BRT : Bus Rapid Transit

@sanuanu (11235)
India
June 4, 2010 6:00pm CST
Hi there, I am putting a point on transportation. Now, in my city, there is a new topology has been created on road which reserves a portion of road to only for buses. In starting this looked very attractive that buses will get free road but when it was implemented, then people here are started facing problems. Why? Because, people here in my city (who owns vehicle) hardly travel by buses. So, what happens is that there are 20-30 times more vehicles(four and two wheelers) are on the road. Usually, we have 3 lane roads both ways of the road. If we will reserve one lane for buses then we will get only 2 lanes. It means that more crowd on those two lanes. Everyone is now questioning this move(which was accepted by everyone in starting). Now, the Government is thinking of changing the plan to earlier. So, anyone here living in BRT kind of roads?
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Daddy Neil
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
7 Jun 10
even with BRT i don't think the traffic situation in our place will get better. and even with Light Rail Transit combined with BRT, the place we have here still have a lot of vehicles that causes long hours of traveling.
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Daddy Neil
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
9 Jun 10
i am from the philippines. i lived in manila before but now i am in the south, cebu.
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sanuanu
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
8 Jun 10
Hmm, which city you living in?
TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Jun 10
We didn't have that, but we did have diamond lanes. There was a huge protest the first time around when the city of Los Angeles wanted to put in diamond lanes (car pool lanes - 2 rider minimum), because that just made all the other lanes so much more crowded. Eventually they went in though. Here in Sacramento they make more sense. They are high occupancy during rush hour and anyone can use them when it's not rush hour.
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Jun 10
a separate lane for cars that have 2 or more people in them. Though there are separate bus lanes in some cities.
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sanuanu
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
7 Jun 10
So, what you are saying that you have a seperate lane for cars, not for buses, isn't it?
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youless
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
7 Jun 10
Haha, the BRT is available in my city this year. However, it seems that it has more blames than praise. The design is not very suitable and it is not the best for the passengers. And the road is not wide enough, so it just makes the traffic much more terrible. There are more rains this year, and therefore, some nearby places are flooded. Some people are blamed to the BRT project. I love China
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sanuanu
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
8 Jun 10
If the Govrnment is not going to change the roads then people will be start using the Buses instead of their own vehicle more than often, isn't it?
rosdimy
@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
5 Jun 10
I think we should look at the long term result before reverting to the old ways. Kala Lumpur has a similar system for more than 10 years. Initially there were some resistance and problems including other vehicles encroaching the bus lanes. Things have improved. Though it is not easy to find perfection the systen has improved travelling times by bus.
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sanuanu
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
8 Jun 10
You are right. Even I felt it good when I used the bus. I needed to reach somewhere urgently and luckily the bus route from via BRT and I felt really good that I reached there on time just because there was no other vehicle on that route.
redhotpogo
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
5 Jun 10
I like the bus idea, its better to have the buses to keep the cars off the road, and make less traffic, but they shouldn't have made it where it would cause more problems than it fixed. If you're going to have a buses you need a bus route, and a separate road for them to travel on. People that live in an area with buses really don't know how lucky they have it. The rest of us without buses or trains have to take our own vehicles, and insurance and gas is not cheap, and its not getting cheaper.
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sanuanu
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
8 Jun 10
Hmm, you have got a good point but I think it has nothing to do with BRT route because even if the BRT is not present then also the buses will follow the same route, isn't it?
redhotpogo
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
9 Jun 10
BRT? sorry I'm confused. I just woke up. If there's buses, then they should have at least their own separate lane or route, so that they don't interfere with other traffic on the road. Buses and trucks slow traffic down.
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srganesh
@srganesh (6340)
• India
5 Jun 10
Think in this angle.If buses can pass on quickly,in due time people will realize that it is the quickest way of transportation and leave their own vehicles and start traveling by buses.Then the usage of petrol and diesel will be minimized and the while economy will improve.
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sanuanu
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
7 Jun 10
Yes but people must change their thought. See, it is not even 2 years and government is trying to revert to the old rule!
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srganesh
@srganesh (6340)
• India
8 Jun 10
In my opinion,the government should be stubborn in imposing the new system despite how the common public feel about.They should have planned it considering so many aspects and so it can't be a failure idea.Bringing awareness through media and regularizing strictly for a few weeks will bring the desired effect.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Jun 10
I don't understand what the problem is but we have a bus lane in our community and it works fine. I haven't heard of any probably. It is just that the bus has first priority in this lane and there are two other lanes. I guess I don't understand what the problem would be.
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