Bus Rapid Transit Applications Phase 2

In February 2010, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 4 Office tasked Kittelson and Associates with preparing the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Applications Phase I report. That report discussed in general terms the characteristics, system costs, and funding opportunities for BRT. It also described the running way types used by several BRT systems in the U.S. and Canada. Finally, it summarized six previous BRT related studies for South Florida. The District 4 Office has now asked the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute at the University of South Florida and Parsons Brinckerhoff to prepare the BRT Applications Phase II report. This effort is intended to provide a detailed summary of various U.S. BRT systems and to support development of BRT in correlation with the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). There are eight BRT systems included in this report. They include the Cleveland HealthLine, the Eugene EmX, the Kansas City MAX, the Los Angeles Metro Rapid system and Orange Line, the San Pablo Rapid, the Boston Silver Line, and the Las Vegas MAX. The summary for each system has six parts: project background, costs, before and after performance, system characteristics, lessons learned, and future plans. Under system characteristics, information is provided on the running way, stations, vehicles, method of fare collection, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies, service and operations, and branding.