Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems are designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system. There are a number of BRT systems in North America, with some of their technical details listed below.
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1Ded.: Dedicated right-of-way 2Excl. hwy: Exclusive highway lanes 3Excl. street: Exclusive on-street lanes 4Excl. part: Part-time exclusive lanes 5Bypass: No exclusive lanes but heavy intersection bypass lanes 6Shoulder: Buses can use bus bypass shoulders in congestion 7HOV: High-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lanes can be used 8Ltd. stop: System includes limited stop/express routes (includes conventional bus lines) 9Pre-pay: Payment is made before boarding
Innermost lanes on freeway – HOV 2+, have rail-like stations and portions of route separate from freeway running elevated, and on-street bus lanes in Downtown Los Angeles used by Harbor Transitway routes.
MTS Rapid lines including Park Boulevard Busway for Mid-City Rapid and two dedicated center-of-freeway bus stations within I-15 at El Cajon Blvd and University Avenue.
Route operates as a complement to local Route 80. Operates effective June 15, 2009 as a weekday-only service, and it will use the HOV lanes along U.S. Highway 101 in Marin County between San Francisco and Santa Rosa.
VelociRFTA Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Opened September 3, 2013 as the first rural bus rapid transit line in the United States. Ticket vending machines are available at certain stations.
Dedicated route between downtown and McCormick Place Convention Center along the side of active railroad for the use of charter buses for conventions. Planned expansion of BRT around the city that will include dedicated rights-of-way, traffic light priority, and limited stops.[citation needed]
Limited stop/express service between South Chicago and the Loop (downtown). First implementation of BRT/"BRT lite" as a prototype for later projects such as Loop Link (below).[3]
Dedicated lanes along Madison and Washington in the Loop (downtown) For multiple routes, including the J14 BRT service. Uses stations with raised platforms and slated to include prepaid boarding in the future. Opened for service on 20 December 2015.[4]
Phase 1 of Red Line: Opened September 1, 2019.[5] Future expansion of BRT includes the Purple Line to connect the city of Lawrence, Indiana to downtown Indianapolis; and the Blue Line to connect the town of Cumberland, Indiana and the east side of Indianapolis, including Irvington, to downtown Indianapolis as well as to the far west side, including Indianapolis International Airport and vicinity. Construction began on the Purple Line on February 25, 2022[6] with groundbreaking on the Blue Line anticipated in 2024.[7]
Silver Line: Off-board fare collection is only present at three underground stations, front-door boarding required at all other stops. Trips from Logan Airport are free.
MetroOrange Line, A Line, and C Line; five more lines are either in advanced planning or construction stages. When inheriting the Red Line from Minnesota Valley Transit Authority only terminal stations had off-board ticket machines, while at smaller stations fares were collected on board with all-door boarding. Metro Transit it working to transition to full off-board fare collection.
U of M Transitway: At-grade crossings on the busway have flashing stop signs, with two priority traffic lights in Saint Paul. Surface streets in Minneapolis are not equipped with signal priority.
Limited stop service with upgraded stops and new stations with real time information at major stops. Part-time exclusive lanes on High Street. Signal priority on Cleveland Avenue during rush hour.
Segments of the FX2–Division route use transit-only lanes, particularly west of 11th Avenue. Along the Portland Transit Mall in downtown Portland, FX buses travel in lanes dedicated to transit buses and light rail vehicles, separated from private vehicle traffic.[9][10] FX2–Division travels the remainder of its route through Division Street in mixed traffic, but it uses transit signal priority to move quickly.
Converted trolley tunnel, built 1912, used solely by four bus lines and one rubber-tired "trolley" line, running under College Hill and the Rhode Island School of Design.
MetroRapid began service in 2014, with 89 stations combined for Routes 801&803, with new stations being added in late 2018. Has dedicated bus lanes through downtown.
8.6 mile Mesa Corridor began operating in Fall of 2014, 14.5 mile Alameda Corridor is under construction and expected to open by Fall 2018, 10.2 Dyer Corridor is under construction and expected to open by December 2018, 16.8 mile Montana Corridor is in the design phase and expected to open by early 2020.
reversible HOV lanes in 6 corridors with direct ramps to park-and-ride lots, transit centers and Downtown streets. Frequent express bus service using dedicated fleet.
Phase I Service began in fall of 2014. Portion of the route uses dedicated lanes in median of U.S. Route 1 Replaced WMATA 9S Route. Phase II opened in April 2016.
15 minute service is offered during most of the day, every weekday. On some of the Go Lines, frequent service consists of a combination of several routes that run on the same corridor.
The network consists of seven routes totaling 76 miles that carried riders on approximately 64,860 trips on an average weekday in 2016, comprising about 17 percent of King County Metro's total daily ridership. Headways are 5–10 minutes during peak hours and 7-15 min during non-peak hours. RapidRide A Line, RapidRide B Line, RapidRide C Line, RapidRide D Line, RapidRide E Line, RapidRide F Line
1Ded.: Dedicated busway or tunnel 2Excl. hwy: Exclusive highway lanes 3Excl. street: Exclusive on-street lanes 4Excl. part: Part-time exclusive lanes 5Bypass: No exclusive lanes but heavy intersection bypass lanes 6Shoulder: Buses can use hard shoulders in congestion 7HOV: High-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lanes can be used (common) 8Ltd. stop: System includes limited stop/express routes (includes conventional bus lines, common) 9Pre-pay: Payment is made before boarding
