Bus Rapid Transit: the art of the possible?

Progress on bus-based rapid transit schemes moves forward in the UK with the recent opening of the Swansea Ftr Metro scheme

Progress on bus-based rapid transit schemes moves forward in the UK with the recent opening of the Swansea Ftr Metro scheme

BRTuk’s recent annual conference in Cardiff was another opportunity to review progress for the mode

For some years now the annual conference of BRTuk, the bus rapid transit interest group, has seen plenty of examples of BRT around the world, but this year’s conference in Cardiff heard of tangible progress being made with the mode in the UK.

With the recent official opening of the Ftr Metro scheme in Swansea and progress being made on the delayed Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, there...