Bus Rapid Transit systems * Colombia - Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
Bogota,Colombia -The New York Times (New York,NY,USA), by Elisabeth Rosenthal -10 July 2009: -- Dozens of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems are being planned or installed in poor cities in developing nations in an effort to ease traffic flow and cut smog, but they also could go a long way toward reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases that are connected to global warning... Bogota, Colombia's TransMilenio BRT system is currently used for an average of 1.6 million daily trips, and the system has enabled the removal of 7,000 small private buses from roads, cutting emissions associated from the use of bus fuel by over 59 percent in the past eight years... The implementation of TransMilenio involved Bogota taking over two to four traffic lanes in the middle of major boulevards, separating them with low walls to build "tracks"... The city constructed numerous metal and glass stations where people can board or exit the buses. The system functions like an above-ground subway while costing a fraction of an actual subway's construction cost. In addition, BRTs can be built much faster than subways. Bogota offers a template for how international programs to fight climate change can help growing cities by underwriting otherwise unaffordable transit systems. Cities where BRTs may be less practical are exploring alternate strategies. In India, for example, researchers are developing a new type of motorized cab that is cheap and runs on alternative fuels... (Photo by Scott Dalton/The New York Times - Bogotá, Colombia, has implemented a bus rapid transit system, which improves traffic flow and reduces smog at a fraction of the cost of building a subway)Labels: bus rapid transit - BRT
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