The document discusses the evolution and growth of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems around the world based on data from BRTdata.org. It notes that as of January 2015, there were 189 cities in 60 countries operating BRT systems across 379 corridors carrying 31 million passengers daily and spanning 4,907 km in length. The largest number of BRT systems and passengers are in Latin America, though systems have been growing significantly in Asia, Europe and other regions over the past several years. BRTdata.org aims to track this continued expansion and development of BRT worldwide.

1. Dario Hidalgo
Luis Antonio Lindau
Guillermo Petzhold
BRTdata.org

2. Bus priority systems in the world
Daily demand per region adds up to 31 M pax/day
Latin America and
the Caribbean
12 countries
60 cities
187 corridors
19.28 M pax/day
1,675 km
Europe
14 countries
56 cities
69 corridors
1.96 M pax/day
917 km
Asia
10 countries
38 cities
72 corridors
8.53 M pax/day
1,331 km
USA and Canada
2 countries
26 cities
39 corridors
0.93 M pax/day
807 km
Africa
2 countries
3 cities
4 corridors
0.24 M pax/day
81 km
Oceania
2 countries
6 cities
8 corridors
0.43 M pax/day
96 km
source: BRTdata.org, January 2015

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Bus priority systems in the world
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source: BRTdata.org, January 2015
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1968: Liège

4. Comparison through the years
Data evolution
Apr 2012 Dec 2012 Dec 2013 Dec 2014
Cities 134 147 168 189
Corridors 216 266 324 379
Demand
(M pax/day)
22.5 24.9 30.9 31.4
Length (km) 3,358 3,829 4,424 4,907
+55 cities
+163
corridors
+9 M
pax/day
+1,549
km

5. Comparison through the years
Data evolution
Apr 2012 Dec 2012 Dec 2013 Dec 2014
Cities 134 147 168 189
Corridors 216 266 324 379
Demand
(M pax/day)
22.5 24.9 30.9 31.4
Length (km) 3,358 3,829 4,424 4,907
+21 cities
+55
corridors

6. Access across the world
Visitors
145
countries

7. Numbers of BRTdata.org (April 2012 - )
Visitors
Total Since Dec, 17th
Visits 34,439 5,754
Visitors 22,302 5,139
Pageviews 136,949 13,091
Visits per month ~1,100 -
Visitors per month ~720 -
Pageview per month ~4,400 -
17%
23%
9%

8. BRTdata through the years
Visitors
v1.0 v2.0
v3.0

9. Comparing the launching impact: v1.0 and v3.0
BRTdata.org v3.0
Christmas New Year
Dec 17, 2014 – Jan 12, 2015:
Apr 3, 2012 – Apr 29, 2012:

10. What is new?
BRTdata.org v3.0
User interface
Corridors
comparison
Systems
comparison
Cross
indicators
Corridors map
Downloadable
report
Photo galleries
BRT Panorama
Cities profile

11. What is new?
BRTdata.org v3.0
Let’s explore!

12. Over the past 3 years almost 40 quotes
2012
Lowe, M.; La, M.; Wunderink, S.; Stokes, S.; Haley, C. (2012) U.S. BUS RAPID TRANSIT 10 high-quality features and the value
chain of firms that provide them
Combs, T. S.; Rodríguez, D.A. (2012) Joint impacts of bus rapid transit and urban form on vehicle ownership among low income
households: New evidence from a quasi-longitudinal analysis in Bogota, Colombia. In: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, 2013,
Washington. Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting. Washington: Transportation Research
Board, 2013
Jenkins, P. (2012) Planning for Innovation: An Analysis of Bus Rapid Transit and Institutional Approaches to Transportation
Innovation. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree Master of Science in Urban Planning Graduate School
of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Columbia University
HENRY, L.; DOBBS D. Comparative Examination of New Start Light Rail Transit, Light Railway, and Bus Rapid Transit Services
Opened from 2000. 12th National Light Rail Conference, 2012.
Quotes

13. 2013
Eerden, M. (2013) The role of transnational processes in the worldwide diffusion of Bus Rapid Transit systems
Dulac, J. (2013) GLOBAL LAND TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS Estimating road and railway infrastructure
capacity and costs to 2050. International Energy Agency
Combs, T. S (2013) RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ACCESS TO BUS RAPID TRANSIT, URBAN FORM, AND HOUSEHOLD
TRANSPORTATION OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM A QUASI-LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA. A dissertation
submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of City and Regional Planning
Litman, T. (2013) SMARTER CONGESTION RELIEF IN ASIAN CITIES Win-Win Solutions to Urban Transport Problems. Transport
and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific No. 82, 2013
Cervero, R. (2013) Transport Infrastructure and the Environment: Sustainable Mobility and Urbanism. IURD Working Paper Series,
Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley.
Cervero, R. (2013) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): An Efficient and Competitive Mode of Public Transport. IURD Working Paper Series,
Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley.
Rodriguez, D. A.; Tovar, E. V. (2013) Bus Rapid Transit and Urban Development in Latin America. LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND
POLICY 2 Land Lines2 JANUARY 2013
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Number E-C177 November 2013. 12th International Light Rail Conference November 11–13, 2012.
Collan, M.; Hämäläinen, J.; Luukka, P. (2013) Proceedings of the Finnish Opearations Research Society 40th Anniversary
Workshop –FORS40. LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications No. 13, 2013. Research Reports
Santos, P. M.; Lindau, L. A. (2013) Calibração de modelo microscópico de chegadas e partidas de ônibus em estações BRT. XXVIII
Congresso Nacional de Pesquisa e Ensino em Transporte, Belém.
Lindau, L. A.; Pereira, B. M.; Castilho, R. A. de; Diogenes, M. C.; Maldonado, J. C. H. (2013) Exploring the performance limit of a
single lane per direction Bus Rapid Transit Systems (BRT). In: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, 2013, Washington. Proceedings of the
92nd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting. Washington: Transportation Research Board, 2013
LINDAU L.A., HIDALGO D., ALMEDIA LOBO, A. AND PAI M. Barriers to planning and implementing BRT systems. 13th
International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport. Oxford, UK. 15-19 September 2013.
Quotes

14. 2013
BRANCO, S.P.V.M. (2013) Estudo e aplicação de Sistema BRT -Bus Rapid Transit. Submitted in fulfillment of the requirement for
the degree Master of in Civil Engineer. Porto University.
PETZHOLD, G. S. Sistemas de transporte público urbano: análise comparativa entre modais. Trabalho de Diplomação (Graduação
em Engenharia Civil) – Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 2013.
IZQUIERDO, H. L. DISEÑO DE SERVICIOS EXPRESOS PARA BUSES. Tesis (Doctor en Ciencias de la Ingeniería). Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Chile, 2013.
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en Quito y Bogotá. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Documento de trabajo, 2013.
GANDHI S.; TIWARI G.; FAZIO J. Comparative Evaluation of Alternate Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) Planning, Operation and
Design Options. Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, Vol.9, 2013,
Stewart, A. Case Studies and Sketch Modeling of Incremental BRT Upgrades Considering Demographic and Network Effects.
WORKING PAPER No. 05, BRT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE. October, 2013.
WIRASINGHE, S. C.; KATTAN, L.; RAHMAN, M. M.; HUBBELL, J.; THILANKARATNE, R.; ANOWAR, S. Bus Rapid Transit – a
review. International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2013.
Quotes

15. 2014
Puignau , S.; Campos, J.M.; Lantada, N. (2014) Análisis de la implantación de una red exprés de autobuses con carril Bus-VAO:
caso de la entrada a Barcelona desde el Baix Llobregat. A: Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte. "CIT 2014: XI Congreso de
Ingeniería del Transporte: el camino hacia el progreso". Santander: Universidad de Cantabria, 2014.
Lindau, L.A., Petzhold, G., Silva, C. A. M., Facchini, D., (2014) BRT and bus priority corridors: scenario in the American continent.
Paper to be included in the Proceedings of the 93rd Transportation Research Board Conference. Washington, DC.
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(BHLS). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014.
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Change, Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, chapter 8. Geneva: Cambridge University Press.
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/aug/27/buses-future-of-urban-transport-brt-bus-rapid-transit
da Silva, D. M; Pezhold G; Nitzke, L. M; de Souza, L. W. and Tapia, R. J. (2014) Confiabilidade e Variabilidade do Tempo de
Viagem em Sistemas Bus Rapid Transit.
2015
Lindau, L.A., Silva, C. A. M., Petzhold, G., Facchini, D., (2015) BRT and bus priority corridors including BHLS: a global overview.
Paper to be included in the Proceedings of the 94th Transportation Research Board Conference. Washington, DC.
(2015) Realiability and Travel Time Variability in Bus Rapid Transit Systems. 6th International Symposium on Transportation
Network Reliability - INSTR 2015. Nara, Japan.
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16. Next steps
Funding to continue monthly updates
Improve cities profile
Draw corridors map
Add photos for each system

17. Dario Hidalgo, dhidalgo@embarq.org
Luis Antonio Lindau, tlindau@embarqbrasil.org
Guillermo Petzhold, gpetzhold@embarqbrasil.org
Thank you!

18. What is new?
BRTdata.org v3.0
User interface
Corridors
comparison
Systems
comparison
Cross
indicators
Corridors map
Downloadable
report
Photo galleries
BRT Panorama
Cities profile

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BRTdata.org v3.0

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