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• Eindhoven: Big problems for "Phileas FROG" guided "BRT"
  
  
• USA's Rail Transit Development Under Attack as "BRT" Promoters Rev Up Misinformation Campaign
  
  
• Top "Bus Rapid Transit" Lobbyist Lobs Barrage of Baloney Against Rail
  
  
• "Free" buses vs. "expensive" rail?
  
  
• Padua (Padova, Italy): "Guided-bus" ("BRT") plagued by derailments
  
  
• LA's "Orange Line" Busway – "Just Like Rail, But Cheaper?" A Photo-Report Reality Check
  
  
• Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 1 – Overview
  
  
• Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 2 – Infrastructure Issues
  
  
• Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 3 – Operational Issues
  
  
• Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 4 – Buses and Interior Space
  
  
• Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 5 – Accessibility for Mobility-Challenged
  
  
• Photo-Report – Los Angeles "Orange Line" Busway – Part 6 – Accessibility for Bicycles
  
  
• Reality Check: Breakthrough Technologies Institute's Dubious Claims on "Bus Rapid Transit", Electric Rail, and Global Warming
  
  
• Rail Transit vs. "Bus Rapid Transit": Comparative Success and Potential in Attracting Ridership
  
  
• Myth: "Bus Rapid Transit" ("BRT") is much cheaper than light rail transit (LRT)
  
  
• Myth: Buses can run on steep grades, but light rail cars are limited to grades of 6%
  
  
• New-Look "Bus Rapid Transit" Buses vs. Light Rail Vehicles: A Personal Evaluation
  
  
• Photo-Report: Pittsburgh West Busway
  
  
• Adelaide: Light Rail Tramway Development Moves to Forefront
  
  
• Houston: Metro dumps MetroRail expansion plan, substitutes "BRT"
  
  
• Quality Bus ("BRT") vs. Rail Transit – Fitting the Right Mode to the Application
  
  
• Ft. Lauderdale: Light rail preferred to "BRT" for east-west corridor
  
  
• Orléans: New east-west light rail tramway to be "true tram on rails", not "BRT"
  
  
• Angers chooses steel-wheel light rail tramway over guided-bus "BRT"
  
  
• Ottawa: New light rail system recommended...But "BRT" conversion presents obstacles
  
  
• Curitiba (Brazil) now plans a "Light Metro" to replace "BRT" in a major corridor
  
  
• Honolulu "BRT" service slammed for poor ridership
  
  
• Winnipeg: Rail better than bus for rapid transit
  
  
• Winnipeg shelves plans for "BRT"
  
  
• A Bus by Any Other Name Is Still ... a Train?
  
  
• "Bus Rapid Transit" or "Quality Bus"? Reality Check
  
  
• Discussion of the US General Accounting Office Report "Bus Rapid Transit Shows Promise"
  
  
• Weyrich: Federal Anti-Rail Promotion of "BRT" Is "Dead Wrong"
  
  
• Ottawa (Finally) Opts for Light Rail
  
  
• Myth vs. Reality: Has Ottawa "BRT" Provided Light Rail-Type Service at Much Lower Cost?
  
  
• Bus "Transitways": A Triumph of Marketing – A Failure of Rigorous Analysis
  
  
• Dallas: DART's New LRT Service Nearly Triples "BRT" Ridership at 3 Stations
  
  
• LA's Metro Rapid "BRT" – Just 13% From Automobiles?
  
  
• GAO's "BRT" Report: Errors, Anomalies, Misinformation
  
  
• "BRT" - You Can Build It ... But Will They Come?
  
  
• Federal GAO Report Shows: It's BRT (and Heavy Rail) With the Big Cost Overruns, Not Light Rail!
  
  
• A Tale of Two Cities
  
  
• "Misguided Bus"? Nancy's BRT Debacle Exposes Pitfalls of "Half-Price Tramway"
  
  
• Los Angeles: LRT Selected Over "BRT" for Exposition Corridor
  
  
• Los Angeles Times Says: Forget "BRT" – Go With Light Rail!
  
  
• Ottawa's BRT "Transitway": Modern Miracle or Mega-Mirage?
  
  
• How Light Rail Saves Operating Cost Dollars Compared With Buses
  
  
• Curitiba's "Bus Rapid Transit" – How Applicable to Los Angeles and Other U.S. Cities?
  
  
• Curitiba's "Bus Rapid Transit" Operation: A Critical Look Relative to Actual American Transit Experience
  
  
• Neal Peirce on Curitiba's "Bus Rapid Transit": Blind Naiveté Gets Taken for a (Bus) Ride
  
  
• Research Study: Riders Prefer Light Rail to "Bus Rapid Transit"
  
  
• Transit Capital Investment Per Route Mile
  
  
• Springfield Virginia: Shirley Busway / 1395 Hov / Metrorail
  
  
• Pittsburgh Average Weekday Ridership South Busway Vs Light Rail