| Description |
1 online resource (xx999, 391 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is commonly discussed as an affordable way for cities to build sustainable rapid transport infrastructure. This book examines the opportunities presented by Bus Rapid Transport along with the significant challenges cities face in the implementation of successful systems. |
| Contents |
The promise of BRT / Laurel Paget-Seekins and Juan Carlos Munoz -- Global overview of BRT and bus corridors / Luis Antonio Lindau, Cristina Albuquerque Moreira da Silva, Guillermo Petzhold and Daniela Facchini -- Section 1. Institutional Relationships. The path toward integrated systems / Dario Hidalgo, Juan Carlos Munoz and Juan Miguel Velásquez -- BRT as a tool for negotiated re-regulation / Onesimo Flores Dewey -- Institutional design and regulatory frameworks / Rosário Macário, Maria Spandou and Luis Neves Filipe -- Strategic participation for change / Lake Sagaris -- Designing bus concession contracts / Patricia Galilea and Marco Batarce -- Fare structures / Marco Batarce and Corinne Mulley -- Section 2. BRT and the city. Conflict over public space / Laurel Paget-Seekins -- Designing BRT-oriented development / Chris Zegras, Anson Stewart, Rosanna Forray, Rocío Hidalgo, Cristhian Figueroa, Fábio Duarte and Jan Wampler -- Preferences for BRT and light rail / David Hensher, Corinne Mulley and John Rose -- User preferences and route choice / Sebastián Raveau, Juan Carlos Munoz and Juan de Dios Ortúzar -- Passenger information systems / Carola Zurob, José Manuel Allard, Rosário Macário, Bernardo Garcia and Camila Garcia -- Section 3. Operations and design. Opportunities provided by automated data collection systems / Nigel Wilson -- Designing a BRT-based network under integrated operations / Homero Larrain, Omar Ibarra, Juan Carlos Munoz and Corinne Mulley -- Assessing corridor performance / Juan Carlos Herrera, Juan Carlos Munoz, David Hensher, Corinne Mulley, Zheng Li and Luis Antonio Lindau -- BRRT : adding an R for reliability / Felipe Delgado, Juan Carlos Munoz and Ricardo Giesen -- Managing drivers and vehicles for cost-effective operations in regulated transit systems / Omar Ibarra, Ricardo Giesen and Juan Carlos Munoz -- Road safety impacts of BRT and busway features / Nicolae Duduta and Luis Antonio Lindau -- Looking forward / Juan Carlos Munoz and Laurel Paget-Seekins. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bus rapid transit.
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Bus rapid transit. |
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Transportation.
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Transportation. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation. |
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TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Muñoz, Juan Carlos (Muñoz Abogabir), editor.
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Paget-Seekins, Laurel, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Restructuring public transport through bus rapid transit. Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2016 9781447326168 (OCoLC)945569569 |
| ISBN |
9781447326182 (electronic book) |
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1447326180 (electronic book) |
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9781447326236 |
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1447326237 |
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9781447326168 |
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1447326164 |
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