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Reno planning to convert new "BRT" line to streetcar system Brisbane: How a "flexible" busway can grind to a halt Bogotá's TransMilenio "BRT": Mythology About Traffic Impacts, Carbon Credits, and Costs NYC: New transport chief pushes more livable city, but anti-rail "BRT" campaign could be "booby trap" Brisbane Reality Check: The high cost of "cheap" busways Detroit: As "BRT" plan fizzles, light rail moves to center stage Cleveland: Euclid Corridor "BRT" – "just like light rail" ... or maybe not? Houston Metro dumps "BRT", reinstates light rail transit plan in 5 corridors Eindhoven: Big problems for "Phileas FROG" guided "BRT" USA's Rail Transit Development Under Attack as "BRT" Promoters Rev Up Misinformation Campaign Top "Bus Rapid Transit" Lobbyist Lobs Barrage of Baloney Against Rail "Free" buses vs. "expensive" rail? Padua (Padova, italy): "Guided-bus" ("BRT") plagued by derailments LA's "Orange Line" Busway – "Just Like Rail, But Cheaper?" A Photo-Report Reality Check Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 1 – Overview Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 2 – infrastructure issues Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 3 – Operational issues Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 4 – Buses and interior Space Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 5 – Accessibility for Mobility-Challenged Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 6 – Accessibility for Bicycles Reality Check: Breakthrough Technologies institute's Dubious Claims on "Bus Rapid Transit", Electric Rail, and Global Warming Rail Transit vs. "Bus Rapid Transit": Comparative Success and Potential in Attracting Ridership Myth: "Bus Rapid Transit" ("BRT") is much cheaper than light rail transit (LRT) Myth: Buses can run on steep grades, but light rail cars are limited to grades of 6% New-Look "Bus Rapid Transit" Buses vs. Light Rail Vehicles: A Personal Evaluation Photo-Report: Pittsburgh West Busway Adelaide: Light Rail Tramway Development Moves to Forefront Houston: Metro dumps MetroRail expansion plan, substitutes "BRT" Quality Bus ("BRT") vs. Rail Transit – Fitting the Right Mode to the Application Ft. Lauderdale: Light rail preferred to "BRT" for east-west corridor Orléans: New east-west light rail tramway to be "true tram on rails", not "BRT" Angers chooses steel-wheel light rail tramway over guided-bus "BRT" Ottawa: New light rail system recommended...But "BRT" conversion presents obstacles Curitiba (Brazil) now plans a "Light Metro" to replace "BRT" in a major corridor Honolulu "BRT" service slammed for poor ridership Winnipeg: Rail better than bus for rapid transit Winnipeg shelves plans for "BRT" A Bus by Any Other Name is Still ... a Train? "Bus Rapid Transit" or "Quality Bus"? Reality Check Discussion of the US General Accounting Office Report "Bus Rapid Transit Shows Promise" Weyrich: Federal Anti-Rail Promotion of "BRT" is "Dead Wrong" Ottawa (Finally) Opts for Light Rail Myth vs. Reality: Has Ottawa "BRT" Provided Light Rail-Type Service at Much Lower Cost? Bus "Transitways": A Triumph of Marketing – A Failure of Rigorous Analysis Dallas: DART's New LRT Service Nearly Triples "BRT" Ridership at 3 Stations LA's Metro Rapid "BRT" – Just 13% From Automobiles? GAO's "BRT" Report: Errors, Anomalies, Misinformation "BRT" - You Can Build it ... But Will They Come? Federal GAO Report Shows: it's BRT (and Heavy Rail) With the Big Cost Overruns, Not Light Rail! A Tale of Two Cities "Misguided Bus"? Nancy's BRT Debacle Exposes Pitfalls of "Half-Price Tramway" Los Angeles: LRT Selected Over "BRT" for Exposition Corridor Los Angeles Times Says: Forget "BRT" – Go With Light Rail! Ottawa's BRT "Transitway": Modern Miracle or Mega-Mirage? How Light Rail Saves Operating Cost Dollars Compared With Buses Curitiba's "Bus Rapid Transit" – How Applicable to Los Angeles and Other U.S. Cities? Curitiba's "Bus Rapid Transit" Operation: A Critical Look Relative to Actual American Transit Experience Neal Peirce on Curitiba's "Bus Rapid Transit": Blind Naiveté Gets Taken for a (Bus) Ride Research Study: Riders Prefer Light Rail to "Bus Rapid Transit" Transit Capital investment Per Route Mile Springfield Virginia: Shirley Busway / 1395 Hov / Metrorail Pittsburgh Average Weekday Ridership South Busway Vs Light Rail
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