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English   Bus Rapid Transit Solution: urban-transport solutions for today and tomorrow
19.08.2009 von admin


Bus Rapid Transit has its roots in Latin America and now enjoys world-wide recognition. Whereas in Latin America BRT initially allowed intelligent transport systems to keep pace with rapid population growth, the priority in industrial nations is to help protect the environment by reducing the need for private transport.

Major plus: cost-effective, fast and flexible implementation

Like rail-based systems, BRT systems allow more people to be transported quickly and comfortably on inner-city routes; however, they can be implemented faster and more cost-effectively than their rail-based counterparts, plus they offer greater flexi­bility moving forward into the future. A further strength of the BRT concept is the fact that it can be applied individually to each city and easily adapted to local requirements, since existing means of transport can be integrated into new BRT systems.


BusWay in Nantes, France: BusWay regular-service bus based on the Mercedes-Benz Citaro G with natural-gas drive.

World-wide team of BRT experts at Daimler Buses

The team of BRT experts at Daimler Buses provides assistance with the planning, introduction and development of custom-designed concepts for local BRT systems. The team – comprising a mix of transport, urban and regional planning specialists – works all over the world.

In addition, the BRT specialists have access to the knowledge of local and regional transport planners. And they do not just look at the bus side of the system, their aim being to ensure that existing and new forms of transport complement each other locally to create a smoothly functioning transport network. The Mercedes planners can count on vast experience in this field as it was around 25 years ago that Mercedes-Benz was involved in the design and implementation of a BRT system in Adelaide, Australia. Since then, the experts have been providing support and assistance for an extremely wide range of transport systems on a world-wide scale. When individual systems are planned, cities and transport operators there­fore benefit from the experience gained through implementing and operating other systems of the same kind.


BusWay in Nantes, France: BusWay regular-service bus based on the Mercedes-Benz Citaro G with natural-gas drive.


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