Bus Rapid Transit: End of trend in Latin America?

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dc.catalogadorjwg
dc.contributor.authorHidalgo D.
dc.contributor.authorGiesen Encina, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Juan Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T14:09:12Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T14:09:12Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBus Rapid Transit (BRT) has grown fast in the last 25 years, promising low-cost, rapid implementation, and large positive impacts. Despite advances, many systems in middle- and low-income countries face operational and financial issues, particularly in Latin America. Some practitioners, researchers, and decision makers, and the media are questioning its ability to provide quality services. Is this the end of a trend? To answer this question, this paper explores the status of the BRT industry and literature on the topic, with a focus on Latin America, as well as the emblematic cases of Curitiba, Quito, Bogotá, Mexico, and Santiago. Overcrowding, lack of reliability, fare evasion, issues of safety and security, and poor maintenance are evident problems in these and other cities. They seem to be a result of institutional and financial constraints, as well as technical limitations of surface-based transit modes. BRT has been able to deliver high-capacity and fast and reliable services, but requires permanent management and investment to face growing demand and aging infrastructure and vehicles, just like rail systems do. In addition, attention needs to be provided to data, technology innovation, urban integration, and public participation to keep BRT as an integral part of multimodal high-quality sustainable mobility networks in the future.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-08-27
dc.fuente.origenSCOPUS
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/dap.2023.44
dc.identifier.issn26323249
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85183299287
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/85982
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Giesen Encina Ricardo; 0000-0001-5785-374X; 85371
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.revistaData and Policy
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectBus Rapid Transit
dc.subjectcase studies
dc.subjectpublic transport
dc.subjectquality of service
dc.subject.ddc380
dc.subject.deweyComunicación y transportees_ES
dc.subject.ods16 Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable cities and communities
dc.subject.odspa16 Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleBus Rapid Transit: End of trend in Latin America?
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen6
sipa.codpersvinculados85371
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-05-27
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