American cities are waking up to potential of BRT

Graham James explains how cities across the US have introduced differing forms of bus-based transit systems

American public transport - transit, as it’s known - has been enjoying a renaissance. Congestion and fuel prices have boosted ridership in the last few years, but there is also a growing number of light rail, streetcar and BRT lines.

10 or even five years ago, BRT advocates would point to the classic Latin American systems - Bogota, Curitiba - as models. The few domestic examples - often using freeway high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, or busways in former railroad corridors - provided...

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