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Examining the Relationship
between Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and
the Built Environment in...

Examining the relationship between
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and the built
environment in Latin America
C. Guatemala
Bogotá
...

Motivation
Conventional wisdom and some
rail-based evidence about
transit-oriented development
(TOD) suggest:
• there is a...

1. Density
2. Diversity
3. Design
4. Destination
accessibility
5. Distance to transit
Transit
ridership
(# passengers per ...

Attributes of transit-oriented development (TOD)
• Compact and dense
• High land use mixtures
• High-quality pedestrian en...

Built environment and transit ridership
catchment areas around transit stations
measurements of built environment attribut...

1. What is the association between population
density and BRT ridership?
Sample of 87 BRT stations in Curitiba
Sample of 1...

Data management Curitiba (N=87)
Detailed area
Sample of 87 BRT stations in Curitiba (excluding
those overlapped with BRT t...

Data collection seven cities (N=120)
Segment
Block
BRT Stop
(buffer area)
BRT Terminal Portal 80
Bogota (Colombia)
Segment...

All data aggregated at station level (continuous variables)
Methodology: BRT station level
Segment-level data
% of segment...

500
700
900
1,100
1,300
1,500
1,700
1,900
2,100
2,300
2,500
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
PredictedBRTridership
Po...

1,500
2,500
3,500
4,500
5,500
6,500
7,500
8,500
9,500
10,500
11,500
12,500
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
PredictedBRTri...

Entropy is positively associated with BRT ridership
% segments with high-rise developments and developments (>5
stories) a...

0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
PredictedBRTridership
Percentile
NMT fr...

8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
13,000
14,000
15,000
16,000
17,000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
PredictedBRTridership...

C1
(0.467)
C2
(0.038)
C3
(0.335)
C4
(ref)
C5
(0.024)
C6
(0.415)
C7
(0.036)
C8
(0.003)
C9
(0.393)
C10
(0.329)
C11
(0.326)
C...

Discussion
• Positive association between population density and BRT
ridership in Curitiba with an elasticity of 0.26
• At...

Conclusion
• Population density is necessary but not sufficient in order to
achieve high levels of ridership at the BRT st...

Applicability in other countries (India)
• Development of BRT Terminals as urban development
projects including:
• High-ri...

Policy Implications
Promotion of BRT station area plans in two scenarios
• Design and planning stage (future BRT stations)...

Recommendations
Further research on the relationship between the built
environment and transit ridership
• Extend this met...

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and urban development in Latin America and India
Acknowledgements
Professor Daniel A. Rodriguez
Mr...

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