Bus Rapid Transit

A road transit mode that combines dedicated bus lanes, signal priority, off-board fare collection and level boarding to give conventional buses much of the speed, reliability and capacity of light rail while keeping the lower construction cost and route flexibility of an ordinary bus system. The Rede Integrada de Transporte, launched in Curitiba, Brazil in 1974, is generally credited as the first true bus rapid transit network, and the model has since been adopted in more than 160 cities across six continents. Because it reuses existing road surface rather than laying new rail, a BRT corridor can typically be built far faster and cheaper than an equivalent rail line. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/