BRT 101: What You Need to Know Before You Start

As the landscape for bus rapid transit (BRT) evolves, systems across the country are adjusting. With lower capital costs, enhanced services such as bus rapid transit and Better Bus applications have gained popularity. When integrating a high-capacity corridor into the built environment, there are many tools in the toolbox. Each project is unique, potentially involving a variety of customized applications. Together, we’ll unpack what factors to consider when developing a preferred alternative, how to prioritize BRT investments to serve the most people, how different methods of public engagement can inform and build support for a project, new innovations in design applications and policy, as well as ways to provide more equitable service.

Moderator: Tyler Besch, Vice President, Greater West & Gulf Coast Transit-Rail Division Manager, AECOM, Phoenix, AZ
Sara Kotecki, P.E., Bus Rapid Transit Administrator, City of Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
Amy Silbermann, AICP, Director of Planning & Service Development, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Pittsburgh, PA
Yuhayna Mahmud, University BRT Project Manager, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO), Houston, TX
Adam Smith, Manager, BRT Projects, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN