The Top 8 Coolest Bus Rapid Transit Systems Across the World

Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have better capacity and reliability than a conventional bus system.[2] Typically, a BRT system includes roadways that are dedicated to buses, and gives priority to buses at intersections where buses may interact with other traffic; alongside design features to reduce delays caused by passengers boarding or leaving buses, or paying fares. BRT aims to combine the capacity and speed of a metro with the flexibility, lower cost and simplicity of a bus system. ~Wikipedia

What are your most favorite BRTs? What is missing from the list?

I have visited more BRT systems recently that I would have included on the list.
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[juanbustos]

I think some big systems are missing, for example TransJakarta in Jakarta, Transmilenio in Bogotá and Rede Integrada de Transporte in Curitiba. LA's and Paris' systems are algo worth mentioning

[timosha]

Chuga choo choo! I'm a train and I approve this video!!!!

[rafaelsantello]

BRT systems in Brazil none? Brazil was the cradle of BRT systems in the world. We have Curitiba, which was the first, and the first Bi-articulated bus in the world was launched and tested in Curitiba. We have the systems in São Paulo, mainly the ABD broker, an example of a sustainable system, the BRT and BRS in Rio de Janeiro, the BRT system in Goiânia and Metrobus, among others.

[caiomeneguetti]

I would count the BRT of Rio de Janeiro. more than 20 lines, with some lines running 24 hours and extending over 100 kilometers (62 miles approx). the BRT in rio de Janeiro has its 100% exclusive lines only for buses and a system with articulated buses on all lines, with direct connection to rio de janeiro international airport, upscale neighborhoods, the suburbs, integration with trains, subways and several other bus lines. with a new corridor being built, new lines and a greater extension will appear.

[danielduarte]

Guangzhou
Bogotá
Curitiba
Chengdu
Peshawar

[nelsonricardo]

Whenever I hear BRT, Curitiba is the first place that comes to mind, so I’m surprised that it’s not here. Eugene is weird. The bidirectional single lane and lack of priority signal make it seem hardly worth it.

[rodgerp.]

I would have added the orange and silver line busway in Los Angeles, CA. The orange line is effectively an extension of LA's red line metro. The orange line is true BRT with a dedicated right of way over most or all of its route. The silver lines has dedicated lanes on freeways.

[ErelH]

I didn't know BRTs could have platform screen doors! That's really cool

[dutrajluis]

You forgot to show BRT systems in Brazil, there are several: Curitiba was the first in the world, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and other cities. Go visit Brazil and get to know these transport systems.

[thomass]

Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorito Line in Japan is the coolest BRT.
It is ordinary bus service in suburb, but runs fast like a train
on the dedicated guideway in the city.

[ibsantoso]

TransJakarta, Indonesia covers 251 km distance, in 13 routes, with more 3000 buses to handle 750, 000 Passengers per day, operating 24 hours It is the biggest BRT System' in the Operated since 2004.

[universocidades]

The BRT system was invited by Jaime Lerner Major of Curitiba city in 1971. In 1992 Curitiba launched the bi-articulated bus. JAIME LERNER the greatest Architecture and Urbanist created the BRT system in 1971 with a big team.

[merccadoosis]

darn - never got notification & missed the live chat

[greghuang]

Another very interesting BRT system is in Xiamen, China. In Xiamen, the entire BRT system uses elevated busways that are completely segregated from other traffic, and the BRT stations are more similar to elevated rail stations. The BRT system also uses the only articulated buses in Xiamen. I remember riding it shortly after it opened in 2010, and it appeared so futuristic compared to the many run-down standard transit buses at the time.

[hernandezmoralesdaniel]

Just as an update, Mexico City's metrobus has now 8 lines, with double decker buses, also there is another planned to be build and there are some electric buses too

[Fanw]

Very interesting video, which confirms that Latin America leads the world in BRT. Contrary to what you might think there is BRT in Europe. The Netherlands has Almere, Eindhoven, and the superb 'South Tangent' route 300 south of Amsterdam. Sweden has Jonkoping, but the route in Lund has been converted to a tramway. There is BRT in France (eg Metz, Rouen and the Trans-Val-de-Marne.) and in Britain. In the UK we have three significant guided busways, Cambridge-St Ives; Manchester-Leigh, and Luton-Dunstable. The first two (unlike Adelaide) have double-decks. There is non-guided BRT in Bristol and Belfast.

[nathanwu]

I haven't these mentioned yet: Guangzhou's BRT is also fantastic, serving as a complete replacement for local bus services as well, and it competes neck and neck with Bogota in terms of passenger throughput. Yichang is also cool for its station layout design. The access bridges to the stations for these systems are kinda long, though nowhere near as bad as Bogota's.

[colormedubious]

How could you omit Curitiba, the grand-daddy of the mode? Los Angeles' Orange Line and the South Dade Busway both utilize old railroad rights of way and are certainly worth a mention.

[marciliomathias]

You forgot CURITIBA. The most interesting one. 😳

[axjmd]

Absolutely you forgot the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles) Orange line. This route has it's own right away and runs from The Red line station in North Hollywood to Chatsworth and runs 24/7. It was built on an old freight rail right away.