Article: 'BUS RAPID TRANSIT' A COMMUTER RAIL ALTERNATIVE.(NEWS)

Article: Bus rapid transit a good idea
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  May 15, 2008 ;     446 words ... ... in at least a dozen cities around the globe: bus rapid transit. Bus rapid transit is not your grandfather's, or, for that ... current bus service. A key difference is that bus rapid transit has fixed stations, like train stations, which ...

Article: Expert urges wider vision for transit; As plans for bus ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 16 miles. But the vision for bus rapid transit along the busy north-south ... regional. That was the message bus rapid transit expert Alan Hoffman delivered ... corridor, which you can do with bus rapid transit," Hoffman, a San Diego ...

Article: BUS RAPID TRANSIT: RAIL CAN GET OVERLOADED, ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Dooh Li's argument against "bus rapid transit" makes no sense to me (Thursday ... case for rail transit over "bus rapid transit" better than in his Thursday column " 'Bus rapid transit' slipped on the ice." The ...

Article: Va., Metro Panel Back Extending Rail Line; Bus ...
The Washington Post;  October 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... by failing to fully consider bus rapid transit, which is new to the United ... well as several proposals for bus rapid transit. But they refused to consider running bus rapid transit through Tysons, saying that ...

Article: Dulles Corridor Rail Extension Backed; Critics of $3 Billion ...
The Washington Post;  October 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... by failing to fully consider bus rapid transit, which is new to the United ... well as several proposals for bus rapid transit. But they refused to consider running bus rapid transit through Tysons, saying that ...

Article: Davis pushing for bus rapid transit
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Deseret Morning News graphic Bus rapid transit Requires Adobe Acrobat. The ... No, not that bus. This is bus rapid transit, or BRT. Think light rail on wheels. Bus rapid transit has become a desirable alternative ...

Article: BRT update: an overview of Bus Rapid Transit ...
Mass Transit;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... seen remarkable progress for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the United States ... OMITTED] CHARACTERISTICS OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT IN THE UNITED STATES The seminal guidance documents on Bus Rapid Transit (see CBRT, 2004 and TCRP 90 ...