PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM * WORLDWIDE
* Brasil - Curitiba’s BRT: Inspired Bus Rapid Transit Around the World
Curitiba,SC,Brazil -Street Films (New York,NY,USA), by Elizabeth Press -March 31, 2009: -- Curitiba, Brazil first adopted its Master Plan in 1968. Since then, it has become a city well known for inventive urban planning and affordable (to the user and the city) public transportation... Curitiba's Bus Rapid Transit system is the source of inspiration for many other cities including the TransMilenio in Bogotá, Colombia; Metrovia in Guayaquil, Ecuador; as well as the Orange Line of Los Angeles (USA)... This video illustrates how Curitiba's public transportation system operates and the urban planning and land use principles on which it is based, including an interview with the former Mayor and architect Jaime Lerner. Current city employees also discuss the improvements that are being made to the system to keep it up to date and functioning at the capacity of a typical subway system. Curitiba is currently experimenting with adding bypassing lanes on the dedicated BRT routes and smart traffic lights to prioritize buses. They are even constructing a new line which will have a linear park and 18km of bike lane that parallels the bus transit route...
* USA - Metro's first rapid bus line starts rolling this month
Nashville,TENN,USA -THE TENNESSEAN, by Michael Cass -April 4, 2009: -- Bus rapid transit, one of Mayor Karl Dean's campaign promises, will start in a scaled-down way along Gallatin Road this month, the Metro Transit Authority's chief executive said Friday... The rapid transit line will get more sophisticated — and more rapid — this summer with the installation of signal extenders that allow bus drivers to alter the timing of green lights so they won't have to stop... Starting in mid-April, MTA will use 60-foot hybrid-electric buses on the Gallatin Road route, which is the city's most popular with up to 100,000 passengers a month. Later this year, it will use federal economic stimulus money to upgrade passenger shelters with real-time digital readouts telling riders when the next bus will arrive... Dean said the impact could go beyond getting East Nashville and Madison residents to and from work more quickly... (Photo FILE / THE TENNESSEAN - Buses that travel Gallatin Road will be featured in the city's first rapid transit line. Gallatin Road is MTA's most popular route)* UK - Public transport 'meets targets'
Belfast,North Ireland,UK -BBC News -7 April 2009: -- Buses and trains in NI are meeting punctuality targets, an independent survey of Translink services has found... Ninety-eight percent of Metro buses in Belfast and trains across NI and 97% of Ulsterbus journeys were on time... The Consumer Council welcomed the survey but added that "more needs to be done to improve passenger experience"... Consumer Council transport spokesman Aodhan O'Donnell said other important factors were "station facilities, comfort, cleanliness, provision of information and staff"... (Picture: Enterprise train)* Australia - Calls for Federal intervention in passenger transport
Canberra,Australia -ABC -8 April 2009: -- The Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) Chairman, Scott Grenda, has called for the Commonwealth to get more involved in public transport to deliver better outcomes for the Australian economy, environment and community... In an address to the Confederation’s annual dinner in Canberra on March 18, the head of the Grenda Group appealed for leadership from the highest levels, and a change in mindset, to recognise public transport is part of the solution, and not the problem, and not a cost, but a saving... Grenda says the Brisbane City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is an example of "world-class public transport", and what can be achieved by governments... Under the final recommendation, Grenda says public transport patronage would be monitored by the states, which would apply for compensation from the Federal Government based on the need to increase service levels, to match increased demand. The compensation would be paid on a per extra passenger basis to assist states in increasing and improving services...
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