BRT Observatory EMBARQ-PUC Washington, January 26 th, 2011
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Objectives Create the worlds most complete reference to the
state of the practice in BRT Provide information for benchmark
analysis between corridors and/or systems Provide some type of BRT
accreditation (BRT Scale) Create liaisons with transit agencies
Provide questions for our research agenda and data for our projects
Develop few case studies Build a bridge between research and
practice
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Description We are gathering information at three levels:
Shallow (~119 cities, ~279 corridors) - Atlas Medium (~50-60
cities, 100+ corridors) - For Econometric Models Deep (~ 15 cities
systems, 25+ corridors) Detailed Case Studies, transversal (common
to the cities), horizontal (very complete description and analysis
of a city/system)
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Information Scopes Level of Information Number of Cities,
Systems, Corridors Shallow, the most systems Desktop and light
contacts (119+ cities, 279+ corridors) Medium, enough corridors for
econometric analyses, strong contacts and time effort (~50-60
cities, 75+ corridors) Deep, very detailed information for complete
case studies, very strong contacts, time and visits (~ 15 cities
systems, 25+ corridors)
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Current status We have defined a list of variables to study and
created an instrument to collect the data interaction of
PUC-ITLS-EMBARQ We applied the pilot instrument to four cities
(corridors) Juan Carlos Muoz and Daniela Facchini presented at the
VREF meeting in Nairobi, Kenya (Dec 2010) 7 CoE indicated
willingness to collaborate with data collection We produced a
report on the pilot data collection effort We created a basic list
with 119 cities with BRT systems and bus corridors in operation and
a presentation on the status of the BRT industry worldwide We are
improving the instruments and databases and collecting data
(shallow and medium level-partial) Preliminary results expected for
Aug-Sep 2011
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Our updated list of cities with BRT and bus corridors in
operation includes 119 cities, 278 corridors, 4287 km, 6569
stations, 30K buses and 26.8 million passengers per weekday
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Summary information from the current dataset Source: BRT and
Bus Corridors Dataset, Summary by Region and Country, EMBARQ,
January 12, 2011
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Latin America and Asia have similar BRT/Bus Corridor km, but
LAC dominates in ridership Source: BRT and Bus Corridors Dataset,
Summary by Region and Country, EMBARQ, January 12, 2011
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Observatory data collection effort 2011 Basic 119 Cities, 279
corridors Expand the indicators to 20-25 Expand cities to ~140,
corridors ~300 (new projects and missed cities) Data verification
and update Medium Select 50-60 cities ~100 corridors for medium
level (for econometric analyses) EMBARQ: around 15-20 cities, 30-40
corridors for medium level Others 30-40 cities to be defined Deep
Select cities for very comprehensive data collection EMBARQ 7-8
cities, update and improve case studies
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In depth cities selection (proposed) 1.Santiago, Chile - PUC
2.Bogot, Colombia - EMBARQ 3.Len, Mxico - EMBARQ 4.Pereira,
Colombia - EMBARQ 5.Guayaquil, Ecuador - EMBARQ 6.Istanbul, Turkey
- EMBARQ 7.Ahmedabad, India - EMBARQ 8.Guanghozou, China
9.Johannesburg, South Africa 10.Sydney, Australia - 11.Brisbane,
Australia 12.Los Angeles, USA 13.Boston, USA 14-15 (Europe?) Others
with good background information and contacts (SIBRT): Guadalajara,
Mxico Mxico City Quito, Ecuador Lima, Per Cali, Colombia
Bucaramanga, Colombia Barranquilla, Colombia
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Types of Indicators Socio demographic city context Project
planning and implementation Intermodal integration and transfers
Physical characteristics of the corridor Bus services Bus stops and
stations Information to users Buses Fare and fare collection system
Bus operations Passengers use of the system20 Contracts and
operators ownership Safety and security Operational costs Marketing
Identity Urban Impacts 381 deep indicators 121 medium indicators ~
20-25 shallow indicators
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Information Sources General References: TCRP Report 90 Bus
Rapid Transit, ITDP- GTZs BRT Planning Guide, and US-FTA BRT
Characteristics for Decision Makers. Web references as:
http://www.chinabrt.org/defaulten.aspx;
http://www.nbrti.org/contact.html;
http://www.gobrt.org/http://www.chinabrt.org/defaulten.aspx
http://www.nbrti.org/contact.htmlhttp://www.gobrt.org/ Internal
references EMBARQ (Case studies Curitiba, Quito, Bogot, Len, Mxico,
S o Paulo, Pereira, Guayaquil, Santiago, Beijing, Jakarta, Delhi,
Ahmedabad, Istanbul) Internal references PUC (Santiago, Quito)
Other BRT CoE members: Australia, Portugal, USA Other VREF CoE:
China, South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia, USA and India Latin
American Association of BRT and Integrated Bus Systems - SIBRT:
founding members Curitiba, S o Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Goiania,
Santiago, Bogot, Pereira, Cali, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Quito,
Guayaquil, Mxico, Guadalajara
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Medium Level Indicators Observatory Pilot Questionnaire Capture
and record the experience of elaborating and filling out the
questionnaire Collaborative effort EMBARQ-ITLS-PUC
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Data collection November-December 2010 Linha Verde BRT Corridor
Curitiba, Brazil (CTS-Brasil) 156/180 questions answered for 1
corridor total of 169 person-hours dedicated to data collection
Optibs BRT System Len, Mxico (CTS-Mxico) 121/180 questions answered
for 5 corridors total of 64 person-hours dedicated to data
collection Trolebs BRT Corridor Quito, Ecuador (PUC-Chile) 151/180
questions answered for 1 corridor Pajaritos Sur BRT Corridor
Santiago de Chile (PUC-Chile) 116/180 questions answered for 1
corridor
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Linha Verde BRT Corridor Curitiba, Brazil Availability
CategoryIndicated As Could Not GetCNG Very Hard to GetVHG Difficult
to GetDG Straightforward to GetSG Optibs BRT System Len, Mexico
Pajaritos Sur BRT Corridor Santiago de Chile, Chile Results -
Information Availability
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Results Information Availability Information not available for
the four pilot corridors
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Main findings It was not possible to fill the pilot
questionnaire from internet sources needs internal contacts and
time Some questions need clarification 33% of the indicators were
very hard to get or not possible at all Data did not have
references, or references were wrong Some information is not
divided per corridor; it belongs to the whole system of corridors
within the city We verified the need for improvements on the
spreadsheet to better organize the data and make analyses
easier
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Some definitions and actions required Clarity of some questions
(e.g. 14, 53, 57, 58) What to do with indicators we were not able
to get How to get indicators that were very hard to get, which are
important for econometric analyses Making sure sources are well
registered Which indicators to be sourced centrally (e.g. PPP) How
to divide general information of the system by corridors (divide
per km? per vehicle? per passenger?) Feedback and suggestions for
improvement for the excel spreadsheet.
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Observatory schedule Basic Databases Shallow and Medium Agree
on basic indicators: EMBARQ, PUC, September 2010 OK Pilot
questionnaire: EMBARQ, PUC, December 2010 OK Basic dataset 119
cities, 279 corridors: EMBARQ, January 2011 OK Complement basic
dataset (~140 cities, 300 corridors, 20-25 indicators, validate
data) January-May 2011 Define medium level dataset (50-60 cities,
~100 corridors) and mechanism to get to medium level indicators
(EMBARQ 15-20 cities, 30-40 corridors) January July 2011 Prepare a
report to be web published EMBARQ, PUC July-August 2011 Review
first annual report CoE members Sep-Oct 2011 Web Publish first
annual report EMBARQ, PUC November 2011 Repeat process
2011-2012
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In depth case studies Agree on cities and distribution of
responsibilities: CoE, January- February 2011 Agree on data
collection methodology, in depth structured survey: EMBARQ-PUC,
coordination with SIBRT, March-April 2011 Site visits and data
collection, EMBARQ, PUC, others as required and possible, May-Sep
2011 Data consolidation and analysis, EMBARQ-PUC, Oct-Nov 2011
Prepare small publication combining extended database and deep
dive, Dec 2011 Prepare a long publication combining basic database
and deep dive, Dec 2011 Feb 2012 Review long publication, CoE and
other experts, March April 2012 Publish book: BRT State of the
Practice Worldwide June 2012
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Case Studies - Future BRT and Road Safety (on going,
responsibility of EMBARQ, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies). We
will request review by CoE members. Other case studies to be
defined, ideas: Studies funded by SIBRT? (issue of confidentiality)
Fare evasion in bus systems Bus advanced technologies: costs,
barriers, opportunities, impacts Hybrid buses study (opportunity
with Clinton Foundation IDB)