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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Metropolitan population per square kilometer.

Region Country City Value Year Source
Europe France Bayonne - Biarritz 500.6 2019 Bayonne (Agglomeration, Agglomerations, France) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location (citypopulation.de)
Europe France Bayonne - Tarnos 500.6 2019 Bayonne (Agglomeration, Agglomerations, France) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location (citypopulation.de)
Europe France Caen 221.1 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Lyon 359.8 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Maubeuge 328.8 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Douai 799.7 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France La Rochelle 203.6 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Lille 1,951 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Toulouse 229 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Lorient 270.6 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Nancy 183.8 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Nantes 264.4 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Paris 711.7 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Belfort 254.7 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Châlon-sur-Saône 127 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Metz 242.4 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Saint-Nazaire 202.6 2011 www.insee.fr
Europe France Nîmes 893 2012 www.insee.fr
Europe France Strasbourg 347.59 2011 www.insee.fr
Europe France Rouen 275.8 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Le Mans 910.1 2012 www.insee.fr
Europe France Cannes 3309.8 2010 www.insee.fr
Europe France Evry 268.954.324.136.332 2010 fr.wikipedia.org
Europe Finland Helsinki 1,418 2014 en.wikipedia.org
Europe Belgium Liège 600.885.308.056.872 2006 en.wikipedia.org
Europe Germany Essen 1166.34 2011
Europe Germany Oberhausen 1,646 2015 en.wikipedia.org
Europe United Kingdom Runcorn 158.932.861.297.256 2012 en.wikipedia.org
Europe United Kingdom Kent 1,185 2012 www.ons.gov.uk
Europe United Kingdom Luton 4,697 2012 www.ons.gov.uk
Europe United Kingdom Swansea 1,560 2012
Europe United Kingdom Cambridge 204 2012 www.ons.gov.uk
Europe United Kingdom Fareham - Gosport 1,945 2011
Europe United Kingdom Greater Manchester 2,180 2016 en.wikipedia.org
Europe Netherlands Eindhoven 514.3 2013
Europe Netherlands Almere 686.1 2013
Europe Netherlands Utrecht
Europe Netherlands Amsterdam 686.1 2013
Europe Netherlands Enschede
Europe Spain Castellón 930.5 2011 INE
Europe Spain Granada 544.59 2013 es.wikipedia.org
Europe Sweden Gothenburg 258 2013 appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
Europe Sweden Jonkoping 64 2013 appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
Europe Sweden Stockholm 328 2013 appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
Europe Switzerland Zurich 903.47 2012 BSF
Europe Turkey Istanbul 2,523 2014 www.istanbul.com
Latin America Brazil Belém 661.8 2013 www.ibge.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Belo Horizonte 524.7 2012 ftp.ibge.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Brasília 491.6 2012 servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Campinas 801.1 2013 www.seade.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Criciúma 176.8 pt.wikipedia.org
Latin America Brazil Curitiba 179.6 www.ippuc.org.br
Latin America Brazil Fortaleza 544.9 2010 pt.wikipedia.org
Latin America Brazil Goiânia 410 www.observatoriodasmetropoles.ufrj.br
Latin America Brazil Guarulhos 2714.4 2019 emplasa.sp.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Juiz de Fora 360.4 Wikipedia
Latin America Brazil Londrina 144.1 Wikipedia
Latin America Brazil Maringá 135.47 2018 agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Natal 480.5 Wikipedia
Latin America Brazil Niterói 1725.8 2018 pt.wikipedia.org
Latin America Brazil Porto Alegre 408 2013 IBGE
Latin America Brazil Recife 1 257.66 2017 Anuário Estatístico do Sistema de Transporte Público de Passageriso de R.M.R
Latin America Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2208.8 2014 www.cidades.ibge.gov.br & www.ceperj.rj.gov.br
Latin America Brazil São Paulo 2714.4 2019 emplasa.sp.gov.br
Latin America Brazil São Paulo - Metropolitan area 2634.7 2014 pt.wikipedia.org
Latin America Brazil São José dos Campos 154.91 2021 rmvpln.pdui.sp.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Salvador 3,859 2010 cidades.ibge.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Sorocaba 178 2016 www.pdui.sp.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Sumaré 801.1 2013 www.seade.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Teresina 108.2 2018 Calculated using population at metro area
Latin America Brazil Uberaba 70.5 2013, Calculating using population city divided by area of territorial unit cidades.ibge.gov.br
Latin America Brazil Uberlândia 159.1 2014 www.cidades.ibge.gov.br
Latin America Chile Santiago 462 2017 resultados.censo2017.cl
Latin America Chile Concepción 281.406.804.303.577 2012, density of Provincia de Concepción www.soychile.cl
Latin America Colombia Bucaramanga 740 es.wikipedia.org
Latin America Colombia Barranquilla 364.997.884.615.385 2008 es.wikipedia.org
Latin America Colombia Cali 326.98 2014 planeacion.cali.gov.co
Latin America Colombia Cartagena 382.400.730.392.441 2015 es.wikipedia.org
Latin America Colombia Pereira 828.105.200.945.627 2015 Calculated using population at metro area
Latin America Colombia Bogotá 334.738.574.040.219 2014 omu.caf.com
Latin America Colombia Medellín 5,840 pt.wikipedia.org
Latin America Argentina Buenos Aires 414.362.431.515.784 2010 es.wikipedia.org
Latin America Argentina Córdoba 223.774.769.230.769 2010 es.wikipedia.org
Latin America Argentina Buenos Aires - Metropolitan Area 352.806.225.895.317 2010 es.wikipedia.org
Latin America Argentina Neuquén 167.624.371.948.199 2010 www.argentina.gob.ar
Latin America Argentina Santa Fe 107.875.029.585.799 2010 es.wikipedia.org
Latin America El Salvador Gran San Salvador 3689.7 2015 en.wikipedia.org
Latin America Ecuador Quito 439.8 2001 Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos INEC
Latin America Ecuador Guayaquil 7227.01 Municipality of Guayaquil, www.guayaquil.gov.ec
Latin America Guatemala Guatemala 1,420 2011 www.ine.gob.gt
Latin America Mexico Guadalajara 1967.5 www.inegi.gob.mx
Latin America Mexico Chihuahua 470.676.732.409.794 2010, for Chihuahua, Aldama and Aquiles Serdán www.inegi.org.mx
Latin America Mexico Mexico City - Metropolitan Area 245.070.479.846.449 2005 cuentame.inegi.gob.mx
Latin America Mexico Monterrey 553.089.077.238.142 2010 www.nl.gob.mx
Latin America Mexico Pachuca 428.078.562.473.882 2010 Calculated using population at metro area
Latin America Mexico Acapulco 244 2010 webcache.googleusercontent.com
Latin America Mexico Juárez 67.9 2010 www.conapo.gob.mx
Latin America Mexico Mexico City 245.070.479.846.449 2005 cuentame.inegi.gob.mx
Latin America Mexico Tijuana
Latin America Mexico Guadalupe 553.089.077.238.142 2010 www.nl.gob.mx
Latin America Mexico León de los Aldama 6,382 2007 omu.caf.com
Latin America Mexico Puebla 76.56 2010 www.conapo.gob.mx
Latin America Uruguay Montevideo 203.46 2010
Latin America Venezuela Merida 169.47 2011 www.corpoandes.gov.ve
Latin America Venezuela Barquisimeto 283.4 2011 www.censoinfo.ine.gob.ve
Latin America Venezuela Caracas 4,009 2011 INE
Latin America Peru Lima 3008.8 2007 Peru's socio-demographic profile. Cesus 2007
Latin America Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain - Arima 573.125.534.174.199 2010 en.wikipedia.org
Latin America Panama Panama 498
Africa Kenya Nairobi 4,509 2022 Population density | Nairobi | Versus
Africa Nigeria Lagos 11,009 2012 nigeria.prognoz.com
Africa South Africa Johannesburg 2,696 2011 beta2.statssa.gov.za
Africa South Africa Cape Town 1,530 2011 beta2.statssa.gov.za
Africa South Africa Pretoria 464 2011 beta2.statssa.gov.za
Africa Tanzania Dar es Salaam 313.319.526.202.441 2012 www.citypopulation.de
Asia China Kunming 590.79 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Yancheng 895.81 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Zaozhuang 735.61 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Hefei 2401.84 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Changzhou 1237.76 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Dalian 1165.45 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Jinan 742.32 2015 Jinan Public Transport Research Center
Asia China Chongqing 601.26 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Hangzhou 1451.86 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Urumqi 262.96 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Xiamen 1213.73 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Beijing 1006.4 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Lianyungang 805.42 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Lanzhou 1264.58 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Yinchuan 433.71 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Zhengzhou 5813.86 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Guangzhou 1764.17 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Yichang 330 2010 en.wikipedia.org
Asia China Changde 558.21 2013 China City Statistical Yearbook. Beijing: National Statistics Bureau Press
Asia China Chengdu 1,200 2010 chengdu.isfoundhere.com
Asia Japan Nagoya 1,398 2011 www.stat.go.jp
Asia Japan Kesennuma - Tome 171 2010 www.stat.go.jp
Asia India Jaipur 1,830 2001 City Development Plan for Jaipur
Asia India Ahmedabad 4,060
Asia India Rajkot
Asia India Indore 3,800 2011 en.wikipedia.org
Asia India Surat 108.993.748.514.381 2011 www.census2011.co.in
Asia India Pune - Primpi-Chinchwad 10,407 2010 www.punecorporation.org
Asia India Bhopal 357.800.391.763.413 2011 en.wikipedia.org
Asia India Amritsar 6,700 2011 en.wikipedia.org
Asia India Hubballi-Dharwad 4422.2 2011 icities4greengrowth.in
Asia Iran Tehran 10,854 2012 Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Asia Iran Isfahan
Asia Iran Tabriz
Asia Israel Haifa 984.5 2009 en.wikipedia.org
Asia Indonesia Jakarta 15,900 2019 www.bps.go.id
Asia Republic of Korea Seoul 2,176 2012 www.index.go.kr
Asia Taiwan Chiayi 4,512 2013 www.citypopulation.de
Asia Taiwan Taichung 1219.8 2013 www.citypopulation.de
Asia Taiwan Taipei 2,829 2012 eng.stat.gov.tw
Asia Thailand Bangkok 1,876 2010 2010 Population and Housing Census, National Statistical Office, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
Asia Pakistan Lahore
Asia Pakistan Islamabad - Rawalpindi 726.744.186.046.512 2015 www.pbs.gov.pk & rawalpindi.gov.pk
Asia Vietnam Hanoi 662.1 2015 english.hanoi.gov.vn
Asia Malaysia Subang Jaya 6,581 2010 en.wikipedia.org
Oceania Australia Adelaide 670.66 2011
Oceania Australia Brisbane 347.23 2011
Oceania Australia Sydney - Metropolitan Area 372.4 2012 www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Oceania New Zealand Auckland 2,700 2012
Oceania New Caledonia Nouméa
Northern America Canada Winnipeg 1,430 2011 www12.statcan.gc.ca
Northern America Canada Ottawa 209.644.839.597.283 2011 www12.statcan.gc.ca
Northern America Canada Quebec 79 hab./km2 2010  Institut de la statistique du Québec
Northern America Canada Mississauga 1003.8 2016 www12.statcan.gc.ca
Northern America Canada York Regional Municipality 945.4 2011 www12.statcan.gc.ca
Northern America Canada Calgary 272.5 2016 www12.statcan.gc.ca
Northern America Canada Gatineau 196.6 2011 www12.statcan.gc.ca
Northern America United States Orlando 53.639.846.743.295 2010 esa.un.org
Northern America United States Miami 912.497.963.174.189 2010 esa.un.org
Northern America United States Eugene 28.8 2010
Northern America United States Las Vegas 128.890.875 2013 Calculated using Population metro area and a Metro area of 1600 km²
Northern America United States Pittsburgh 467.901.927.755.942 2010 esa.un.org
Northern America United States Fort Collins 49.61 2015 statisticalatlas.com
Northern America United States Alexandria - Arlington 372.898.009.642.725 2014 censusreporter.org
Northern America United States Cleveland 892.018.779.342.723 2010 esa.un.org
Northern America United States San Bernardino 595.173.745.173.745 2010 www.usa.com
Northern America United States Los Angeles 1,018 factfinder2.census.gov
Northern America United States New York 720 2010 www.census.gov
Northern America United States Hartford County 460.799.855.974.487 2010 factfinder.census.gov
Northern America United States Albuquerque
Northern America United States San Francisco
Northern America United States Richmond 1458.53 2018 www.census.gov