Overview

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is commonly discussed as an affordable way for cities to build sustainable rapid transport infrastructure. This book is the first to offer an in-depth analysis of BRT, examining the opportunities it presents along with the significant challenges cities face in its implementation. A wide range of contributors from both developed and developing countries bring expertise in fields ranging from engineering, planning and public policy to economics and urban design to provide a big picture assessment of BRT as part of a process for restructuring transit systems. Academically rigorous, based on five years of research conducted by the BRT Centre of Excellence in Chile, the book is written in an accessible style making it a valuable resource for academic researchers and postgraduate students as well as policy makers and practitioners.

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A very thorough and comprehensive review of the role of bus rapid transit, drawing on a wide range of in-depth research. Set in a broader institutional and policy context, the issues discussed are of wider application to public transport operation as a whole. --Peter White, University of Westminster, UK

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Juan Carlos Munoz has developed parallel careers as a university professor, policy advisor and entrepreneur. He connects academia and practice by addressing problems needing well-conceived and robust answers, and by bringing innovative ideas for transport systems. Laurel Paget-Seekins went from being a community organiser to academic researcher to public agency administrator. She uses this experience to build interdisciplinary and communityacademicgovernment collaboration to restructure public transport and urban space.

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