“The big challenge for developing countries like India is to keep a balanced transport mix that provides adequate accessibility for people and goods.
Clayton Lane, the acting director of EMBARQ, speaks to FedEX on sustainable transport and the growth and future of bus rapid transit systems in Mexico based on the model from Curitiba, Brazil.
Curitiba será sede da Associação Latino-Americana de BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) e Sistemas Integrados de Transporte (SIT), lançada nesta quinta-feira (15), em evento na Prefeitura, com a presença dos presidentes de 17 agências gestoras de transporte urbano da América Latina.
a próxima semana, de 14 a 16 de abril, representantes de agências gestoras de transporte urbano da América Latina se reunirão em Curitiba para lançar a “Associação Latino-Americana de BRT - Bus Rapid Transit” e os SIT (Sistemas Integrados de Transporte).
Experts in favour of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) want to convince political leaders heading government agencies to back the project.
While other cities in India are planning new Metro systems to address their transport woes, Ahmedabad has thrown its weight behind Bus Rapid Transit instead. And given the may advantages this enjoys over rail - cost, potential, flexibility - it may prove to be the wiser choice, writes Madhav Pai.
Madhav Pai, a technical engineer who is co-ordinating the event said the workshop will present a perspective of Janmarg BRTS before the participants so that issues and challenges in implementing such systems can be understood. "The workshop would basically focus on capacity building for participant cities.
A systems approach, which combines infrastructure, vehicles, operations, technologies and user education, has created a seamless implementation process for Ahmedabad's Janmarg, write Madhav Pai and Abhijit Lokre.
Senior transport engineer, Embarq, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport, Dario Hidalgo said that city’s Janmarg is a successful model for other Indian cities to follow.
The experts are fuming over the fact that the project is being handed over to the BMC, which is seen as lacking the technical expertise that the MMRDA possesses. “There has been study after study on the BRTS project but no action,” said Dario Hidalgo, who was involved in designing the acclaimed Bogota BRTS in Colombia.
