Comments on: Bus Rapid Transit = Awesome http://www.nextstopstl.org/808/bus-rapid-transit-awesome/ A Conversation About Transit Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:52:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.nextstopstl.org/808/bus-rapid-transit-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Jennifer Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:51:32 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=808#comment-150 That article raises some interesting points, Ivan, but remember that St. Louis doesn't have the street crowding issues that New York has - not nearly as dense. Also, BRT in St. Louis would be great for covering commuters, i.e. daily long-range trips with few stops, on highways that are already in place - sort of ultra express buses. If there were dedicated BRT lanes, traffic jams wouldn't be an issue - just like light rail. It's an interesting enough option that I think it's worth a serious look, but obviously it won't work in every location and situation. That article raises some interesting points, Ivan, but remember that St. Louis doesn’t have the street crowding issues that New York has – not nearly as dense. Also, BRT in St. Louis would be great for covering commuters, i.e. daily long-range trips with few stops, on highways that are already in place – sort of ultra express buses. If there were dedicated BRT lanes, traffic jams wouldn’t be an issue – just like light rail. It’s an interesting enough option that I think it’s worth a serious look, but obviously it won’t work in every location and situation.

]]> By: Jazzy_Jeff http://www.nextstopstl.org/808/bus-rapid-transit-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Jazzy_Jeff Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:55:34 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=808#comment-149 I orginally didn't like the idea of BRT. But after seeing it and being inside it last year it was very cool! I have all the pictures of the BRT that I saw when Metro had them for demo purposes. Just e-mail me if you want a copy? I just wish I would have caught a "moving" demo since the one I was in was stationary. Also I last heard that Federal Funds are much more likely to flow into a local transit provider like Metro if they use BRT vs. Light Rail. IMHO I believe that when Metro has the funds available they should start putting in BRT like crazy and only do light rail if they have enough support from the communities involved. There are few places I can see light rail being used in St. Louis. BRT doesn't need to have the environment (Purchase new ROW) changed for the most part. There are exceptions if one needs to create or make dedicated BRT lanes. Thanks for sharing this and becoming a BRT advocate! I orginally didn’t like the idea of BRT. But after seeing it and being inside it last year it was very cool! I have all the pictures of the BRT that I saw when Metro had them for demo purposes. Just e-mail me if you want a copy? I just wish I would have caught a “moving” demo since the one I was in was stationary. Also I last heard that Federal Funds are much more likely to flow into a local transit provider like Metro if they use BRT vs. Light Rail. IMHO I believe that when Metro has the funds available they should start putting in BRT like crazy and only do light rail if they have enough support from the communities involved. There are few places I can see light rail being used in St. Louis. BRT doesn’t need to have the environment (Purchase new ROW) changed for the most part. There are exceptions if one needs to create or make dedicated BRT lanes. Thanks for sharing this and becoming a BRT advocate!

]]> By: Ivan http://www.nextstopstl.org/808/bus-rapid-transit-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Ivan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:44:30 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=808#comment-148 I would have been more enthusiastic if I hadn't read this http://theoverheadwire.blogspot.com/2009/07/could-brt-carry-7-million-new-yorkers.html right before coming here. I would have been more enthusiastic if I hadn’t read this

http://theoverheadwire.blogspot.com/2009/07/could-brt-carry-7-million-new-yorkers.html

right before coming here.

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