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.sibrtonline.org www.brt.cl

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

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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

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3500

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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)