1. South-South Cooperation
Opportunities
Dario Hidalgo
EMBARQ

2. SSC Why?
Rapid urban growth and motorization
Congestion, energy consumption, air
pollution, road fatalities and injuries, lack of
physical activity
Limited funding, capacity
But very good ideas and practices (e.g):
Sustainable mobility oriented development
Sustainable transport – health and road safety
Innovate finance – PPP, TDM
Bus Rapid Transit and Integrated Public
Transport

3. BRT and busway systems in the world
evolution of the # of cities and km per decade
3741 km
905 km Before 1990 (14 cities)
493 km 1990 s (19 cities)
Total length Since 2000 (114 cities)
source: BRTdata.org, October, 2012

4. BRT and busway systems in the world
Evolution of the number of cities per year
25 150
2010: Guangzhou, Hefei, Yancheng, Zaozhuang – China;
Jaipur - India; Bangkok - Thailand; East London Transit –
UK; Barranquilla, Bucaramanga – Colombia; 125
20
Cumulative Number of Cities
Ecatepec- Mexico; Lima - Peru; Brampton – Canada; …
100
15
New Cities
75
2000: Bogotá
10 (TransMilenio),
Colombia 50
5
1974: Curitiba 25
0 0
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
source: BRTdata.org, October, 2012

5. Photo: URBS
Curitiba, RIT
Initial Corridor 1972
Full BRT in 1982 Photo: URBS

6. Quito, Metrobús-Q
Photo: D. Hidalgo EMBARQ
Initial corridor 1995

7. Bogota, TransMilenio
Initial Corridor 2000
Photo: EMBARQ

8. Istanbul Metrobus
Initial Corridor 2008
Photo: D. Hidalgo EMBARQ

9. Ahmedabad Janmarg
Initial Corridor 2009
Photo: CEPT

10. Guangzhou
Initial Corridor 2010

11. Mexico Metrobús
Line 4 2012
Photo: CTS EMBARQ Mexico

12. México City
Metrobús
6 years, 95 km
614,000 pax/day
+105 km 2013-2018
http://www.metrobus.df.gob.mx/mapa.html

13. Rio de Janeiro, Transoeste
Photo: EMBARQ Brasil
2012

14. Rio de Janeiro, Transoeste
Photo: EMBARQ Brasil
2012

15. Rio de Janeiro
150 km planned 2012-2016

16. http://www.metroenbogota.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/transmilenio-hasta-el-aeropuerto-el-doraro.jpg
Bogotá, TransMilenio
Phase III & Citywide Integrated System 2012

17. TransMilenio, Bogotá
104 km BRT, Integrated System 7 million trips per day
http://www.surumbo.com/paginas_php3/loadinfo.php3?InaNuIdMn=311&IngNuEleE=2&
nav=1
http://www.surumbo.com/paginas_php3/loadinfo.php3?InaNuIdMn=311&IngNuEleE=2&nav=1

18. Central Station
Urban Renewal
Project
(TOD under
construction)

19. BRT showcases effective south-
south cooperation:
High performance, low cost, rapid
implementation, positive impacts
Examples have inspired rapid uptake
in varied geographies
Expertise exchange: LAC, Asia,
Africa and back

20. Outstanding issues
What is BRT? or types of BRT?
Comparison with alternatives – Tram, LRT, Metro;
What is the niche for BRT?
Land use integration – safe access?
Road Safety – Health – Climate Change?
Quality of service – subsidies - finance?
PPP contracts, incentives, control?
…
Need to continue working in these
and other issues

21. SSC How?
Information exchange
Web material, webinars
Conferences
Publications
Collaborative research
Observatories
Case Studies
Study tours
Training
Experts/staff exchange, peer-to-peer
learning

22. www.embarq.org

23. www.sibrtonline.org www.brt.cl

24. SIBRT: 19 Public Agencies from 8 Countries

25. Asia BRTS
Ahmedabad Jakarta
Surat Manila
Indore Cebu
Jaipur Bangkok
Delhi Dhaka
Pimpri-Chinwad Lahore
Hubli-Dharwad Colombo
Bangalore Hanoi
Mumbai …
…

26. Filename/RPS Number