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Of three alternatives, bus rapid transit was the public transit plan chosen for Kansas City, Mo. based on an eight-month-long study.
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Latin American cities are looking at smaller scale public transport investments as a means to cope with growing traffic congestion while preserving their historic city centers.
Read More →FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff signed the full-funding grant agreement during a ceremony at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. The grant clears the way for the Connecticut DOT to begin construction of the bus rapid transit system and covers about half the total cost of the $567 million project.
Read More →The latest announcement is the next step toward implementing TransLink’s incoming bus-based rapid transit system that will provide fast, frequent, and reliable service through dedicated bus lanes, signal priority at intersections, and weather-protected stations.
Read More →The service is being looked at to help alleviate traffic in D.C. and Virginia.
Read More →The approval follows the adoption of the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) by both the New Orleans City Council and the RTA Board of Commissioners in 2023.
Read More →A councilmember for Montgomery County, Md., visited Brazil and learned about a successful BRT program in the city of Curitiba. He plans to take lessons learned back to Maryland for possible application there.
Read More →Roaring Fork Transportation Authority’s VelociRFTA is the first rural BRT line in the nation.
Read More →Chicago Transit Authority opened the city’s first BRT line and the first of four planned routes, the Jeffery Jump, in November of last year.
Read More →BusPlus service has resulted in 20% ridership gains and prompted CDTA to pursue BRT routes on two of the region’s busiest transit corridors: Washington-Western Avenues and on Routes 4 and 32 along the Hudson River.
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