Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Tennessee Senate Tries to Cripple Nashville BRT

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 28, 2014 | 14 Comments

UPDATE: Though none of the coverage we saw mentioned it, the final law includes an amendment to ban all dedicated transit lanes — not just in the center — “on any state highway or state highway right-of-way unless the project to do so is approved by the legislative body of the metropolitan government and by […]

In Obama Budget, a Glimpse of What Beefed-Up Transit Funding Could Do

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 5, 2014 | 8 Comments

The budget proposal released by President Obama yesterday fleshes out the transportation ideas put out by the White House last week and includes specific grants for transit upgrades and expansions in 2015, but many of them won’t be part of this budget unless Congress agrees to increase funding for transportation. The White House budget proposes $17.6 billion […]

Fresno City Council Slams the Brakes on BRT

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 31, 2014 | 8 Comments

Sprawl and big money prevailed over progress last night in Fresno. The City Council dealt a major blow to local plans for smart planning and bus rapid transit, but stopped short of killing the project completely. About $50 million in federal and state grants have been secured to build a bus rapid transit system and […]

No, Nashville BRT Will Not Work Better Without Transit Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 27, 2014 | 1 Comment

Nashville, Tennessee, is trying to take its transit to the next level. That ambition is most apparent in “the Amp,” a proposed 7-mile bus rapid transit route linking East Nashville with downtown and parts of the city’s West End. The project — which is entering the final design phases — would be built to a […]

ITDP Study: “A Coming Out for Bus-Based Transit-Oriented Development”

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 26, 2013 | 17 Comments

In a new report making the rounds this week, “More Development For Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors,” the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy does two things. First, authors Walter Hook, Stephanie Lotshaw, and Annie Weinstock evaluate which factors determine the impact of urban transit on development, coming up […]

Taking the Guesswork Out of Rating BRT: An Interview With Walter Hook

By John Greenfield | Mar 13, 2013 | No Comments

There’s a new global benchmark for rating bus rapid transit projects. Yesterday the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy released the BRT Standard 2013, which lays out the requirements for bus routes to qualify as BRT and scores 50 systems in 35 cities around the world as basic, bronze, silver, or gold based on various […]

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