] Network length, it is used by approximately 450,000 people every day and has more than 1500 buses in operation
Bali: Trans Sarbagita (3 lines running, 14 planned ). The local authority granted a Rp.4,000 ($0.47) subsidy per passenger.[15] August 2011, the first Trans Sarbagita has run from Batubulan, Gianyar to Nusa Dua v.v. with ticket of Rp.3,500 ($0.40) for adults and Rp.2,500 ($0.30) for students. Four of the bus seats are reserved for the disabled, senior citizens and women with babies.[16] On August 10, 2012 the 27-kilometer second route from Denpasar to Jimbaran v.v. is opened with intersection with the first route at Pesanggaran, Pedungan and Dewa Ruci. Service hours is from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.[17]
BRT Phase 1: Routes
Route 1: (15.46 km ) Mahatta to Sweileh
Route 2: (6.79 km ) Muhajireen to Sports City. Route 3: (7.88 km) Mahatta to Customs Square
South Korea
Sejong BRT bus near Government Complex, Sejong
Goyang-Susaek BRT: Opened in April 2010.[19] First BRT in South Korea with bus priority signal system.
Cebu City: Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System (planned)[22] It is expected to become the first operational Bus Rapid Transit project in the Philippines when it becomes operational late 2014. The 16-kilometre route traverses Cebu City from Bulacao in the south-west to Talamban in the north-east, linking the following key destinations; Central Business District, Capitol Site, Ayala Shopping Mall and a proposed tributary to SM Shopping Mall. A spur to the 300-hectare Cebu South Reclamation Project (SRP) is also planned as developers Filinvest seek to integrate BRT provision into their development plans.[23]
Kaohsiung: Two BRT lines are being planned, with target completion in 2019.
Thailand
Bangkok: Bangkok BRT, a system running 16.5 kilometres from Sathon to Ratchapruek. Only 1 out of 5 lines are operating. A bus at the Sathon Terminus, Bangkok, Thailand The first route starts from Sathon running along Narathiwat Ratchanakharin Rd., then turns right at Rama III Rd., crossing the Chao Phraya River at Rama III Bridge and follows Ratchadaphisek Rd. before turning right at Ratchahruek Rd at the end of its route.
At the Sathon-Narathiwat Ratchanakharin interesting, there is a walkway connecting BRT Sathon with BTS Chong Nonsi station. The Bangkok BRT started operating on 15 May 2010 on a free-trial basis.
Vietnam
A Hanoi BRT 01 (Line 99) bus at the Kim Ma terminus, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi: Hanoi BRT, a 14.7 km-long system, running from Kim Mã bus terminal in downtown to Yên Nghĩa bus terminal in the southern suburbs. There are plans to extend it to Hoàn Kiếm Lake, but it never happened.
The line officially opened on 31 December 2016, with a 1-month free trial. The Hanoi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is one of the components of Hanoi Urban Transport Development Project which has been approved by Hanoi People's Committee at Decision 1837/QĐ-UBND dated May 10, 2007. This World Bank funded ODA project is an important step in improving the city's urban transportation network and strengthening public transport capacity.
The Hanoi BRT officially put into operation on December 31, 2016.
Europe
Belgium
Liege in Belgium also has a busway, which was featured on a video made by the UK Transport Research Lab. [5].
Germany
Essen: Guided busses use a busway in the middle of a motorway. Formerly, these guided buses also operated the tram tunnel using dual-mode busses which got their power from overhead wires in the tunnel. Due to technical problems and to avoid congestion of the tram route, service in the tunnel was abandoned.
Nancy: line 2 (260,000 Inh. served by CGFTE a Veolia Transport subsidiary) has got a kind of BRT system called TVR extending along 11 km which 7 km are dedicated. As it is run by TVR, a kind of articulated buses, there's a controversy to design it as a LRT or BRT sustem. Two more routes are planned probably not using the TVR as previously planned and with parts not segregated from traffic.
Nantes: Busway (line 4) and Chronobus (7 lines in service, 3 in project)(about 600,000 Inh. in the built up area), was the second city to implement a BRT called BusWay at the end of December 2006 extending on 5 km with several P+R and a bus every 5 mn at peak. It is operated by specific branded articulated buses and ticketing machines are located at each station. The patronage was averaging 19,000 per day by December 2006 and 28,000 per day in 2010.
Rennes: Chronostar line 4 (C1, C5 and C9 in project)
Rouen: 3 TEOR lines (about 400,000 Inh. in the built up area) with TEOR was the first real BRT system implemented in France in the late 90's and is still in extension in 2007 with new dedicated lanes in central city and partial dedicated lanes in the suburbs. It's made of 3 routes (70% bus only) and more than 15 km expecting transporting more than 53 000 persons a day in 2007.
Strasbourg: line G (Gare Centrale <> Espace Européen de l'Entreprise)
Créteil "TVM" operated by RATP is a tangential BRT linking the RER A, B, C, D, metro line 8 and tramway line T7 in southern Paris suburbs. It was the second BRT implemented in France in the 80s even though, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, for political reasons, there's still no bus lanes through this conservative city.
Créteil "393" also operated by RATP is an 11 km long line which was open in 2011. Like the TVM (see above) the line linking the southern Paris suburbs in the district (département) of Val de Marne (94). By the way "393" line share the bus lane and stations with "TVM" for 5 km. This line serves the metro line 8 and recently build districts or districts under construction/redevelopment. The transport authority (STIF) plan to extend the line by 2020 to Orly Airport and as well to link RER C, tramway line T7, and in the future metro line 14 (2024) and HSR station (TGV).
Corbeil-Essonnes "TZen 1" opened in 2011 this line connect two branches of the RER D and make enable a public transport access to the recently developed city of Sénart and her business/commercial parks.
Évry One of the new towns built in the southern part of suburban Paris was probably the first Busway implemented in France in the late '70s. Still operating, it was completely segregated from other traffic in the central area by being elevated. Moreover, this system is still operated with conventional buses and articulated buses and not branded. Also, ticketing is sold into the bus or in specific places but not at the stations.
Under construction or planned:
"TZen 2" Sénart-Trait d'Union → Melun-Place de la Gare.
This line will be opened in 2020, it will link Sénart and Melun.
"TZen 3" Paris-Porte de Pantin → Livry-Gargan.
Opening in 2020. This project fills a lack of performant and modern public transport in this area. It will also allow a transformation of the highway to an urban boulevard (more green spaces, more spaces for pedestrians, bike lanes, more crosswalks).
"TZen 4" Corbeil-Essonnes RER → Grande Borne.
This line will link many disadvantaged districts (poor neighbourhoods) to RER D line, in fact, the BRT line will be in correspondence with RER D at five interchange stations. This BRT project will greatly increase mobility to neighbourhoods with high unemployment. It is scheduled to open in 2017.
"TZen 5" Paris-Bibliothèque François Mitterrand → Choisy le Roi RER.
This line is scheduled to open in 2020 it serves a multi-centennial industrial district with a lot of urban redevelopment projects (offices, apartments). It will complete and link the actual network (RER C, Tramway 3a, metro line 14, BRT "TVM" & "393").
These are cities with specifically designed or branded main bus lines, with dedicated bus lanes along some of the route sections.[citation needed]
Göteborg: Stombussar [sv] Four bus lines, named 16-19, with high regularity, about 3 – 10 minutes. The buses are marked on the tram map, not the bus map, and has some rules in common with trams, like all door available for entrance. The routes usually share the right of way with trams or having their own busway, and generally, try to avoid congestion with cars.
Stockholm: Blåbussar [sv] (Blue buses). Four bus lines, named 1-4, with high regularity 5–10 minutes, and higher priority than other buses. The buses are blue painted while normal buses are red. The routes try to avoid congestion with cars but has more congestion than many other systems called bus rapid transit.
Malmö: Huvudlinjer [sv] (Main lines) Eight lines, named 1-8, with the regularity of about 7–8 minutes on weekdays.
Jönköping: Citybussarna [sv] Three lines, named 1-3, with the regularity of about 10 minutes most of the day.
Istanbul: Metrobus between TUYAP and Söğütlüçeşme, 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, except while crossing the Bosphorus Bridge, and off-bus fare collection.
Belfast: Under construction. The 5.5-mile (9 km) EWAY, 6.1-mile (10 km) WWAY and 1.7-mile (3 km) CITI routes are now being built. The EWAY, WWAY and CITI routes will be opened in September 2018.[28]
Bristol: Bristol City Council in conjunction with the West of England Partnership proposes MetroBus BRT routes from Ashton Vale to Temple Meads, the North Fringe of Bristol to Hengrove Park, and the A370 Long Ashton bypass to Hengrove Park.[29]
Hampshire: South East Hampshire Bus Rapit Transit between Gosport and Fareham, Hampshire: A 2.8-mile (4.5 km) bus-only road along the former Fareham–Gosport line railway has been opened from Titchborne Way, Gosport to Redlands Lane, Fareham as Phase 1 of a wider scheme. Services are run by First Hampshire & Dorset under the "Eclipse" branding.
Bradford: 1 mile (2 km) of guided busway and a further 0.6 miles (1 km) of un-guided bus lanes created to ease congestion on the busy and congested Manchester Road route into and out of the City Centre.
Swansea: Swansea FTR Metro – partially segregated, specialised BRT vehicles, on-board payment to customer care attendant, runs every 15 minutes 7am – 7pm (then conventional bus). Planned and designed by Arup.
Halifax, Nova Scotia: Metro Transit's MetroLink It operates three routes, designed to link the communities of Portland Hills, Woodside, and Sackville to downtown Halifax. Fares are set higher compared to the conventional Metro Transit.
Ottawa, Ontario: OC TranspoTransitway It operates one of the largest BRT systems in North America, with over 200,000 daily riders on the Ottawa Transitway, achieving peak capacities of 10,000 passengers per hour per direction. Most sections of the Transitway have a speed limit of 70–90 km/h (43–56 mph) between stations, and 50 km/h (31 mph) in the station areas. Many routes converge to the transitway to provide very frequent service.
Saint John, New Brunswick: Saint John Transit's ComeX Routes. The short form for "Community Express". There are three routes in this system designed to link the communities of Grand Bay-Westfield, Rothesay, Quispamsis, and Hampton to Uptown Saint John. The fare is set higher compared to the conventional Saint John Transit.
Vancouver, British Columbia: TransLink's 95 B-Line, 96 B-Line, and 99 B-Line. BRT has been successful, but TransLink estimates its SkyTrain costs about $0.75 per ride compared to $1.04-$2.22 on its BRT routes. As a result, TransLink plans to convert all three to light rail or light rapid transit as funding permits.[citation needed] Two BRT routes have been replaced by rapid transit lines. The 98 B-Line was replaced with the Canada Line in 2009 and the 97 B-Line by the Evergreen Extension in 2016.
Waterloo Region, Ontario: Grand River Transit's iXpress. Contains two routes, one of which, Route 200, will be converted to LRT service sometime in the future. More routes are being rolled out in the next half-decade to build ridership for LRT service. However, Route 200 will stay in Cambridge until the ridership is high enough to justify an LRT.[33]
Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Transit's Winnipeg RT. Winnipeg's BRT system operates similarly to Ottawa's, operating along dedicated lanes outside of the downtown core while operating on HOV lanes within it. The first phase connects the downtown with Fort Rouge, with current routes servicing the University of Manitoba along Pembina Highway, as well as a few suburban communities in the south-west. It will be eventually extended to Bison Drive.[34]YRT's Viva bus in York Region, north of Toronto
York Region, Ontario (suburban Toronto): York Region Transit's Viva. It has commenced service since 2005. In response to escalating congestion on the region's roads, York Region's transit plan included a provision for a bus rapid transit (BRT) system along the Yonge Street and Highway 7 arterial corridors.[35] Most of the system does not contain any form of transit priority measures other than an honor system of fare payment. However, construction is underway on dedicated busways, and the first segment opened on March 6, 2011.[36]
Guatemala City: "Transmetro", two lines and 32 stations. The first line opened February 3, 2007; Crosses Avenue Aguilar Batres, from Villa Nueva to Guatemala City. The second line started operation on August 12, 2010; Crosses 6th and 7th Avenues on a One-Way-Per-Avenue Scheme. There is a planned third line in Calle Martí.
Guadalajara, Jalisco: Macrobus. The first BRT line was inaugurated in March 2009. It is called Microbus and has 27 stations along 16 Kilometers.
Monterrey, Nuevo León: Ecovia. The first BRT line was inaugurated in January 2014. It is called ECOVIA [es] and has 41 stations along 30.1 Kilometers.
León, Guanajuato: Optibus is the first BRT system in Mexico even if some dedicated bus lanes exist in some of the biggest cities. The first BRT line was inaugurated in September 2003. It has 65 stations along 65.1 km.[37]
Mexico City, Federal District: Metrobús. Was officially opened to the public on 19 June 2005. The first line covers a distance of some 20 kilometres, running in a dedicated bus-lane built against the central reservation of Avenida de los Insurgentes. Avenida Insurgentes is the city's main north-to-south arterial route, constitutes a section of the Pan-American Highway, and is reputed to be the longest urban avenue in the world.[38]
Chihuahua, Chihuahua: Vivebus. The first BRT line was inaugurated in August 2013. It is called VIBEBÚS and has 44 stations along 20.44 Kilometers.
Puebla, Puebla: RUTA. The first BRT line was inaugurated in January 2013. It is called Red Urbana de Transporte Artículado RUTA PUEBLA and has 36 stations along 18.5 Kilometers.
Before it even had the name, Bus Rapid Transit first got major backing in the United States with the rise of federal funding for urban mass transportation during the 1960s. The first exclusive busway in the United States was the El Monte Busway, an exclusive bus lane between El Monte and Los Angeles, California. It opened in 1973. Today, American BRT initiatives receive a great deal of support from the Federal Transit Administration. Planned BRT lines are now eligible to be included in the FTA's New Starts program, which was formerly reserved only for rail projects.
That notwithstanding, the FTA, in announcing its New Starts for 2005, has rated the New Britain-Hartford Busway (Connecticut) "Recommended" but Phase III of the MBTA's Silver Line BRT project "Not Recommended" based on "MBTA's unreasonable operating cost assumptions." This implies that BRT will be subject to the same scrutiny as rail projects, though (also as with rail projects) the FTA will work with the localities to see if projects can be brought into compliance with requirements.
La Paz: In 2014 "La Paz Bus" started operations in 3 routes, with 61 buses. For the year 2015 another 15 routes are expected, and also a BRT system is being prepared.
Curitiba's Rede Integrada de Transporte pioneering system was implemented in 1974 and became the first BRT implemented in the world. Maximum peak-load capacity attained is 22,500 passenger per hour in the South Axis.
In service to the public, only is building the courtyard portal from the system, Next to open
Additional notes
Bogotá has opened in 2000 a segregated four-lane BRT system, the TransMilenio. Maximum peak-load capacity on the busiest line is 45,000 passengers per direction per hour (ppdph).[48] The system uses modular median stations that serve both directions of travel, which enable pre-paid, multiple-door, level boarding.[48] Average dwell time is 24 seconds. Trunk line termini have integrated bicycle parking (fare card opens gate to secure bike parking). Two lanes in each direction permits "Quickways" which allow local service (500- 750m apart) on the inside lane, coupled with express service (skipping 4-5 stations at a time).[49]
Uberlândia: Corredor Estrutural. Under expansion, to be completed in 2011/2012;
Brasília: Eixo Sul (Santa Maria & Gama), first BRT line opened in April 2014. Construction of the BRT line Eixo EPTG (Taugatinga) was concluded in 2013, but it is not in operation due to lack of appropriate bus fleet.
Concepción: A transit system integrated between electric train "Biotren" and "Biobus" based on dedicated right of ways for buses.
Ecuador
The Quito trolleybus system has lines running on exclusive BRT lanes with underpass crossings.
Quito: "El Trole", a trolleybus BRT system operated by Compañía Trolebús Quito, S.A. Currently, there are plans to convert the northernmost portion of the system to light rail. Ecovía and Metrobus diesel BRT lines. It has several subsystems: Trolebús (Corredor Trole), Ecovía (Corredor Ecovía), Metrobús (Corredor Central Norte), Corredor Sur Oriental and Corredor Sur Occidental. Vehicles of Trolebús are electric trolley buses which can also operate with gas. They are all articulated buses except for "feeding" routes.
Guayaquil: Metrovia. There are several routes built and one is under construction. They are all articulated buses except for "feeding" routes.
Peru
The Quito trolleybus system has lines running on exclusive BRT lanes with underpass crossings.
Lima, Peru: El Metropolitano is the first mass transit system implemented in Peru in decades. It has one line, from the northern district of Independencia to the southern district of Chorrillos. It uses thoroughfares such as Av. Paseo de la Republica, Av. Alfonso Ugarte and Av. Tupac Amaru. A second line is projected in order to have an East-West corridor.
Guangzhou BRT
Xiamen BRT
Transfer station of Curitiba's RIT latest BRT corridor, Linha Verde (Green line)
