Bus priority systems in the world
# of cities and length (km) per country
3
8
13
1
20
19
1
5
1
3
11 1
2
3
1
10
1
3
1
2
700 km
320 km
80 km
2 km
1
1
1
19
1
2
3
8
1
2
1
1
6
33
1
1
5
2
1
1
2
194 cities = 399 corridors = 5,162 km
source: BRTData.org, August 2015
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Bus priority systems in the world
# of cities and daily demand per country (M pax/day)
13 5
8
3
3
1
1
20 1 1
2
1
3
19
1
1
2
1
19
1
10
1
6
3 1
2
2.5 M
1.5 M
12 M
pax/day
1
3
1
8
1
1
2
1
1
33
5
1
2
1
0.5 M
0.05 M
2
194 cities = 32,422,956 pax/day
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source: BRTData.org, August 2015
Bus priority systems in the world
Daily demand per region adds up to 32 M pax/day
USA and Canada
Asia
2 countries
27 cities
44 corridors
1.04 M pax/day
880 km
11 countries
40 cities
77 corridors
8.73 M pax/day
1,429 km
Europe
14 countries
56 cities
69 corridors
1.98 M pax/day
935 km
Africa
2 countries
3 cities
4 corridors
0.26 M pax/day
83 km
Latin America and
the Caribbean
12 countries
62 cities
197 corridors
19.98 M pax/day
1,740 km
Oceania
2 countries
6 cities
8 corridors
0.43 M pax/day
96 km
source: BRTData.org, August 2015
Bus priority systems in the world
evolution # of cities and km per decade
Cumulative length (km)
5162
1015
4147
2917
1230
625
605
625
Before 1990 (21 cities)
2001 - 2010 (104 cities)
1991 - 2000 (20 cities)
Since 2011 (49 cities)
source: BRTData.org, August 2015
Bus priority systems in the world
In expansion
(48 cities)
Planned / in
construction
(141 cities)
source: BRTData.org, August 2015
Bus priority systems in the world
In operation
(194 cities)
In expansion
(48 cities)
Planned / in
construction
(141 cities)
source: BRTData.org, August 2015
Bus priority systems in the world
Evolution of the number of cities per year
25
200
20
160
15
120
1974/1991*: Curitiba
2000: Bogotá
(TransMilenio)
1972/2010*: Lima
10
80
1968: Liège
5
40
0
0
1965
1970
1975
1980
* Busway / BRT year commencement
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
source: BRTData.org, August 2015
Cumulative Number of Cities
New Cities
2010: Guanghou
Bus priority systems in the world
Evolution of total length of systems
Constructed length (km)
2000
6000
5000
4000
1500
3000
1000
2000
500
0
Cumulative length (km)
2500
1000
0
source: BRTData.org, August 2015