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PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Sydney’s public transport solution

Bus Rapid Transit in Sydney will make a big difference

to travelling by bus.

RT is also known grade separation to avoid are necessary to deliver
as a busway or intersections is ideal. reliable service from a
a transitway. Dedicated bus stations for passenger’s point of view.
It describes a boarding are needed, as Planned high frequency
high-capacity are supporting services to services require planning
B urban public operate the system and keep tools with an optimiser built
transport system with its own passengers informed. BRT on a superior algorithm
right of way, vehicles at short systems are at the top of that delivers everything
headways, platform-level the bus service tree because bus operators need to run
boarding, and pre-ticketing. they can move a lot of people their business efficiently,
Purists will argue that a BRT quickly. Think of a train to calculate the optimum
needs all these attributes, but line without the rails. The combination of buses and
often the ticketing system is bus stops are like stations drivers, so that a bus starts a
on-board – albeit cashless and where connections are service every 5, 6 or 7 minutes
fast – so as not to slow down easily identified, passenger in peak and only marginally
boarding times. information is everywhere, less frequently out of peak.
and services are reliable and This means passengers do not
The right physical
infrastructure is required frequent. need a timetable and can just
for a BRT. Separation of In addition to the buses show up.
the bus corridor from and physical infrastructure, With many buses, the
traffic is mandatory and combinations of ITS systems timetable is not used by

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