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unusual facts about BRT


Northwest Corridor

Northwest Corridor HOV/BRT, a reversible-lane widening of Interstate 75 in northwestern metro Atlanta


Bangkok BRT

The stations are all located in the centre of the road, which means that the BRT lanes are located against the road median, and the doors are on the right hand side of the buses (Thailand drives on the left).

Bert Kruismans

Bert Kruismans started his career as an editor and presenter on Studio Brussel, after which he moved to other Flemish radio stations like Radio Donna and the BRT-night radio.

BRT Laboratories

BRT’s tuberculosis (TB) testing is performed using the Interferon-gamma release assay T-SPOT.TB.

Franz Kieslich

During his career, Franz Kieslich was credited with flying 1078 missions, sinking 10 ships totaling 23,000 BRT, a destroyer and a submarine.

Geert Hoste

After the premiere of his mime solo "Vlaas is zot" (Vlaas is crazy) in 1983, Hoste was approached by the BRT (Belgian Radio and Television) with the request to cooperate on a new children's programme for Sesame Street.

Gillig Low Floor

Recently, a gasoline-electric hybrid version of the BRT became available, the first ones went to LeeTran in Lee County, Florida.

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

ITDP is currently active in a design and/or consulting capacity in the BRT programs of Ahmedabad, India; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Johannesburg, South Africa (Rea Vaya); Jakarta, Indonesia (TransJakarta); Guangzhou, China and Cartagena, Colombia.

Kelowna Regional Transit System

There are 26 regularly scheduled routes and a BRT service called RapidBus, connecting between Downtown Queensway Exchange and UBC Okanagan Exchange.

Lagos Bus Rapid Transit System

The first phase of the Lagos BRT was opened on March 24, 2008, although it was initially slated for opening in November 2007 (the initiative to build the system was initiated by the government of the previous governor, Bola Tinubu.

LYNX Silver Line

The Silver Line, or Southeast Corridor, would serve as a BRT (though light rail may be a small possibility) line between the CPCC Levine Campus in Matthews and the proposed Gateway Station in Uptown Charlotte.

Magna, Utah

The BRT line is called 3500 South MAX and, as of April 2013, the first and only BRT route operated by UTA.

Metro Area Express

Future BRT corridors are planned for State Avenue in adjacent Kansas City, Kansas; Metcalf Avenue through Johnson County, Kansas; North Oak Trafficway to Missouri Route 152; and for the US Highway 24 and 40 corridor towards Independence, Missouri.

Montreal bus rapid transit

There are ideas to replace the BRT with a true LRT tramline on the street using the shared right-of-way.

Nigel Paul Villarete

During his term in the Cebu City Government, former mayor Osmeña had particularly tasked Villarete with the city's two major projects: as Project Manager of the South Reclamation Project (SRP), and as Project Development Officer of the Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).

TransMilenio

Inspired by Curitiba's Rede Integrada de Transporte (Integrated Transportation Network), TransMilenio consists of several interconnecting BRT lines, each composed of numerous elevated stations in the center of a main avenue, or "troncal".

Transport in Bangladesh

Finally the adopted plan included roads in addition to using a 3 Line Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and the 3 Line BRT.

Utah Transit Authority

In addition to the 3500 South MAX, several other BRT lines are in the planning stages, including ones in Provo-Orem and Taylorsville.


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