BRT in Latin America Luis Ricardo Gutiérrez, MSc Luis Antonio Lindau, PhD Latin America Strategic Director, EMBARQ Director-President, EMBARQ Brasil General Secretary,,SIBRT Dario Hidalgo, PhD Director Researcha and Practice, EMBARQ Ahmedabad, India - Sep 2012
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The Latin American Association of Integrated Systems and BRT SIBRT aims at developing and improving the quality of urban transport in the region (and the world)
Today: 19 Public Agencies from 8 Countries
BRT ALC : Bus Rapid Transit Centre of Excellence Photo: EMBARQ Brasil U. Católica de Chile, Santiago MIT, Boston, USA Instituto Técnico Superior, Lisboa, Portugal U. Sydney, Australia EMBARQ
Source: ANTP Interial Future: Less users on transit! Modal Split in Brazil (%) 65 35
Inertial Future: Clean Congestion!
Flow on 3,5 meters wide lane X10 Parked Cars Car lane Bycicles Pedestrian BRT 13.500 13.500 X3,3 x1 x0 0 1.350 4.500 Capacity (persons/hour) Source: Boareto 2007, USDOT 2004, Highway Capacity Manual 2000, Medeiros et al, 2011
Extension (km) Exponential Growth of BRT and Busways in World Cities 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2011 Source: www.brtdata.org
61% of BRT and Busways passenger demand: 48 Latin American cities USA and Canadá 19 cities 0.67 M pax/day Europe 42 cities 0.94 M pax/day Asia 24 cities 6.3 M pax/day Africa 3 cities 0.24 M pax/day Latin America and the Caribbean 48 cities 13.6 M pax/day Oceania 5 cities 0,33 M pax/day Source: BRTDATA.ORG - Produced by CoE BRT ALC and EMBARQ, in partnership with IEA and SIBRT
2012 Worldwide BRT Data - Key Indicators by Region Regions Passengers/day Number of cities Length (km) Passengers/ day/km Asia 6,255,872 28.48% 24 16.78% 888 23.69% 7,045 Latin America 13,528,211 61.59% 48 33.57% 1,282 34.20% 10,552 Europe 936,970 4.27% 42 29.37% 632 16.86% 1,483 Northern America 677,986 3.09% 19 13.29% 537 14.33% 1,263 Oceania 327,074 1.49% 7 4.90% 347 9.26% 943 Africa 238,000 1.08% 3 2.10% 62 1.65% 3,839 Total 21,964,113 100.00% 143 100.00% 3,748 100.00% Source: http://brtdata.org - Produced by CoE BRT ALC and EMBARQ, in partnership with IEA and SIBRT
BRT in Brazil Curitiba Goiania São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Belo Horizonte* (*) próximo BRAZIL
BRT in Curitiba: 81,6 km Expresso Tiradentes: 10,8 km Curitiba Initial busways 1974 First BRT 1982 Foto: Urbanização de Curitiba S.A. (URBS) Foto: Elisa Rodrigues/ SPTrans São Paulo Initial busways 1980, reconstruction 2003
Goiania First Busway 1976 Plan Metrobus: 24 km Photo: Fagbnr Gilinksku/ SIBRT
Foto: Mariana Gil/ EMBARQ Brasil Transoeste: 40 km New in 2012! Rio de Janeiro First BRT 2012
Photo: EMBARQ Brasil New in 2012!
Photo: EMBARQ Brasil New in 2012!
Rio de Janeiro 150 km planned 2012-2016
BRT in Brazil studies/projects Manaus Fortaleza Brasília Vitória Goiânia Uberlândia Campo Grande Cuiabá Campinas Belém Recife Maringá Cascavel Porto Alegre Salvador BRAZIL Source: NTU e M.Cidades
BRT in Equador Quito Guayaquil EQUADOR
Foto: EPMTPQ Quito Inital year 1995 Metrobus Q: 55,7 km Metrovía: 27 km Foto: Metrovía Guayaquil Initial year 2006
BRT in Colombia Bogotá Bucaramanga Medellín Cali Barranquilla Pereira
Bogotá Initial year 2000 Foto: TRANSMILENIO S.A.
TransMilenio s network, 2012 8 corridors, 67 routes Total length : 104 km
2 lanes per direction 45,000 pax per hour per direction
Foto: TRANSMILENIO S.A. Regular and express services
Foto: Daniela Facchini/ EMBARQ Brasil Bicycles: free parking Foto: Mariana Gil/ EMBARQ Brasil
Reduction of fatalities on Av. Caracas
Fase III TransMilenio, Bogotá 20 km, +520,000 pax/day (Dec 2012) New in 2012! http://www.surumbo.com/paginas_php3/loadinfo.php3?inanuidmn=311&ingnuelee=2&nav=1 http://www.transmilenio.gov.co/admcontenidoupload/administrador.contenido/files/fase3/generalidades%20f3.pdf
New in 2012! http://www.metroenbogota.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/transmilenio-hasta-el-aeropuerto-el-doraro.jpg Portal Eldorado Troncal Calle 26 Terminal
New in 2012! http://www.elespectador.com/files/img_ipad/fcd890eff2aed371be7a0ec1cee68d5a.jpg Troncal Calle 26 - Station
Central Station Urban Renewal Project (under construction)
Metrolínea: 8,9 km Bucaramanga Initial year 2009 Foto: Metrolínea S.A.
Medellín Initial year 2011 Foto: Metroplús Foto: Metro Cali S.A. Mio Cali: 28,8 km Metroplús: 12,5 km Cali Initial year 2009
Barranquilla Initial year 2010 Foto: Transmetro S.A. Transmetro: 14 km Pereira Initial year 2006 Foto: Megabús S.A. Megabús: 15,5 km
Pereira, Colombia Very narrow lanes in downtown Photos courtesy of Megabus
BRT in Mexico MEXICO Mexico City Guadalajara León Ecatepec
Metrobús: 95 km Mexico City Initial year 2005 Foto: Mariana Gil/ EMBARQ Brasil
New in 2012! http://www.metrobus.df.gob.mx/mapa_l4.html
New in 2012! Photo: CTS EMBARQ Mexico
New in 2012! Photo: CTS EMBARQ Mexico
New in 2012! Photo: CTS EMBARQ Mexico
New in 2012! Photo: CTS EMBARQ Mexico
Macrobús: 16 km Foto: Dario Hidalgo/ EMBARQ Guadalajara Initial year 2009
Guadalajara (Mexico) crash reduction with Macrobus BRT 250 200 Before BRT During BRT construction After start of operations Citywide crashes 5000 4500 4000 3500 150 3000 2500 100 2000 1500 50 1000 500 0 0
Foto: CTS EMBARQ México Foto: CTS EMBARQ México Optibús: 31,8 km Ecatepec Initial year 2010 León Initial year 2003 MexiBus: 16,3 km
BRT in Guatemala Guatemala City Initial year 2007 TransMetro: 38,6 km
BRT in Venezuela TrolMérida: 10,4 km Foto: Jorge Paparoni Mérida Initial year 2009
BRT in Peru Lima Metropolitano: 26 km Foto: Protransporte Initial busway 1972 BRT in 2010
BRT in Metrobús: 12,5 km Argentina Buenos Aires Initial year 2011 Foto: Wenceslao Wernicke
Transantiago Transantiago: 57,8 km Santiago Initial year 2007
BRT: great challenges
Challenge: Transport + Urban Planning Curitiba gave us the example: planning BRTs + Land Use together for SUSTAINABILITY. Foto: URBS
Challenge: priority for public transport SIBRT and EMBARQ advocate for priority for public transport! Private Car owners want more space!
Challenge: Operational Control SIBRT s Benchmarking help cities by exchanging experiences and building technical capacity to solve problems. EMBARQ advocates for high quality public transport. Foto: Daniela Facchini/ EMBARQ Brasil
Challenge: Road Safety Priority topic on SIBRT benchmarking studies! EMBARQ published the BRT Safety Guidelines BRT Safety Guidelines (pilot): http://www.embarq.org/en/node/4923
Challenge: BRT BT BRT BT BRT needs the R of RAPID to be competitive, attract users and reduce congestion + other negative impacts of car use!
Challenge: Integration and Coverage BRT is the base of the public transport, but remember everybody in the City and Metropolitan Region needs door-to-door solution! High Quality Public Transport for All Foto: Luis Antonio Lindau/ EMBARQ Brasil
Challenge: Integration and Coverage In Latin America cities started with BRT corridors, then built BRT networks, and are now evolving to Integrated Transport Systems Foto: Luis Antonio Lindau/ EMBARQ Brasil
BRTs in Latin America: Constant innovation since initial busways in 1970s Diverse and strong applications in multiple conditions High performance, low cost, rapid implementation Are growing into large scale integrated systems Adapting new technologies (vehicles and ITS) Still great challanges ahead: land use integration, business as usual investment in car infrastructure, quality of service
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