We haven't given buses nearly enough love on this channel, so now it's time to look at Bus Rapid Transit, what it is, and which North American cities do it best. Lower capacity than a subway but certainly higher than Tesla Tunnels, BRT is a more affordable, lower-intervention option for cities looking to expand their transit offerings. Our journey today takes us to: - Curitiba, Brazil and Bogota, Colombia, to learn from the cities that really put BRT on the map - Canada, where we look at Ottawa's groundbreaking Transitway and see how that city is settling the bus rapid transit vs. light rail question - A variety of US cities that have succeeded in implementing BRT, and - Mexico, to check out the Metrobus, the Mexibus, the Macrobus, and...yeah, lots of services with the word "bus" in them. It's bus nerd day. Come along for the ride! Other CityNerd vides referenced in this video: - Key Cities/Stations for HSR in North America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpdz6HcZj84 - Transit to Beaches, Worldwide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5p8gSdYVLo - Transit to NFL Stadiums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iclUbbnWzog - Transit to Airports in North America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQdA2-eJ6g Resources: Download page for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy's publication, "The BRT Standard": https://www.itdp.org/publication/the-brt-standard/ ITDP scorecard and rankings: https://www.itdp.org/library/standards-and-guides/the-bus-rapid-transit-standard/the-scorecard/ Wikipedia BRT page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit Wikipedia CTfastrak page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT_Fastrak Photo Credits: Vine logo By C-Tran - The Vine Fact Sheet, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52337202 Swift logo from By The logo is from the following website: http://www.communitytransit.org/, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25251737 TriMet FX logo from the following website: https://news.trimet.org/2021/06/trimet-unveils-new-look-coming-with-better-bus-service-in-the-division-street-corridor/ EmX photo By User:Cacophony - This file was derived from: Eugene-EMX.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65930755 CT Fastrak photo By Pi.1415926535 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47837262 Duquesne Incline video https://www.visitpittsburgh.com/blog/how-to-ride-the-pittsburgh-inclines/ Pittsburgh Busway photo from http://www.pittsburghtransit.org/busway.html MetroBus map by Secretaria de Movilidad - http://data.metrobus.cdmx.gob.mx/images/MAPAMIMB2021.pdf, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107489651 Cablebus photo by Jefatura de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México / Gobierno de la Ciudad de México - https://www.jefaturadegobierno.cdmx.gob.mx/comunicacion/nota/inaugura-jefa-de-gobierno-antena-tlalpexco-campos-revolucion-de-la-linea-1-de-cablebus-en-cuautepec, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=105579942 Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) Twitter: @nerd4cities Instagram: @nerd4cities Contact: nerd4cities@gmail.com