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Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems are designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional
bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...
system. There are a number of BRT systems in
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, with some of their technical details listed below. :''The tables below are incomplete. Mouse-over column titles to see expansions of the abbreviations, or see the notes below.'' 1 ''Ded.'': Dedicated right-of-way
2 ''Excl. hwy'': Exclusive highway lanes
3 ''Excl. street'': Exclusive on-street lanes
4 ''Excl. part'': Part-time exclusive lanes
5 ''Bypass'': No exclusive lanes but heavy intersection bypass lanes
6 ''Shoulder'': Buses can use bus bypass shoulders in congestion
7 ''HOV'': High-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lanes can be used
8 ''Ltd. stop'': System includes limited stop/express routes (includes conventional bus lines)
9 ''Pre-pay'': Payment is made before boarding


Canada


Guatemala


Mexico


United States


Alabama


California


Colorado


Connecticut


Florida


Georgia

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– MARTA Rapid A Line (expected late 2025)


Illinois


Indiana


Kentucky


Maryland


Massachusetts


Michigan


Minnesota


Missouri


Nebraska


Nevada


New Mexico


New York


North Carolina


Ohio


Oklahoma


Oregon


Pennsylvania


Rhode Island


Texas


Utah


Virginia


Washington


Wisconsin


See also

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List of bus rapid transit systems The term ''bus rapid transit system'' (''BRT system'') has been applied to a wide range of bus, trolleybus, and electric bus systems. In 2012, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) published a BRT Standard to make it ea ...


Notes

1 ''Ded.'': Dedicated busway or tunnel
2 ''Excl. hwy'': Exclusive highway lanes
3 ''Excl. street'': Exclusive on-street lanes
4 ''Excl. part'': Part-time exclusive lanes
5 ''Bypass'': No exclusive lanes but heavy intersection bypass lanes
6 ''Shoulder'': Buses can use
hard shoulder A shoulder (American English), hard shoulder (British English) or breakdown lane (Australian English) is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway. Many wider freeways, or expressways elsewhere have should ...
s in congestion
7 ''HOV'': High-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lanes can be used (common)
8 ''Ltd. stop'': System includes limited stop/express routes (includes conventional bus lines, common)
9 ''Pre-pay'': Payment is made before boarding


External links


Recapturing Global Leadership in Bus Rapid Transit - A Survey of Select U.S. Cities
(available for download in pdf) Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (May 2011) {{Bus Rapid Transit * * fr:Liste des bus à haut niveau de service