Comments on: Kansas City Begins Construction of Troost Avenue BRT

By: Fritz

Fritz — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:00:54 +0000

KC should spend the money on a streetcar type system, otherwise a bus is bus.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:53:31 +0000

That’s not Bus Rapid Transit, and promotion of watered-down “BRT” as the real thing is bound to make advocating for true BRT that much harder elsewhere.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:30:00 +0000

BRT isn’t rapid transit in ANY sense unless it gets its own lane, and that’s just the minimum. The idea of rapid transit is to minimize delay; the very nature of a bus system makes delay inevitable (think when you don’t see a bus for 10 minutes, then 5 buses show up one after the other).

By: Chris Ketchel

Chris Ketchel — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:59:50 +0000

“Getting Down to Basics”
I am so excited to hear about a system being designed with simplicity in mind. A straight, clearly marked line communicates to the masses. So everyone should suggest that they fix the design flaw of 31 stations on the 13 mile corridor. If each station is 4 blocks apart, is that equal to a half mile? How much faster would it be if you cut the number of stations in half?