The Development of Bus Rapid Transit in Latin America: A review
- Autores: João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis, Gabriel Santos Rodrigues, Elton Gil Rosa Muachambi, Izolina Margarida de Souza, Mayra Nieves, Marcos Roberto Buri, Salvatore Biasco, Jonatas Ferreira da Silva Santos
- Localización: Second International Future Challenges in Sustainable UrbanPlanning & Territorial Management: Proceedings of the SUPTM 2024 conference / Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla (dir. congr.), José Luis Miralles García (dir. congr.), 2024, ISBN 978-84-17853-82-2, págs. 41-44
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Urban mobility is a challenge worldwide due to the increasing of people living in cities.In developing countries, this challenge raises due to the absence of enough capital to invest in railroad systems such as metros, trains, and light rail services. In this sense, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)was developed in Latin America as an alternative to low-cost great capacity transportation to those systems. The objective of this paper is to explore system development in the region and to identifyif the main current BRTs really bring advantages to the cities in terms of urban mobility. To perform the article, we conducted a literature review and compared five main BRT systems in the regionconsidering the passenger volume, and extension in km using data from Global BRT data. The results suggest that BRT systems have been producing efficient urban mobility in cities such as Rio deJaneiro, Sao Paulo, Bogota, and Mexico City.
