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1 The purpose of TCRP Synthesis 164 is to document specific current practices of U.S. and Canadian transportation agencies in using bus rapid transit (BRT)
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2 Bus Rapid Transit: Current State of Practice in the survey; those represent most U.S. states and Canadian provinces as well as a range of operating scales and contexts.
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Summary 3 • The surveyed agencies collectively reported both increases and decreases in transit productivity (e.g., ridership per revenue hour) and operating costs as a result of BRT implementation.
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4 Bus Rapid Transit: Current State of Practice • Make decisions effectively and clearly. Although agencies can figure out BRT service and infrastructure details in advance, at some point, an agency might need to consider available time, staffing, and funding and make a decision and move forward.
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Summary 5 research could look more closely at the costs and benefits of branding BRT as new BRTsupportive technologies are implemented and features that were once exclusive to BRT become more pervasive. Such research can consider the extent to which sharing of stations/ stops and loading areas affects the branding of BRT; the branding contributions of vehicle and running way features, station/stop amenities, and ticketing systems; and the relationship between branding benefits and the level of bus activity in a given corridor or system.
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6 Bus Rapid Transit: Current State of Practice • Strategies for managing general traffic turning movements in BRT corridors • Guidance for operating multiple transit modes in BRT corridors • Guidance for sizing BRT stops and stations (e.g., platform lengths) given the land use context and the other transit modes operating in the corridor • Guidance for BRT stop and station spacing • Guidance for implementing BRT in shared or semi-exclusive running ways
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