A Look at BRT in Bogota

This video from Streetfilms shows and explains the workings of Bogota, Colombia's bus rapid transit system -- one of the world's most highly regarded systems.

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January 28, 2008, 12:00 PM PST

By Nate Berg

"Take a gander and you'll see an efficient, modern and - relatively speaking - inexpensive way of moving 1.3 million people per day."

"In Bogotá, where the BRT system goes by the much more sexy name, TransMilenio, you'll travel almost three times the speed of the typical New York City bus. The average TransMilenio vehicle travels at 17.4 mph. In New York City, buses poke along at 6.2 mph. Some TransMilenio routes average nearly 25 mph!"

FULL STORY: StreetFilm: BRT in Bogotá

Monday, January 28, 2008 in Streetsblog

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