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Originally Posted by fflint
The Transport Politic has a detailed rundown of public transportation (including light rail, metro rail, commuter rail, streetcars and bus rapid transit) currently under construction or starting construction this year, and provides a handy map:
Is there really nothing u/c or planned for Philly and Chicagoland this year? |
Toronto has loads of bus rapid transit u/c as well, which doesn't seem to be listed here:
http://www.vivanext.com/
Kind of significant to leave off a map like that. They're even getting their own physically-separated busways, which most other "BRT" systems are not.
Edit: They're also missing the Mississauga BRT project, which will cut travel times in some cases by more than 50%. In one case it will cut travel times from 27 minutes to 10 minutes:
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/miway/brtserviceplan