Global BRTData

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The BRTData gathers information on bus priority systems in cities around the world. The platform is source of research for academics, journalists, students and municipal technicians, as well as provides technical background for decision making regarding public transport.

The data presented contemplate BRT systems (Bus Rapid Transit - median-aligned and segregated bus lanes, pre-board fare collection, and platform-level boarding) and bus priority systems: cities with dedicated bus lanes, but without some of the elements of a BRT. The website allows the user to know the systems and corridors of each city, compare indicators and generate graphs.

The BRTData was developed by BRT+ CoE, a Center of Excellence in BRT, and by WRI, with collaboration of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). The platform is monthly updated with reliable data and verified by WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.

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Operating speed

Average speed of buses in the system, including the dwell time at stations. Data in km/h.

Region Country City Value Year Source
Latin America Argentina Buenos Aires 24
Latin America Argentina Buenos Aires - Metropolitan Area
Latin America Argentina Córdoba
Latin America Argentina Neuquén
Latin America Argentina Santa Fe
Latin America Brazil Belém 27.7 2014 ww3.belem.pa.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Belo Horizonte 17.6
Latin America Brazil Brasília
Latin America Brazil Campinas
Latin America Brazil Criciúma 40
Latin America Brazil Curitiba
Latin America Brazil Feira de Santana 36 2023 SMTT
Latin America Brazil Fortaleza 23 2012 www.fortaleza.ce.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Goiânia 17.8
Latin America Brazil Guarulhos
Latin America Brazil Juiz de Fora
Latin America Brazil Londrina
Latin America Brazil Maringá
Latin America Brazil Natal
Latin America Brazil Niterói
Latin America Brazil Porto Alegre 19.8
Latin America Brazil Recife 17
Latin America Brazil Rio de Janeiro 21.8
Latin America Brazil Salvador 17.6 2022 Site visit
Latin America Brazil São José dos Campos
Latin America Brazil São Paulo 22 2015
Latin America Brazil São Paulo - Metropolitan area 21 2014 www.etransport.com.br
Latin America Brazil Sorocaba
Latin America Brazil Sumaré
Latin America Brazil Teresina
Latin America Brazil Uberaba 19 2018 SEPLAN
Latin America Brazil Uberlândia 25 2013 www.uberlandia.mg.gov.br
Latin America Chile Concepción
Latin America Chile Santiago 26.2
Latin America Colombia Barranquilla 22
Latin America Colombia Bogotá 27.2 2023 www.transmilenio.gov.co
Latin America Colombia Bucaramanga 20 2012 Metrolínea
Latin America Colombia Cali 17.8 2014 www.metrocali.gov.co
Latin America Colombia Cartagena
Latin America Colombia Medellín 16
Latin America Colombia Pereira 20 2010 pdf.wri.org
Latin America Ecuador Guayaquil 21.5 Metrovía
Latin America Ecuador Quito 17.8
Latin America El Salvador Gran San Salvador 15.4 2015 www.vmt.gob.sv
Latin America Guatemala Guatemala 26.5
Latin America Mexico Acapulco 31.9 2016 www.pasajero7.com
Latin America Mexico Chihuahua
Latin America Mexico Guadalajara 28 2010 Macrobus
Latin America Mexico Guadalupe 20
Latin America Mexico Juárez
Latin America Mexico León de los Aldama 25.5
Latin America Mexico Mexico City
Latin America Mexico Mexico City - Metropolitan Area 21 2013
Latin America Mexico Monterrey
Latin America Mexico Pachuca
Latin America Mexico Puebla
Latin America Mexico Tijuana
Latin America Panama Panama
Latin America Peru Lima 25.5 2013 Protransporte Planing and Information System Office
Latin America Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain - Arima
Latin America Uruguay Montevideo 20 2016 www.elobservador.com.uy
Latin America Venezuela Barquisimeto 26 2015 es.wikipedia.org
Latin America Venezuela Caracas
Latin America Venezuela Merida 25
Oceania Australia Adelaide 80 2013 Currie G and Delbosc. A - Assessing bus rapid transit system performance in Australasia
Oceania Australia Brisbane 37.5 2013 Currie G and Delbosc. A - Assessing bus rapid transit system performance in Australasia
Oceania Australia Sydney - Metropolitan Area 25.3 2013 Currie G and Delbosc. A - Assessing bus rapid transit system performance in Australasia
Oceania New Caledonia Nouméa
Oceania New Zealand Auckland 31 2013 Currie G and Delbosc. A - Assessing bus rapid transit system performance in Australasia
Europe Belgium Liège
Europe Finland Helsinki 26 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe France Bayonne - Biarritz
Europe France Bayonne - Tarnos
Europe France Belfort 21 2014 info.optymo.fr
Europe France Caen 20 2010 ITDP (2007) Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide and CERTU 2010
Europe France Cannes
Europe France Chalon-sur-Saône 19 2014 www.mobilicites.com
Europe France Douai 24.7 2010 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and connectedcities.eu and lw2.easy-site.nl
Europe France Evry 21 2014 www.bus-tice.com
Europe France La Rochelle
Europe France Le Mans
Europe France Lille 13 2013 www.lilletransport.com
Europe France Lorient 19 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology .
Europe France Lyon 17 2007 ITDP (2007) Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide and CERTU 2010
Europe France Maubeuge
Europe France Metz 20 2013 Mettis
Europe France Nancy 14.5 2010 CERTU 2010
Europe France Nantes 21 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe France Nîmes 22.5 2015 www.tangobus.fr
Europe France Paris 23.5 2011
Europe France Rouen 17.5 2015 www.la-crea.fr
Europe France Saint-Nazaire 18.4 2014 Google Transit
Europe France Strasbourg 18 2014 www.en.strasbourg.eu
Europe France Toulouse 25 2010 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and CERTU 2010
Europe Germany Essen 16.5 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Germany Oberhausen 34 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Ireland Belfast
Europe Netherlands Almere 24.5 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Netherlands Amsterdam 35 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Netherlands Eindhoven 21 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007
Europe Netherlands Enschede 23.8 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Netherlands Utrecht
Europe Spain Castellón 18 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Spain Granada
Europe Sweden Gothenburg 25 2015 19343a27nxyv1ifure2nq0aw.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com
Europe Sweden Jonkoping 22 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Sweden Stockholm 16.5 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Switzerland Zurich 19 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe Turkey Istanbul 35 2013 IETT
Europe United Kingdom Cambridge 60 2011, on guided section COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe United Kingdom Fareham - Gosport
Europe United Kingdom Greater Manchester 16 2011 COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Europe United Kingdom Kent
Europe United Kingdom Luton
Europe United Kingdom Runcorn 31 2001 onlinepubs.trb.org
Europe United Kingdom Swansea
Northern America Canada Calgary
Northern America Canada Gatineau
Northern America Canada Mississauga
Northern America Canada Ottawa 45 2007 www.rapibus.sto.ca
Northern America Canada Quebec
Northern America Canada Winnipeg
Northern America Canada York Regional Municipality
Northern America United States Albuquerque
Northern America United States Alexandria - Arlington
Northern America United States Aspen - Gleenwood Springs
Northern America United States Cleveland 17.7 2013 More Development For Your Transit Dollar - An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors (ITDP)
Northern America United States Eugene 16.9 2013 More Development For Your Transit Dollar - An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors (ITDP)
Northern America United States Fort Collins
Northern America United States Hartford County
Northern America United States Las Vegas 21 2013
Northern America United States Los Angeles 32 2007 Metro Orange Line presented to APTA by Dana Woodbury
Northern America United States Miami 45 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007 and Federal Transit Administration
Northern America United States New York 16.4 Calculated using Bx12, M15 and Bx41 operating speed and their representativeness (length) in the system
Northern America United States Orlando
Northern America United States Pittsburgh 47.2 2013 More Development For Your Transit Dollar - An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors (ITDP)
Northern America United States Richmond
Northern America United States San Bernardino
Northern America United States San Francisco
Asia China Beijing 26 2013
Asia China Changde 31 2013 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Changzhou 18 2011 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Chengdu 26 2013 www.gochengdoo.com
Asia China Chongqing 31 2011 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Dalian 24 2011 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Guangzhou 24.8 2016 CUSTReC
Asia China Hangzhou 18 2011 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Hefei 16 2011 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Jinan 19.2 2016 CUSTReC
Asia China Kunming 18 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007 and www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Lanzhou 22 2013 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Lianyungang 18 2013 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Urumqi 17.9 2016 CUSTReC
Asia China Xiamen 27 2011 Viva (www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Yancheng 18 2012 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Yichang 20 2015 itdp-china.org
Asia China Yinchuan 15 2013 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Zaozhuang 30 2011 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Zhengzhou 18.4 2016 CUSTReC
Asia India Ahmedabad 24 2013 www.embarq.org
Asia India Amritsar
Asia India Bhopal
Asia India Hubballi-Dharwad
Asia India Indore
Asia India Jaipur 18 2011 Primary Survey, EMBARQ
Asia India Pune - Primpi-Chinchwad
Asia India Rajkot
Asia India Surat
Asia Indonesia Jakarta 19 2013 www.embarq.org
Asia Iran Isfahan
Asia Iran Tabriz
Asia Iran Tehran 19 2011 Tehran bus
Asia Israel Haifa 24.7 2015 Calculated using Red, Blue and Green Lines operating speed and their representativeness (length) in the system
Asia Japan Kesennuma - Tome
Asia Japan Nagoya 30 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007 and www.chinabrt.org
Asia Jordan Amman
Asia Malaysia Subang Jaya
Asia Pakistan Islamabad - Rawalpindi
Asia Pakistan Lahore 26 2015 www.pma.punjab.gov.pk
Asia Republic of Korea Seoul 17 2011 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007 and www.chinabrt.org
Asia Taiwan Chiayi
Asia Taiwan Taichung
Asia Taiwan Taipei 19.5 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007
Asia Thailand Bangkok 26 2010 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and www.bangkokpost.com and www.chinabrt.org
Asia Vietnam Hanoi 19.6 2017 ITDP
Africa Kenya Nairobi
Africa Nigeria Lagos 30 2015 www.lamata-ng.com
Africa South Africa Cape Town
Africa South Africa Johannesburg 30 2013 www.embarq.org
Africa South Africa Pretoria
Africa Tanzania Dar es Salaam