Bus Rapid Transit Consulting Services

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a relatively new concept with roots in Latin America. C&M’s has experience working in many of these Latin American projects that range from the preliminary design and supervision of the implementation of Transmilenio in Bogota, Colombia to studies and implementations in cities around Mexico.

BRT was born as financially constrained cities planned systems of bus routes that operate more like rail transit than buses. Today, BRT systems carry millions of passengers on a daily basis, with fleet consisting on thousands of buses. The widely successful Trasnmilenio system in Bogota, Colombia, consists on axial BRT routes and a network of feeder routes.

The principal characteristic of BRT systems is that buses be given priority over other traffic. This can be achieved by granting buses access to managed lanes with a guaranteed level of service, using dedicated bus lanes or giving buses preferential treatment at signals. Other characteristics may include high-speed boarding, specially designed boarding locations that operate like train platforms, electronic ticketing and specially designed articulated vehicles.

C&M has experience in the conceptual and detailed design of BRT systems including operations, application of technology and the appropriate design of BRT facilities.