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Article: Davis pushing for bus rapid transit
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2005
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As transportation planners consider alternatives to moving people
around the Wasatch Front in future years, one option continues to
present itself as both efficient and inexpensive:
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Bus rapid transit
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The bus.
Wait a minute. Those clunky exhaust-producers that can't seem to
meet their scheduled arrival times? That unsexy, tiresome transit
mode with a reputation for being society's last choice in
transportation options?
No, not that bus. This is bus rapid transit, or BRT. Think light
rail on wheels.
Bus rapid transit has become a desirable alternative to light
rail, trolleys and the regular bus system in cities across North
America, from ...