BUS RAPID TRANSIT

This article describes the potential for Bus Rapid transit, a method of public transportation that utilizes dedicated bus lanes as a surrogate for the more expensive alternative of light rail. The author offers the cost analysis, social considerations, and the advantages and disadvantages that were taken into account by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, who are currently in the process of converting a 22.5km stretch of abandoned Southern Pacific railroad into California's first Bus Rapid Transit line.