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This post was originally published in Portuguese on EMBARQBrasil.org.

As world leaders gather to address global sustainability at Rio+20, the…

This database – www.brtdata.org – is the most ambitious, globally encompassing effort to map out BRT systems around the world and will include a web portal, which is publicly available for anyone wishing to access information about BRT data.

This database – www.brtdata.org – is the most ambitious, globally encompassing effort to map out BRT systems around the world and will include a web portal, which is publicly available for anyone wishing to access information about BRT data.

Regular readers of SmartPlanet know how much we love cities, transportation and data. How could we resist? The organization’s new “Global BRT Data” database — produced in conjunction with the BRT Centre of Excellence, naturally — promises to let regular people (and transit wonks) compare BRT systems and bus corridors in 134 cities in 36 countries.

Regular readers of SmartPlanet know how much we love cities, transportation and data. How could we resist? The organization’s new “Global BRT Data” database — produced in conjunction with the BRT Centre of Excellence, naturally — promises to let regular people (and transit wonks) compare BRT systems and bus corridors in 134 cities in 36 countries.

This piece originally appeared on TheCityFix blog.

Three global organizations recently…

BRTdata.org provides most robust data to improve mobility and reduce carbon emissions from transit

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p>The 9th annual Transforming Transportation conference will focus on big ideas to scale up sustainable transport in cities worldwide.