Guangzhou, one of the fastest growing cities in the world, has gained almost three million inhabitants in the past decade. The resulting increase in traffic congestion led the city and its agencies, including the Guangzhou Metro Design Institute, to design a new high-capacity public-transit system, the Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit (GBRT), to help cut carbon emissions, reduce gridlock, and reclaim streets and public spaces for residents.
Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) is the largest metropolitan area in Vietnam, with approximately 8 million residents. The city is currently constructing a metro system as an alternative to its previous reliance on buses in an attempt to increase the use of public transport from 5% of journeys that take place in the city.
Beijing is set to roll out its second-ever municipal bike-sharing service. Beijing bike sharing system stations are spotted being installed in the Dongcheng and Chaoyang Districts of Central Beijing.
Pittsburgh was the first city in the United States to implement elements of bus rapid transit, and helped paved the way for more robust U.S. BRT systems. In 1977, only three years after Curitiba, Brazil implemented the world’s first BRT system, Pittsburgh opened the South Busway, 4.3 miles of exclusive bus lanes, running though previously underserved areas of the city, from the western suburbs to the downtown.
YRT/Viva offers local and rapid transit services in all nine York Region municipalities. More than 120 routes keep residents connected within the Region, along with connecting services in the City of Toronto and the Region of Peel. In addition, Mobility Plus provides door-to-door shared-ride accessible public transit service for people with disabilities.
The Strip & Downtown Express (SDX) is a hybrid vehicle painted glitzy gold, designed to look and feel like a train. The SDX uses bus-only and high-occupancy vehicle lanes, and bypasses most of the Strip in order to provide faster service.
EmX is the bus rapid transit (BRT) system designed to serve the Eugene and Springfield communities. Sixty percent of the first corridor consists of exclusive bus lanes. The system includes
MAX Bus Rapid Transit service provides faster, more frequent service, and features the latest technology in the transit industry. MAX uses easy-to-identify vehicles.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) is using less energy, saving money, improving air quality, and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions through the establishment of the Cleveland HealthLine Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route.
The Efficient Windows Collaborative (EWC) is a consortium of manufacturers, home performance contractors, research organizations and others dedicated to increasing the market share of high-efficiency windows in both the residential and commercial sectors.
