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Report on road safety audit of pilot BRTS corridor at Pune

This new study by IIT, Bombay examines the existing road‘s safety performance and suggest various suitable traffic control and management measures to enhance safety and mobility of proposed 15.5 km BRTS corridor in Pune.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Tags:
Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Pune, Maharashtra, Urban Transport, Road Transport, Pedestrians, Vehicles, Traffic Accidents
Transport

ADB ready to assist BRT project

The Asian Development Bank has agreed to assist Pakistan to develop a sustainable urban transport service in Karachi through the delivery of a bus rapid transit corridor focusing on accessibility a

Publication Date: 
13/12/2013
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Public Transport, South Asia, Land Use, Sindh
Transport

Cyclists at peril on BRTS route

Road 'minorities'- bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled-are, sadly, a neglected lot on the city's BRTS stretch today.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2013
Paul John
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Ahmedabad (T), Cycles, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Pedestrians, Land Encroachments, Transport
Transport

PMPML to get 660 buses by January

Pune: Daily commuters can expect some improvement in city’s public transport system as 660 buses, hired by PMPML, would start plying on the road by the end of January next year.

Publication Date: 
11/12/2013
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Pune (T), Public Transport, Buses, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Municipal Corporation, Transport
Transport

Tradeoffs between costs and greenhouse gas emissions in the design of urban transit systems

Recent investments in the transit sector to address greenhouse gas emissions have concentrated on purchasing efficient replacement vehicles and inducing mode shift from the private automobile. There has been little focus on the potential of network and operational improvements, such as changes in headways, route spacing, and stop spacing, to reduce transit emissions. Most models of transit system design consider user and agency cost while ignoring emissions and the potential environmental benefit of operational improvements.

Publication Date: 
05/12/2013
Julia B Griswold, Samer Madanat, Arpad Horvath
Environmental Research Letters
8
1-14
Tags:
Green House Gases, Urban Transport, Mobility Planning, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Metro, United States Of America (US), Public Transport, Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change
Transport

City may get bus rapid transit system project

NAGPUR: Along with ambitious metro rail project, the city may also hope for bus rapid transit system (BRTS), another project aimed at getting a better city bus service.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2013
Anjaya Anparthi
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nagpur (T), Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Municipal Corporation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Public Transport, Delhi, Mumbai, Transport
Transport

Saving lives with sustainable transport: traffic safety impacts of sustainable transport policies

Traffic safety improvements are an often-overlooked benefit of sustainable transport projects and policies.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2013
Nicolae Duduta, Claudia Adriazola-Steil, Dario Hidalgo
EMBARQ
Tags:
Urban Transport, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Developing Countries, India, Walking, Pedestrians, Non Motorised Vehicles
Transport

Social, environmental and economic impacts of BRT systems

Commuters can save millions of hours of travel time by shifting to bus rapid transit (BRT) systems finds this new analysis of four iconic cities - Bogotá, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Istanbul by EMBARQ.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2013
Aileen Carrigan, Robin King, Juan Miguel Velasquez, & et al
EMBARQ
Tags:
Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Urban Transport, India, Global, Public Transport, Environment
Air Pollution

Green advantage with CNG, Metro lost over the years

After a court order in 2004, Delhi government managed a huge swing away from polluting fuels to the much less polluting compressed natural gas (CNG), at least in vehicular public transport.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2013
Subodh Varma
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Oil Pollution, CNG Buses, Vehicular Pollution, Public Transport, RSPM (PM 10), Industrial Pollution, Battery Vehicles, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Inorganic Pollutants, Water Pollution, Yamuna, River Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Air Pollution
Transport

Dikshit now willing to scrap BRT pilot

New Delhi: With both BJP and AAP making chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s pet project, the Bus Rapid Transit Corridor, a poll issue, the CM has let it be known that even the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand

Publication Date: 
28/11/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Public Transport, Buses, Transport

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