3^rd Asia BRTS Conference 2016

Asia BRTS aims at bringing Asia region transportation planning and design fraternity, system stakeholders and users on a common platform of knowledge sharing. This platform would be implemented for the benefit of individual cities. The theme of this year’s Conference is ‘BRTS-Towards Sustainable Mobility’. The Conference aims to enable a platform for the key stakeholders in Asia to discuss emerging issues and promote the development of sustainable and inclusive transport system and services. The focus would be on projects related to BRTS and exchange of experience from peer Asian cities during various phases of BRTS planning, implementation and operations. Save the Dates

Asia BRTS

Recognising that a bus-based transit system in general and Bus Rapid Transit in particular are central to sustainable development of cities; many Asian cities have planned Bus Rapid Transit Systems (BRTS) as an integral element of their urban transport strategy. BRTS has been able to provide high quality rapid transit service at much lesser cost than rail based transit modes. As a result, several cities across the world have been experimenting with different form of BRT. Within Asia, more than 40 cities are operating/developing BRTS with varying degrees of success and many more are at various stages of planning and implementation. Read More...