Comments on: Streetfilms: A Look at Bus Rapid Transit in L.A. http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/11/streetfilms-a-look-at-bus-rapid-transit-in-la/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/11/streetfilms-a-look-at-bus-rapid-transit-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-48374 Michael1 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:35:42 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/11/streetfilms-a-look-at-bus-rapid-transit-in-la/#comment-48374 Did you see that the bicycles have their own turn bay? in Los Angeles! What in the world. Did you see that the bicycles have their own turn bay? in Los Angeles! What in the world.

]]> By: Transit Planner http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/11/streetfilms-a-look-at-bus-rapid-transit-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-48319 Transit Planner Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:38:21 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/11/streetfilms-a-look-at-bus-rapid-transit-in-la/#comment-48319 The guy spouting the anti-rail nonsense about ridership is full of it. Minneapolis, Salt Lake, Denver, Portland, and now Charlotte have all come in far above their Federal Transit Administration forecasts for ridership. There are no BRT lines in Los Angeles. They have given some buses moderate priority features, but no grade-separated running ways, which is what truly speeds up buses. In North America, Pittsburgh and Ottawa have bus-only transitways. These are legitimate BRT operations. Everything in LA so far is a half-measure. The Orange Line B"R"T crosses streets at 10 mph because they were too cheap to put up crossing gates. Read here for more details: http://www.lightrailnow.org/facts/fa_brt_2006-10a.htm The guy spouting the anti-rail nonsense about ridership is full of it. Minneapolis, Salt Lake, Denver, Portland, and now Charlotte have all come in far above their Federal Transit Administration forecasts for ridership.

There are no BRT lines in Los Angeles. They have given some buses moderate priority features, but no grade-separated running ways, which is what truly speeds up buses.

In North America, Pittsburgh and Ottawa have bus-only transitways. These are legitimate BRT operations. Everything in LA so far is a half-measure.

The Orange Line B”R”T crosses streets at 10 mph because they were too cheap to put up crossing gates.

Read here for more details:
http://www.lightrailnow.org/facts/fa_brt_2006-10a.htm

]]> By: Shemp http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/11/streetfilms-a-look-at-bus-rapid-transit-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-48293 Shemp Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:48:40 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/11/streetfilms-a-look-at-bus-rapid-transit-in-la/#comment-48293 Film is an OK intro but ducks the history of rail vs. bus advocacy conflict that has characterized L.A. transit politics for past 15 yrs or so. Film is an OK intro but ducks the history of rail vs. bus advocacy conflict that has characterized L.A. transit politics for past 15 yrs or so.

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