Observatory: current state and next
steps of www.BRTdata.org
Dario Hidalgo, PhD
Director Research and Practice, EMBARQ
Bus Rapid Transit Across Latitudes and Cultures
Centre of Excellence
Marco Priego
Jorge Macías
Hilda Gutierrez
Daniela Fachinni
Cristina Albuquerque
Guillermo Petzhold Magdala Arioli
Mariana Gil
Umang Jain
Aileen Carrigan Heshuang Zeng
Erin Cooper
Dogan Salva Haitao Zhang
www.brtdata.org
BRT and busway systems in the world # of cities and length (km) per country
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
147 cities = 259 corridors = 3,781 km
640 km
2 km
320 km
80 km
1
11 6
6
31
3
1
6
1
13
1
4 1
13
2
2 2
1
5
1
1
2
1
1
1 14
1 1
5 1
1 1
1
3
1
1
3
2
5 1
1
1
1
BRT and busway systems in the world # of cities and daily demand per country (M pax/day)
147 cities = 24,853,863 pax/day
6
6
31
1
6 1
13 1
4 1
2
2 1
5
1
1
2
1
1 14
1
10.5 M
pax/day
1
1
1
11
13 1
3
1
2.5 M
1.5 M
0.5 M
0.05 M
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
BRT and busway systems in the world daily demand per region (M pax/day)
Latin America and
the Caribbean
50 cities
146 corridors
16.06 M pax/day
Europe
42 cities
51 corridors
0.94 M pax/day
Asia
25 cities
25 corridors
6.44 M pax/day
USA and Canada
20 cities
27 corridors
0.85 M pax/day
Africa
3 cities
3 corridors
0.24 M pax/day
Oceania
7 cities
7 corridors
0.32 M pax/day
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
BRT and busway systems in the world evolution of the # of cities and km per decade
Total length
Before 1990 (14 cities)
1990´s (19 cities)
Since 2000 (114 cities)
493 km
905 km
3781 km
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
Evolution of the number of cities per year
BRT and busway systems in the world
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
0
5
10
15
20
25
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Cu
mu
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Nu
mb
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of C
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Ne
w C
itie
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2010: Guangzhou, Hefei, Yancheng, Zaozhuang – China;
Jaipur - India; Bangkok - Thailand; East London Transit –
UK; Barranquilla, Bucaramanga – Colombia;
Ecatepec- Mexico; Lima - Peru; Brampton – Canada; …
2000: Bogotá
(TransMilenio),
Colombia
1974: Curitiba
source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
Evolution of total length of systems
BRT and busway systems in the world
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
0
500
1000
1500
2000
Cu
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km
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km
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source: BRTdata.org, November, 2012
BRT and busway systems in the world
source: EMBARQ, 2011
Planned / in
construction
(84 cities)
In expansion
(21 cities)
In operation
(147 cities)
Next Steps: www.brtdata.org
Iron wrinkles and fix glitches in the website
Continue update of the global database
(basic information for all BRT and Bus
Corridors)
Select a sample of BRT/Bus Corridors and
go deeper
Select indicators
Contact agencies
Observatory
Upcoming Publications Case studies
(WCTR/THREDBO)
Metrobus Line 4 Mexico City – Dario Hidalgo and Marco
Priego
Tranantiago 5 years after its launch– Juan Carlos Muñoz,
Marco Bartace, Dario Hidalgo
Integrated Systems in Cali and Bogotá, Colombia – Darío
Hidalgo, Luis Gutierrez, Andre Jacobsen
Succesufl BRT Workshop TRB 2013
Updates form China, India, Brasil, Mexico and Europe;
comments from Juan Carlos Muñoz and Luis Gutierrez
(SIBRT)
120 attendees (standing room in Sunday Morning!)
¡Muchas Gracias!
Volvo Research and Educational
Foundations
Further Reading (2012 ALC-BRT publications)
Hidalgo, D., Gutierrez, L. (2012), BRT and BHLS around the world: Explosive growth, large positive impacts and
many issues outstanding, Research In Transportation Economics, Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2013, Pages 8-13
Hidalgo, D., Huizenga, C. (2012), Implementation of sustainable urban transport in Latin America, Research In
Transportation Economics (In Press, Corrected Proof).
Hidalgo, D., Muñoz, J.C. (2012), A review of technological improvements in BRT and BHLS
12th Conference On Advanced Systems For Public Transport. Santiago, Chile, 23-27 July, 2012.
Hidalgo, D., Pereira, L. Estupiñán, N. and Jiménez, P. L. (2012), TransMilenio BRT system in Bogota, high performance
and positive impact – Main results of an ex-post evaluation, Research In Transportation Economics, , Volume 39, Issue
1, March 2013, Pages 133-138
Jiang, Y., Zegras, C. and Mehndiratta, S. (2012), Walk the line: station context, corridor type and bus rapid transit
walk access in Jinan, China, Journal Of Transport Geography 20, 1 - 14.
Kash, G., Hidalgo, H. (2012), The promise and challenges of integrating public transportation in Bogotá, Colombia,
12th Conference On Advanced Systems For Public Transport. Santiago, Chile, 23-27 July, 2012.
Kash, G., Hidalgo, D. (2012), User perception of Bogotá’s integrated public transport system: trends and
implications for program implementation, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, USA, 22-26
January, 2012.
Martinez, L.M., Dai, D., Viegas, J.M. (2012), Evaluation of the traffic control system of open Bus Rapid Transit
corridors: An application to the city of Guangzhou, 12th Conference On Advanced Systems For Public Transport.
Santiago, Chile, 23-27 July, 2012.
Navarrete, F. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2012), Subjective valuation of the transit transfer experience: the case of
Santiago de Chile, Transportation Research A (Accepted)