Observatory: current state and next steps of www.br tdata.org
1. Observatory: current state and next
steps of www.BRTdata.org
Dario Hidalgo, PhD
Director Research and Practice, EMBARQ
Bus Rapid Transit Across Latitudes and Cultures
Centre of Excellence
2. Aileen Carrigan
Heshuang Zeng
Erin Cooper
Dogan Salva Haitao Zhang
Marco Priego
Jorge Macías Umang Jain
Hilda Gutierrez
Daniela Fachinni
Cristina Albuquerque
Guillermo Petzhold
Magdala Arioli
Mariana Gil
5. BRT and busway systems in the world
# of cities and length (km) per country
11 3
6
1 3
5
1 1
13 1 1
14 1 2
1 13
2
1
5
1 4 1
1 1 1
1
1
2 6
640 km 1 31
6
2
320 km
1
1
80 km
147 cities = 259 corridors = 3,781 km 1
2 km
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
6. BRT and busway systems in the world
# of cities and daily demand per country (M pax/day)
11 3
6 1 3
5
14 1 1 1
13 1 2
1 1 2 1 13
5 4
1 1
6
1 1 1
1
1
2 10.5 M
pax/day 31
2.5 M 1
6
1 2
1.5 M
1
0.5 M 147 cities = 24,853,863 pax/day 1
0.05 M
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
7. BRT and busway systems in the world
daily demand per region (M pax/day)
Asia
USA and Canada 25 cities
20 cities 25 corridors
27 corridors 6.44 M pax/day
0.85 M pax/day Europe
42 cities
51 corridors
0.94 M pax/day
Africa
3 cities
3 corridors
0.24 M pax/day
Latin America and
Oceania
the Caribbean
7 cities
50 cities
7 corridors
146 corridors
0.32 M pax/day
16.06 M pax/day
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
8. BRT and busway systems in the world
evolution of the # of cities and km per decade
3781 km
905 km Before 1990 (14 cities)
493 km 1990´s (19 cities)
Total length Since 2000 (114 cities)
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
9. BRT and busway systems in the world
Evolution of the number of cities per year
25 150
2010: Guangzhou, Hefei, Yancheng, Zaozhuang – China;
Jaipur - India; Bangkok - Thailand; East London Transit –
20 UK; Barranquilla, Bucaramanga – Colombia; 125
Cumulative Number of Cities
Ecatepec- Mexico; Lima - Peru; Brampton – Canada; …
100
15
New Cities
75
2000: Bogotá
10 (TransMilenio),
Colombia 50
5
1974: Curitiba 25
0 0
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
10. BRT and busway systems in the world
Evolution of total length of systems
2000 4000
3500
1500 3000
Constructed length (km)
Cumulative length (km)
2500
1000 2000
1500
500 1000
500
0 0
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
11. BRT and busway systems in the world
In operation
(147 cities)
In expansion
(21 cities)
Planned / in
construction
(84 cities)
source: EMBARQ, 2011
12. Next Steps: www.brtdata.org
Iron wrinkles and fix glitches in the website
Continue update of the global database
(basic information for all BRT and Bus
Corridors)
Select a sample of BRT/Bus Corridors and
go deeper
Select indicators
Contact agencies
13. Observatory
Upcoming Publications Case studies
(WCTR/THREDBO)
Metrobus Line 4 Mexico City – Dario Hidalgo and Marco
Priego
Tranantiago 5 years after its launch– Juan Carlos Muñoz,
Marco Bartace, Dario Hidalgo
Integrated Systems in Cali and Bogotá, Colombia – Darío
Hidalgo, Luis Gutierrez, Andre Jacobsen
Succesufl BRT Workshop TRB 2013
Updates form China, India, Brasil, Mexico and Europe;
comments from Juan Carlos Muñoz and Luis Gutierrez
(SIBRT)
120 attendees (standing room in Sunday Morning!)
15. Further Reading (2012 ALC-BRT publications)
Hidalgo, D., Gutierrez, L. (2012), BRT and BHLS around the world: Explosive growth, large positive impacts and
many issues outstanding, Research In Transportation Economics, Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2013, Pages 8-13
Hidalgo, D., Huizenga, C. (2012), Implementation of sustainable urban transport in Latin America, Research In
Transportation Economics (In Press, Corrected Proof).
Hidalgo, D., Muñoz, J.C. (2012), A review of technological improvements in BRT and BHLS
12th Conference On Advanced Systems For Public Transport. Santiago, Chile, 23-27 July, 2012.
Hidalgo, D., Pereira, L. Estupiñán, N. and Jiménez, P. L. (2012), TransMilenio BRT system in Bogota, high performance
and positive impact – Main results of an ex-post evaluation, Research In Transportation Economics, , Volume 39, Issue
1, March 2013, Pages 133-138
Jiang, Y., Zegras, C. and Mehndiratta, S. (2012), Walk the line: station context, corridor type and bus rapid transit
walk access in Jinan, China, Journal Of Transport Geography 20, 1 - 14.
Kash, G., Hidalgo, H. (2012), The promise and challenges of integrating public transportation in Bogotá, Colombia,
12th Conference On Advanced Systems For Public Transport. Santiago, Chile, 23-27 July, 2012.
Kash, G., Hidalgo, D. (2012), User perception of Bogotá’s integrated public transport system: trends and
implications for program implementation, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, USA, 22-26
January, 2012.
Martinez, L.M., Dai, D., Viegas, J.M. (2012), Evaluation of the traffic control system of open Bus Rapid Transit
corridors: An application to the city of Guangzhou, 12th Conference On Advanced Systems For Public Transport.
Santiago, Chile, 23-27 July, 2012.
Navarrete, F. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2012), Subjective valuation of the transit transfer experience: the case of
Santiago de Chile, Transportation Research A (Accepted)