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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Total cost per kilometer (US$ million per km)

System's total planning and capital costs divided by the system length, in kilometers. Data in US dollars.

Region Country City Value Year Source
Latin America Argentina Buenos Aires
Latin America Argentina Buenos Aires - Metropolitan Area
Latin America Argentina Córdoba
Latin America Argentina Neuquén
Latin America Argentina Santa Fe
Latin America Brazil Belém
Latin America Brazil Belo Horizonte
Latin America Brazil Brasília
Latin America Brazil Campinas
Latin America Brazil Criciúma
Latin America Brazil Curitiba
Latin America Brazil Feira de Santana
Latin America Brazil Fortaleza
Latin America Brazil Goiânia
Latin America Brazil Guarulhos 15.17 2022 Calculated using the sum of the costs for the two corridors in the city and the system lenght
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
Latin America Brazil Recife
Latin America Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Latin America Brazil Salvador
Latin America Brazil São José dos Campos
Latin America Brazil São Paulo
Latin America Brazil São Paulo - Metropolitan area
Latin America Brazil Sorocaba 1 2020 brtsorocaba.com.br
Latin America Brazil Sumaré
Latin America Brazil Teresina
Latin America Brazil Uberaba 2.2 2015, Calculated using the total fares divided by kilometers of extension g1.globo.com
Latin America Brazil Uberlândia 0.7 2013 www.uberlandia.mg.gov.br
Latin America Chile Concepción 6.5 2014 www.diarioconcepcion.cl
Latin America Chile Santiago
Latin America Colombia Barranquilla
Latin America Colombia Bogotá
Latin America Colombia Bucaramanga
Latin America Colombia Cali
Latin America Colombia Cartagena 20.1 2016 www.cmi.com.co
Latin America Colombia Medellín
Latin America Colombia Pereira 5.7 2009 pdf.wri.org
Latin America Ecuador Guayaquil
Latin America Ecuador Quito
Latin America El Salvador Gran San Salvador 7 2015 idbdocs.iadb.org
Latin America Guatemala Guatemala
Latin America Mexico Acapulco
Latin America Mexico Chihuahua
Latin America Mexico Guadalajara
Latin America Mexico Guadalupe
Latin America Mexico Juárez
Latin America Mexico León de los Aldama
Latin America Mexico Mexico City
Latin America Mexico Mexico City - Metropolitan Area
Latin America Mexico Monterrey 4.2 2014 www.nl.gob.mx
Latin America Mexico Pachuca 5.2 2015 revistamagazzine.com
Latin America Mexico Puebla
Latin America Mexico Tijuana
Latin America Panama Panama
Latin America Peru Lima
Latin America Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain - Arima
Latin America Uruguay Montevideo
Latin America Venezuela Barquisimeto 3.3 2014 www.rnv.gob.ve
Latin America Venezuela Caracas
Latin America Venezuela Merida
Oceania Australia Adelaide 10.3 1989 Adelaide, Australia: O-Bahn guided busway
Oceania Australia Brisbane 47.7 2009, calculated using corridors data
Oceania Australia Sydney - Metropolitan Area
Oceania New Caledonia Nouméa
Oceania New Zealand Auckland 36.4 2008 www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Europe Belgium Liège
Europe Finland Helsinki
Europe France Bayonne - Biarritz
Europe France Bayonne - Tarnos
Europe France Belfort
Europe France Caen 31.7 2010 ITDP (2007) Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide and CERTU 2010
Europe France Cannes 11.8 2014 www.silteplait.info
Europe France Chalon-sur-Saône 2.3 2013 www.ville-rail-transports.com
Europe France Douai 4.6 2010 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and connectedcities.eu and lw2.easy-site.nl
Europe France Evry
Europe France La Rochelle
Europe France Le Mans 6.4 2016 www.mobilicites.com
Europe France Lille
Europe France Lorient
Europe France Lyon
Europe France Maubeuge
Europe France Metz 15.8 2013 mettis.metzmetropole.fr
Europe France Nancy 16.9 2010 CERTU 2010
Europe France Nantes 19.7 2007 ITDP (2007) Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide and Rambaud 2006 and CERTU 2010 and www.chinabrt.org
Europe France Nîmes
Europe France Paris
Europe France Rouen 8.3 2011 ITDP (2007) Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide and Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2010-2011 and CERTU 2010
Europe France Saint-Nazaire 8.1 2013 www.mobilicites.com
Europe France Strasbourg 7.6 2013 fr.wikipedia.org
Europe France Toulouse 6.3 2010 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and CERTU 2010
Europe Germany Essen
Europe Germany Oberhausen
Europe Ireland Belfast 4.5 2023 www.bbc.com
Europe Netherlands Almere
Europe Netherlands Amsterdam
Europe Netherlands Eindhoven
Europe Netherlands Enschede
Europe Netherlands Utrecht
Europe Spain Castellón
Europe Spain Granada
Europe Sweden Gothenburg 1.7 2010 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and www.thefreelibrary.com and www.bussbranschen.se
Europe Sweden Jonkoping
Europe Sweden Stockholm
Europe Switzerland Zurich
Europe Turkey Istanbul 9.1 2013 Levinson H. et. al - A Bus Rapid Transit Line Case Study: Istanbul's Metrobus System
Europe United Kingdom Cambridge
Europe United Kingdom Fareham - Gosport
Europe United Kingdom Greater Manchester
Europe United Kingdom Kent 24.2 2007 www.ashford.gov.uk
Europe United Kingdom Luton
Europe United Kingdom Runcorn
Europe United Kingdom Swansea
Northern America Canada Calgary
Northern America Canada Gatineau
Northern America Canada Mississauga
Northern America Canada Ottawa 8.8 2007 www.metrojacksonville.com
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 0.6 2023 aspenjournalism.org
Northern America United States Cleveland 17.5 2015 db.nbrti.org
Northern America United States Eugene 3.5 2011, calculated using corridors data
Northern America United States Fort Collins 10.9 2015 www.coloradoan.com
Northern America United States Hartford County
Northern America United States Las Vegas 1.8 2014, calculated using corridors data
Northern America United States Los Angeles
Northern America United States Miami
Northern America United States New York 1.1 2013 www.nyc.gov
Northern America United States Orlando 4 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007
Northern America United States Pittsburgh
Northern America United States Richmond
Northern America United States San Bernardino 7.5 2014 db.nbrti.org
Northern America United States San Francisco
Asia China Beijing
Asia China Changde
Asia China Changzhou 4.4 2011 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Chengdu 19 2014, this value is the total cost of the 2nd Ring Elevated Road, which includes six lanes www.gochengdoo.com
Asia China Chongqing
Asia China Dalian 2.6 2011 www.chinabrt.org
Asia China Guangzhou
Asia China Hangzhou 0.5 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007
Asia China Hefei
Asia China Jinan
Asia China Kunming
Asia China Lanzhou
Asia China Lianyungang
Asia China Urumqi
Asia China Xiamen
Asia China Yancheng
Asia China Yichang
Asia China Yinchuan
Asia China Zaozhuang
Asia China Zhengzhou
Asia India Ahmedabad 4.8 2013 www.worldbrt.net
Asia India Amritsar 2.4 2019 www.asiabrts.org
Asia India Bhopal
Asia India Hubballi-Dharwad 6.3 2020 indianexpress.com
Asia India Indore
Asia India Jaipur
Asia India Pune - Primpi-Chinchwad
Asia India Rajkot
Asia India Surat
Asia Indonesia Jakarta
Asia Iran Isfahan
Asia Iran Tabriz
Asia Iran Tehran
Asia Israel Haifa 10 2013 www.brt.cl
Asia Japan Kesennuma - Tome
Asia Japan Nagoya 46.5 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007
Asia Jordan Amman
Asia Malaysia Subang Jaya 31.4 2015 www.themalaysianinsider.com
Asia Pakistan Islamabad - Rawalpindi
Asia Pakistan Lahore
Asia Republic of Korea Seoul
Asia Taiwan Chiayi
Asia Taiwan Taichung
Asia Taiwan Taipei 0.4 2007 Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (ITDP) 2007
Asia Thailand Bangkok
Asia Vietnam Hanoi
Africa Kenya Nairobi
Africa Nigeria Lagos 1.7 2010 Viva 2010 - www.uncrd.or.jp and Trans-Africa Consortium 2010 and www.itdp.org
Africa South Africa Cape Town
Africa South Africa Johannesburg
Africa South Africa Pretoria
Africa Tanzania Dar es Salaam