Restructuring Public Transport through Bus Rapid Transit : : An International and Interdisciplinary Perspective / / ed. by Juan Carlos Munoz, Laurel Paget-Seekins.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is commonly discussed as an affordable way for cities to build sustainable rapid transport infrastructure. This book is the first to offer an in-depth analysis of BRT, examining the opportunities it presents along with the significant challenges cities face in its implementat...
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Notes on the editors and contributors
- Acknowledgements
- The promise of BRT
- Global overview of BRT and bus corridors
- Institutional Relationships
- The path toward integrated systems
- BRT as a tool for negotiated re-regulation
- Institutional design and regulatory frameworks
- Strategic participation for change
- Designing bus concession contracts
- Fare structures
- BRT and the City
- Conflict over public space
- Designing BRT-oriented development
- Preferences for BRT and light rail
- User preferences and route choice
- Passenger information systems
- Operations and Design
- Opportunities provided by automated data collection systems
- Designing a BRT-based network under integrated operations
- Assessing corridor performance
- BRRT: adding an R for reliability
- Managing drivers and vehicles for cost-effective operations in regulated transit systems
- Road safety impacts of BRT and busway features
- Looking forward
- Index
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