Comments on: Istanbul Gets Bus Rapid Transit

By: Noticias « Pensamiento, Desarrollo y Sociedad

Noticias « Pensamiento, Desarrollo y Sociedad — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:29:19 +0000

[...] ejemplos son ciudades como Estambul, Los Angeles Pekín, donde el BRT fue implantado en 2005 a raíz de las Olimpiadas o Johannesburgo, [...]

By: bunmi

bunmi — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:28:24 +0000

I am looking for ticketing issues around BRT , anyone with any resources on managing ticketing , collecting fare, electronic and Telephone ticketing resources will be appreciated

By: Curitiba: una ciudad rediseñada para el autobús « Corporación Lima Norte

Curitiba: una ciudad rediseñada para el autobús « Corporación Lima Norte — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:51:01 +0000

[...] Otros ejemplos son ciudades como Estambul, Los Angeles Pekín, donde el BRT fue implantado en 2005 a raíz de las Olimpiadas o Johannesburgo, que está en obras para que el BRT este funcionando para la Copa del Mundo de Fútbol de 2010. [...]

By: drTanajura » Blog Archive » Trânsito nas grandes cidades? Tem solução?

drTanajura » Blog Archive » Trânsito nas grandes cidades? Tem solução? — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:27:28 +0000

[...] Em Istanbul: http://thecityfix.com/istanbul-gets-bus-rapid-transit/ [...]

By: Adriana

Adriana — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:26:11 +0000

There is another clip of a high quality BRT station here:

I was recently in Bogota and rode this, and I have to say that I was pretty impressed by how slick and attractive it is.

By: Ethan Arpi

Ethan Arpi — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:25:27 +0000

You make a good point about how narrow streets are an impediment for developing mass transit systems like BRT which take up significant space on the road. India has a very similar issue which it will have to work out in the future especially since it has made bus rapid transit a priority. However, this isn’t just a problem for mass transit; its also a problem for cars. Right now people in Istanbul have no place to park on the roads and actually put their cars on the sidewalks where the block pedestrians from using the streets. At some point, I suspect, car drivers will become fed up and demand that streets be widened. That’s what happened in the United States where entire neighborhoods were torn up so that 6-8 lane highways could go ripping through the city. It seems like London – another city with narrow streets – is getting close to a solution by using congestion charging. Granted it already has an underground subway. But its also come up with some really innovative ways for moving people around narrow streets, namely the double-decker bus.

But alas you are correct that many people, especially car owners, will not be happy when you charge them to use the roads.

By: Ari Tamat

Ari Tamat — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:11:00 +0000

It will be interesting to see how successful the project is in Istanbul, which is a dense city with narrow streets. The same scheme is being implemented in Jakarta, Indonesia – the largest city in Southeast Asia. Construction of public transportation systems had been neglected for decades, resulting in endless traffic jams. However, praise for the “busway” project is far from universal. The capital’s burgeoning middle class sees it as an invasion of their private cars’ right-of-way (on some roads, the busway takes up two of the existing four lanes of traffic). This led to demonstrations and even sabotage during the construction.
In an expansive city such as Mexico City or Caracas it may be easier to secure the necessary land and car lanes.