List of bus rapid transit systems

List of bus rapid transit systems

This is a of bus rapid transit systems that are either currently in operation or have begun construction.

List of Bus Rapid Transit Systems

North America

Canada

* Calgary, Alberta [http://www.calgarytransit.com/BRT/brt.html Calgary Transit]
* Gatineau STO Rapibus
* Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia Metro Transit's MetroLink [http://www.halifax.ca/metrotransit]
* Mississauga, Ontario [http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/publictransit Mississauga Transit] ("Pending government funding approval")
* Montreal, Quebec STM BRT [http://www.stm.info/English/bus/GEOMET/A-GEO505.htm R-BUS 505 Pie-IX]
* Ottawa, Ontario OC Transpo Transitway
* Saint John, New Brunswick ComeX [http://www.saintjohntransit.com/index.php?id=4]
* Vancouver, British Columbia 97 B-Line, 98 B-Line and 99 B-Line
* Waterloo Region, Ontario Grand River Transit iXpress
* York Region, Ontario Viva [http://www.vivayork.com]

Mexico

* Guadalajara, Jalisco Macrobus
* León, Guanajuato Optibus [http://correo.leon.gob.mx/admon03_06/transporte/sitioweb]
* Mexico City, Federal District Metrobús [http://www.metrobus.df.gob.mx]

United States

* Albuquerque, New Mexico: Rapid Ride
* Alexandria, Virginia: Richmond Highway Express (REX)
* Austin, Texas: [http://allsystemsgo.capmetro.org/capital-metrorapid.shtml Capital Metrorapid] "(originally planned to open in 2008; now shelved)"
* Baltimore, Maryland: QuickBus
* Boston, Massachusetts: MBTA Silver Line ("currently 2 independent segments with a total of 4 branches"),
* Chicago, Illinois: McCormick Place [http://www.meetinchicago.com/busway.html Busway] " (connecting convention center with downtown for private buses since 2002)"
* Cleveland, Ohio: [http://www.euclidtransit.org Euclid Corridor]
* Denver, Colorado: [http://www.rtd-denver.com/Projects/Fact_Sheets/DTX_Facts.pdf Downtown Express (I-25 HOV)] ,
* Des Moines, Iowa: Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority [http://www.dmmta.com/rapid.asp Rapid Transit Corridor study]
* Eugene, Oregon: Emerald Express (EmX)
* Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford-New Britain Busway "(currently in the planning stages)"
* Houston, Texas: [http://www.ridemetro.org/SchedulesMaps/HOV.aspx HOV Park and Ride System]
* Kansas City, Missouri: Metro Area Express (MAX)
* Las Vegas, Nevada: [http://www.maxride.com Metropolitan Area Express] ("MAX", a Veolia Transportation subsidiary")
* Los Angeles, California: El Monte Busway
* Los Angeles, California: LACMTA Orange Line
* Los Angeles, California: Harbor Freeway Transitway
* Los Angeles, California: Metro Rapid system
* Miami, Florida: [http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/transit/metrobus/busway.htm South Miami-Dade Busway]
* Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: [http://www1.umn.edu/pts/shuttle.htm University of Minnesota transit]
* Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: Metro Transit
* New York, New York: Select Bus Service
* Oakland, California: AC Transit [http://www.actransit.org/riderinfo/sanpablo.wu 72R Rapid Bus]
* Orange County, California: Orange County Transportation Authority [http://www.octa.net/brt.aspx Bus Rapid Transit]
* Orlando, Florida: Lynx [http://www.golynx.com/?id=1155575 Lymmo] ,
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [http://www.septa.org/service/sched/pdfs/bus_81_x/103.pdf SEPTA Route 103]
* Phoenix, Arizona: [http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PUBLICTRANSIT/rapid.html City of Phoenix BRT]
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: [http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/CustomerInfo/BuswaysandT/tabid/111/Default.aspx Port Authority's East Busway, South Busway, and West Busway lines]
* Providence, Rhode Island: East Side Bus Tunnel
* Salt Lake City, Utah: MAX "(opening July 14, 2008)"
* San Diego, California: Super Loop "(under construction-set to open in 2008)",
* San Jose, California: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority [http://www.vta.org/projects/line22brt.html Rapid 522]
* Santa Monica, California: Big Blue Bus [http://www.bigbluebus.com/busroutes/map/index.asp?routeid=33 Rapid 3]
* Seattle, Washington: Metro Bus Tunnel
* Stockton, California: San Joaquin RTD Metro Express
* Tampa, Florida: HART BRT Project (One route revenue service in 2010, another in planning stages awaiting full funding).

outh America

* Barquisimeto, Venezuela : "Transbarca", under construction,
* Bogotá, Colombia : "TransMilenio", extension planned to Soacha to a final extent covering a 388 km system,
* Cali, Colombia : "MIO" (Masivo Integrado de Occidente). Under construction,
* Concepción, Chile : A transit system integrated between electric train "Bio Tren" and "Bio Bus" based on dedicated right of ways for buses,
* Curitiba, Brazil : Rede Integrada de Transporte (RIT),
* Guatemala City, Guatemala : "Transmetro", First line finished,
* Lima, Peru : El Metropolitano : under construction
* Medellín, Colombia : Under construction,
* Mérida, Venezuela : "Trolmérida", opened for public use June 18 2007 as further expansion continues,
* Pereira, Colombia : Megabús
* Quito, Ecuador : Unidad Operadora del Sistema Trolebús. Currently there are plans to convert the system to a Light Rail system,
* Guayaquil, Ecuador : Metrovia
* São Paulo, Brazil : Expresso Tiradentes
* Santiago, Chile : Transantiago undergoing implementation.

Asia

* Pune, India:Pune Bus Rapid Transit BRT on the Swargate Katraj Route, launched December 3, 2006 In Process
* New Delhi, India : Delhi Bus Rapid Transit BRT from Ambedkar nagar to Delhi Gate (IN-PROCESS)
* Indore,India :In Process
* Ahmedabad, India : Ahmedabad BRTS [ [http://ahmedabadbrts.org] ] ] In Process
* Goa,India:Skybus GoaIn Process
* Vijayawada, India : VIJAYAWADA BRTS [ [http://foolscool.blogspot.com/2008/01/brts-for-vijayawada-mooted.html] ] ]
* Visakhapatnam ,India:Skybus GoaVisakhapatnam BRTS Planned and under construction
* Mumbai,India :Planned
* Cebu City, Philippines : Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System (planned) [ [http://www.cebunewsonline.com/tag/cebu-bus-rapid-transit-system/ CebuNewsOnline » cebu bus rapid transit system ] ]
* Jakarta, Indonesia : "TransJakarta",
* Nagoya, Japan : Nagoya Guideway Bus ("Yutreet Line")
* Chiayi, Taiwan : Chiayi BRT running between Chiayi City and THSR Chiayi Station
* Bangkok, Thailand : "BRT"
* Chiang Mai, Thailand : Chiang Mai BRT (Planned)
* Haifa, Israel : Metronit (Planned)
* Tehran, Iran

China

More than 30 projects are being implemented or studied in China in some big cities.
* Beijing : BRT line 1, running on the "Nan Zhongzhouxian" ("South Central Axis Line"), launched at the end of December 2005. The line terminates at Qianmen and Demaozhuang, which is 16 km long with 15 intermediate stops. [ [http://www.gakei.com/bjg/brt/brt.htm Gakei.com - Beijing Bus Rapid Transit] ]
* Chongqing : BRT line 1 on the way
* Dalian : Route "BRT" started operation in 2007
* Guangzhou : BRT line 1 on the way
* Hangzhou: BRT route B1 which started operation on April 22, 2006
* Jinan: BRT line 1 on the way
* Shanghai: A BRT line running between Shanghai West Railway Station and Shanghai West Railway Station is on the way
* Shenzhen : BRT line 1 on the way
* Wuxi : 5 routes planned
* Xian : 1 East/West route planned
* Shenyang: More than 6 routes planned.
* Changzhou: Several routes completed; others in progress.

Middle East

* Tehran, Iran : Azadi Sq. to Tehran Pars Sq. - operationalA 18 km long BRT Project to be developed in two phases is planned for the urban centre.The first phase is an exclusive one way dedicated bus roadway on 2 lane with standard bus. the second phase is articulated bus with median station.

Australasia/Oceania

* Adelaide, Australia : O-Bahn Busway,
* Auckland, New Zealand : Northern Busway,
* Brisbane, Australia : South-East, Inner-Northern, Northern, Eastern and Boggo Road Busways
* Perth, Australia : Causeway ("East Perth-Victoria Park"), Beaufort Street Inglewood,
* Sydney, Australia : Liverpool-Parramatta T-way, North-West T-way and M2 Bus Corridor.

Europe

* Almere, The Netherlands : In service, "MAXX Almere",
* Coventry, UK : Project in study,
* Crawley, UK : Fastway
* Douai, France, [http:www.transportsdudouaisis.fr] ,
* Eindhoven, The Netherlands : [http://www.apts-phileas.com Phileas, a tram on tyres]
* Evry, France : The first one implemented in a southern parisan suburb, [www.bus-tice.com] , "TICE"
* Hamburg, Germany : In service, "HOCHBAHN",
* Helsinki, Finland : [http://www.ytv.fi/ENG/transport/guide/jokeri/etusivu.htm] , "Bussi-Jokeri",
* Nancy, France : [http:/www.reseau-stan.fr] , "STAN",
* Nantes, France : [http://www.tan.fr] , "TAN", "BusWay"
* Nice, France : [http:/www.lignedazur.com] , ""Ligne d'azur",
* Paris, France : "TVM", the first dedicated route operated since the late 80s with artculated buses running on a tangential route across southern Parisan suburbs, 80% of which is segregated from traffic.
* Reims, France : line "H" which will be converted to tramway in 2010
* Rouen, France: [http://www.tcar.fr/presentation/index.asp?rub_code=52&thm_id=317&gpl_id= "TEOR"] ,
* Schiphol, The Netherlands : Zuidtangent
* Istanbul, Turkey : Metrobus between Avcilar and Zincirlikuyu, the first full-service bus rapid transit system of the country. It features a fully separated right-of the way without any single contact point with other traffic, and off-bus fare collection.

Africa

*Lagos, Nigeria : Lagbus In service; first and only BRT operational in Africa.

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