Meeting with WMATA: Sharing experiences
In the context of the General Assembly held on January 12th 2017 in Washington DC, a team of researchers of the BRT Center from Santiago, Chile, led by the Professor Juan Carlos Muñoz, met with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). This meeting was scheduled with the objective of sharing international experiences and discussing […]
Event Wrap Up: General Assembly at TRB17
Our General Assembly this year was held on Wednesday January 12th, at the EMBARQ office at Washington DC. As in previous years, the General Assembly was proved to be a great success. We had a record audience, with almost 60 participants. Many of them were external to the Centre, providing important feedback to the […]
Our book was launched at Forum "Operational Challenges for New Alameda-Providencia, Santiago"
Original Post by Ingeniería UC Last Friday took place the Forum: «Operational challenges of buses for New Alameda-Providencia», the main street in Santiago of Chile. It was organized by the Centre of Excellence BRT and the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS). The appointment was at the Extension Center of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, […]
NZ’S FIRST URBAN BUSWAY
Route plan for New Zealand’s first urban busway submitted, with a view to opening in 2021 A route and design plan for New Zealand’s first urban busway has been submitted to Auckland Council, Auckland Transport (AT) announced this week. The designated route for the busway is between Panmure to Pakuranga in Auckland’s eastern suburbs and […]
Postdoctoral Research Position in Sustainable Urban Mobility
The Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics (DTEL) at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, host of the BRT Centre of Excellence (www.brt.cl) and key member of the Centre for Sustainable Urban Development – CEDEUS (www.cedeus.cl), is currently looking for a post doctorate or experienced researcher to join our research group starting around […]
The Myth That Everyone Naturally Prefers Trains to Buses
When you focus on what really matters—service—much of the difference actually disappears. Source: CITYLAB – By: Eric Jaffe (Febraury 23rd, 2015) Take a look at the image above. This rendering represents modern bus rapid transit service. The BRT vehicle travels in its own separate lane, free from the constraints of traffic congestion or traffic lights. […]
Yichang, China Wins 2016 Sustainable Transport Award
Source: ITDP (January 13th, 2016) New BRT system, public spaces, parking reform, cycling and pedestrian improvements win Yichang the award. Moscow, Russia and Rosario, Argentina receive honorable mention. Yichang, a mid-sized Chinese city located along the Yangtze River, the site of the Three Gorges Dam, is looking to the future with a focus on cycling, […]
Answering BRT’s Biggest Questions: Interview to BRTCoE's book editors
Source: The City Fix – part I (January 27, 2016 ) & part II (January 28, 2016 ) – By: Ryan Winstead and Alex Rogala On January 11, 2016 the BRT Center of Excellence launched a new book called “Restructuring Public Transport through Bus Rapid Transit.” The new resource provides researchers, students and decision makers an […]
Event Wrap Up: General Assembly at TRB16
Our General Assembly this year was held on Tuesday January 12th, at the EMBARQ office at Washington DC. Assistants had the chance to observe and give feedback to the progress reached by the projects in the Centre. This years’ participants were: Aimee Gauthier – ITDP Amit Bhatt – WRI India Anders Brännström – VREF Anqi Zhao – WRI Carlos Bueno […]
Our book has been launched!
More than one hundred attendees from five different continents joined the BRT Center of Excellence as we launched our book last Monday January 11th, in the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) held at Washington D.C.. After 5 years of hard work, the book “Restructuring Public Transport through Bus Rapid Transit” is […]
Rainbow BRT Opens New Section, Wins National Acclaim
Source: ITDP (December 4th, 2015) Just months into operations, the Rainbow BRT in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, India is moving a whopping 67,000 commuters per day and receiving widespread attention. The high ridership is proof of the comfort of the system, and surveys show that passengers find taking the bus very convenient. On November 28, 2015, […]
The Loop Link Bus Rapid Transit System Launches This Sunday
Source: Streets Blog Chicago – by John Greenfield (December 14th, 2015) The long-awaited Loop Link bus rapid transit corridor, featuring dedicated bus lanes, limited stops, island stations, and other timesaving features, will begin operations this Sunday, December 20. Whether the new system is deemed to be a success or a failure by Chicagoans will be […]
Launch of our book at TRB
Our book «Restructuring Public Transport through Bus Rapid Transit» will be launch at the 95th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The book provides an in-depth analysis of BRT, examining the opportunities it presents along with the significant challenges cities face in its implementation. A wide range of contributors from both developed and developing countries bring expertise […]
Chris Zegras spoke at the Chilean Chamber of Construction
In the IV International Urban Regeneration Conference: Towards an smart, sustainable and social inclusive urban development, member of our BRT Centre of Excellence, Prof. Chris Zegras of MIT was invited to give a talk and participate in a debate on «Mobility and Urban Regeneration.» The highlight of the event was a keynote speech by former London […]
Opinion Pieces: Starting the road pricing reform process – it is all about the hip pocket and State Treasury revenues
Opinion Pieces: since 2007, Prof. David Hensher has written an opinion column in the Australasian Bus and Coach magazine, where he monthly discusses a lot of different transport-related hot topics. In this section we are revisiting these columns. December 2012 The call for a congestion charge is getting louder and more frequent in many countries […]
BRT Hits 400 Corridors and Systems Worldwide
Source: The City Fix, by: Ryan Winstead (August 31, 2015) Last week, bus rapid transit (BRT) reached a global milestone, as the number of mapped BRT corridors and systems in BRTData.org’s database broke 400. As an online resource, BRTData compiles and tracks the development and progress of BRT projects globally. Additionally, the tool allows users to […]
New ‘Gold-Standard’ BRT in Yichang, China Leads The Way For Mid-Sized Chinese Cities
Source: ITDP (July 15th, 2015) Today, the city of Yichang, in China’s central Hubei province and the site of the Three Gorges Dam, opened a major transportation and urban development project largely funded by an Asian Development Bank loan. The Yichang bus rapid transit corridor, initially on Dongshan Avenue in the city center, will serve half […]
New Tools for a New Era of “Open” Transportation Planning
Source: One Step Blog – By: Chris Zegras (Octuber 6th, 2015) A major U.S. “big box” store has been running a radio ad lately in which the idea of Boston as a “city of firsts” figures prominently: the nation’s first city police department, the nation’s first subway (i.e., the “T”), etc. Considering transportation more generally, […]
Cycle of Technical Talks at the Chilean Senate: BRTCoE director participates in debate on the future of metropolitan transport
With the presence of Senator Manuel José Ossandón, member of the transport committee of the Senate; Deputy Leopoldo Perez; the Transport Regional Ministerial Secretariat for the Metropolitan Region, Matías Salazar; among others, the speech by our BRTCoE Director, Juan Carlos Muñoz, was held in the former National Congress of Chile. The meeting was attended by […]
8 million people. No subway. Can this city thrive without one?
This story by PRI.org extensively quotes our BRTCoE member Dario Hidalgo, who presents facts of BRT in Bogotá, Colombia. Source: PRI – Public Radio International by Jason Margolis (October 21, 2015) Every large city has traffic headaches. And at some point the debate begins: to build or not to build a subway. In Bogotá, they’ve been […]
Opinion Pieces: Infrastructure NSW may have finally got it right
Opinion Pieces: since 2007, Prof. David Hensher has written an opinion column in the Australasian Bus and Coach magazine, where he monthly discusses a lot of different transport-related hot topics. In this section we are revisiting these columns. November 2012 We are used to a continuing stream of government reports on transport futures, visions, plans […]
Using Legos as a Legitimate Urban Planning Tool
MIT wants to make transportation planning more transparent—and a bit more fun. Source: CITYLAB by Linda Poon (October 16th, 2015) MIT researchers unveiled something earlier this month that will please toddlers and serious urban planners alike. It’s a model of Dudley Square—a neighborhood in the greater Boston area—about the size of a kitchen table. The roads, […]
Juan Carlos Muñoz, Director of our BRT Centre of Excellence, joins BRT Standard Technical Committee
The BRT Standard is an evaluation tool for world-class bus rapid transit (BRT) based on international best practices. It is also the centerpiece of a global effort by leaders in bus rapid transit design to establish a common definition of BRT and ensure that BRT systems more uniformly deliver world-class passenger experiences, significant economic benefits, and […]
BRTCoE Book will be released at TRB Annual Meeting
The book «Restructuring public transport throught Bus Rapid Transit – An International and interdisciplinary perspective» was launched on Thredbo 14 and will be released on January 11th, 2016 during the TRB Annual Meeting. Edited by Juan Carlos Muñoz, our director, and Laurel Paget-Seekins, member of our Centre of Excellence, the book is divided in three […]
BRT: Successful seminars on Bus Rapid Transit organized by the K2 – Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport in association with the VREF, on September 30 and October 1
Source: Volvo Research and Education Foundations (VREF) – Octuber 8th, 2015 An International Competence Day on Bus Rapid Transit followed by a Research Seminar on the same subject organized by the K2 – Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport, on September 30 and October 1 in association with VREF encoutered success due to the growing […]
Mexico City’s Metrobús celebrates 10 years of service
The city’s BRT network has expanded sustainable mobility options to millions Source: EMBARQ at WRI ROSS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES (June 23rd, 2015) Line 4 of Metrobus in Mexico City. Photo by EMBARQ Mexico. Location: Mexico City/Mexico DF. On Friday, June 19, Metrobús—Mexico City’s bus rapid transit (BRT) system—celebrated its tenth anniversary. Since opening in […]
How science can stop buses from bunching
Research by our BRTCoE member Ricardo Giesen, from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, is mention in this article about how to avoid bus bunching. Source: Graham Southorn on HERE 360 (October 1st, 2015) Buses not arriving on time and then arriving all at once is a headache for passengers and for transit companies. You might not believe it, […]
Greater Boston could benefit from more bus rapid transit, report says
Source: The Boston Globe – by Nicole Dungca GLOBE STAFF (June 20, 2015) Imagine a bus that sails past cars stalled in gridlock during rush hour. A group of mass transit specialists and community activists convened by the Barr Foundation want that to be a reality for Greater Boston. According to a recent study from the […]
Papers from our BRTCoE among the outstanding papers of Thredbo 14
As tradition, on the final plenary of the 14th edition of the International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo 14) were presented the best papers among all the workshops of the Conference. Among the four selected articles, , there were two research projects of Juan Carlos Muñoz – Director of […]
Opinion Pieces: Crowding on Train Networks in Metropolitan Areas have become more important than travel time and fares
Opinion Pieces: since 2007, Prof. David Hensher has written an opinion column in the Australasian Bus and Coach magazine, where he monthly discusses a lot of different transport-related hot topics. In this section we are revisiting these columns. Octuber 2012 Crowding in public transport is becoming a growing concern as demand grows at a rate […]
