74-590: The Swift Blue Line is a bus rapid transit route operated by Community Transit in Snohomish County , Washington , as part of the Swift system. The Blue Line is 16.7 miles (26.9 km) long and runs on the State Route 99 and Evergreen Way corridor between Everett Station and Shoreline North/185th station . It has 36 stations in the cities of Everett , Lynnwood , Edmonds , and Shoreline . The Blue Line has
148-518: A busway or transitway , is a trolleybus , electric bus and public transport bus service system designed to have much more capacity , reliability , and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes roadways that are dedicated to buses , and gives priority to buses at intersections where buses may interact with other traffic; alongside design features to reduce delays caused by passengers boarding or leaving buses, or paying fares . BRT aims to combine
222-526: A countdown to the arrival of the next bus that is estimated using GPS units on coaches. In June 2015, the Washington State Department of Transportation removed part of the refuge island at the intersection of State Route 99 and Airport Road to create a through lane exclusively for Swift buses. Bus service on Aurora Avenue North, the continuation of State Route 99 in Shoreline and Seattle ,
296-583: A dwell time of 10 seconds, and use curb bumpers to guide them closer to the platform. Transfers from the Blue Line to other bus routes are possible at every station, served by shadow service running on the State Route 99 and Evergreen Way corridor between Blue Line stations and frequently-spaced stops. Community Transit route 101 runs from Aurora Village Transit Center to the Everett city limits at Airport Road Station, and Everett Transit routes 7 and 8 run on
370-611: A "BHLS" (stands for Bus with a High Level of Service ). The term transitway was originated in 1981 with the opening of the OC Transpo transitway in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. Critics have charged that the term "bus rapid transit" has sometimes been misapplied to systems that lack most or all the essential features which differentiate it from conventional bus services. The term " bus rapid transit creep " has been used to describe severely degraded levels of bus service which fall far short of
444-442: A 40-foot-long (12 m), 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) covered shelter on a 60-to-70-foot-long (18 to 21 m), 10-inch-high (25 cm) platform that allows for level boarding onto buses. The platform and shelter also include a roadside beacon that is lit at night, graffiti-resistant weather barriers, two Parkeon ticket vending machines , two ORCA card readers, and a next bus arrival sign . Buses stop at all stations, are allowed
518-474: A BRT system to 35,000 passengers per hour. The single-lane roads of Istanbul Metrobus had been frequently blocked by Phileas buses breaking down, causing delays for all the buses in a single direction. After focusing on Mercedes-Benz buses, capacity increased to 45,000 pph. Light rail, by comparison, has reported passenger capacities between 3,500 pph (mainly street running) to 19,000 pph (fully grade-separated ). Parkeon From Misplaced Pages,
592-694: A Vision 2040 Award from the Puget Sound Regional Council in May 2010. The agency also received two bronze Summit Creative Awards for the launch of Swift, as well as instructional videos on riding Swift that were published on YouTube . Four infill stations located in Everett were added to Swift in December 2010 and January 2011: a split pair at Madison Street and Pecks Drive, filling a nearly 2-mile-long (3.2 km) gap between Casino Road and 50th Street, and
666-502: A cost of $ 879,028 per vehicle, to be paid for with state and federal subsidies . Community Transit signed an agreement on December 5, 2007 with Everett Transit, which allowed for Swift to operate within Everett city limits with sales tax revenue from Everett funding stations, and transit signal priority within Everett. In exchange, Everett Transit would be allowed to expand its services into neighboring unincorporated areas that do not have CT service. A groundbreaking ceremony for
740-428: A low-noise, low-emissions "hush mode" (in which the diesel engine operates but does not exceed idle speed ) when underground. The need to provide electric power in underground environments brings the capital and maintenance costs of such routes closer to those of light rail, and raises the question of building or eventually converting to light rail. In Seattle, the downtown transit tunnel was retrofitted for conversion to
814-614: A mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged , redirected , or deleted . Find sources: "Flowbird" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2016 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Flowbird Group Company type Société anonyme Industry Urban Mobility Founded Paris , France (2003) Headquarters 100 Avenue de Suffren 15th arrondissement , Paris , France Key people Bertrand Barthélemy (chairman of
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#1733084904322888-529: A new roof. Swift stations were given a number of small improvements after the line opened. Curb bumpers were installed in June 2010 to help guide buses closer to the raised platform, and reduce the gap at the door. In 2012, a queue jump signal was installed northbound at the north end of the BAT lanes at 148th Street, allow Swift buses to merge into traffic. Real-time arrival signs debuted at Swift stations in 2013, featuring
962-463: A pair at 112th Street. The stations were paid for by $ 1.6 million in regional mobility grants from the Washington State Department of Transportation to Everett Transit, awarded in May 2009. An additional southbound Swift station, College Station at 204th Street SW in Lynnwood, was opened on February 3, 2016. It has no matching northbound station and serves Edmonds College . It was originally proposed with
1036-582: A partnership to share costs with Everett Transit for the Evergreen Way segment was not viable. In December 2005, the CT Board of Directors approved an accelerated planning schedule for a bus rapid transit project, to cost an estimated $ 15–20 million, and to begin service as the first such system in the Puget Sound region in 2008. Community Transit unveiled detailed plans for its bus rapid transit system, including
1110-449: A result, less forced ventilation will be required in tunnels to achieve the same air quality. Another alternative is to use electric propulsion, which Seattle 's Metro Bus Tunnel and Boston 's Silver Line Phase II implemented. In Seattle, dual-mode (electric/diesel electric) buses manufactured by Breda were used until 2004, with the center axle driven by electric motors obtaining power from trolley wires through trolley poles in
1184-451: A shared hybrid-bus and light-rail facility in preparation for Seattle's Central Link Light Rail line, which opened in July 2009. In March 2019, expansion of the light rail in the tunnel moved busses back to surface streets. Bi-articulated battery electric buses cause no problems in tunnels anymore but provide BRT capacity. A BRT system can be measured by a number of factors. The BRT Standard
1258-419: A static map, featuring services like trip planning, live arrival and departure times, up-to-date line schedules, local station maps, service alerts, and advisories that may affect one's current trip. Transit and Moovit are examples of apps that are available in many cities around the world. Some operators of bus rapid transit systems have developed their own apps, like Transmilenio. These apps even include all
1332-477: A total daily ridership), in the developing world this capacity constraint (or rumor of a capacity constraint) was a significant argument in favor of heavy rail metro investments in some venues. When TransMilenio opened in 2000, it changed the paradigm by giving buses a passing lane at each station stop and introducing express services within the BRT infrastructure. These innovations increased the maximum achieved capacity of
1406-478: A total of 1,621,838 riders in 2015, making it the most popular route operated by Community Transit , and accounting for 16.2% of the agency's total ridership. Blue Line bus rapid transit service on the State Route 99 corridor was preceded by decades of transit services traveling through southwestern Snohomish County , which ranged from an interurban railway to local buses . The Seattle–Everett Interurban Railway ran interurban service from 1910 to 1939 along
1480-605: A training facility at the Merrill Creek bus base , was opened during a media event on May 5, 2009; in September 2009, the first station on the line was completed at 196th Street in Lynnwood. The project cost a total of $ 29 million (equivalent to $ 41.2 million in 2024), of which $ 15 million was paid for by grants from the Federal Transit Administration , Washington State Department of Transportation , as well as
1554-581: Is a risk of a dangerous gap between bus and platform , and is even greater due to the nature of bus operations. Kassel curbs or other methods may be used to ease quick and safe alignment of the BRT vehicle with a platform. A popular compromise is low-floor buses with a low step at the door, which can allow easy boarding at low-platform stops compatible with other buses. This intermediate design may be used with some low- or medium-capacity BRT systems. The MIO system in Santiago de Cali, Colombia, pioneered in 2009
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#17330849043221628-569: Is less complex than rail maintenance. Moreover, buses are more flexible than rail vehicles, because a bus route can be altered, either temporarily or permanently, to meet changing demand or contend with adverse road conditions with comparatively little investment of resources. The first use of a protected busway was the East Side Trolley Tunnel in Providence , Rhode Island . It was converted from trolley to bus use in 1948. However,
1702-676: Is the terminus for the RapidRide E Line , a bus rapid transit route on Aurora Avenue that runs through Shoreline to Downtown Seattle . The Blue Line runs at a headway of 10 minutes from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, its highest level of service with five buses per hour per direction . Weekday service begins with a headway of 15 minutes during the early mornings and ends with 20-minute frequencies from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. On Saturdays, buses run every 15 minutes from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and every 20 minutes from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Blue Line buses run every 20 minutes during
1776-459: Is today over 18.5 miles long. The OC Transpo BRT system in Ottawa , Canada, was introduced in 1983. The first element of its BRT system was dedicated bus lanes through the city centre, with platformed stops. The introduction of exclusive separate busways (termed 'Transitway') occurred in 1983. By 1996, all of the originally envisioned 31 km Transitway system was in operation; further expansions were opened in 2009, 2011, and 2014. As of 2019,
1850-559: The BRT Standard promoted by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and other organizations. Compared to other common transit modes such as light rail transit (LRT), bus rapid transit (BRT) service is attractive to transit authorities because it does not cost as much to establish and operate: no track needs to be laid, bus drivers typically require less training and less pay than rail operators, and bus maintenance
1924-605: The Indonesian capital city . Bus rapid transit is a mode of mass rapid transit (MRT) and describes a high-capacity urban public-transit system with its own right of way , vehicles at short headways , platform-level boarding, and preticketing. The expression "BRT" is mainly used in the Americas and China; in India, it is called "BRTS" (BRT System); in Europe it is often called a "busway" or
1998-906: The MIO in Cali since November 2008, Metrolinea in Bucaramanga since December 2009, Megabús in Pereira since May 2009. This design is also used in Johannesburg 's Rea Vaya . The term "station" is more flexibly applied in North America and ranges from enclosed waiting areas ( Ottawa and Cleveland ) to large open-sided shelters ( Los Angeles and San Bernardino ). A unique and distinctive identity can contribute to BRT's attractiveness as an alternative to driving cars, (such as Viva, Max, TransMilenio, Metropolitano, Metronit, Select) marking stops and stations as well as
2072-538: The Pacific Highway , later U.S. Route 99 and State Route 99. During its heyday, the interurban ran at 30-minute headways throughout the day, and only made automatic stops at its terminals in Everett and Seattle. The railway was dismantled and later used as right of way for overhead power lines , until it was converted into a rail trail in the 1990s and 2000s, named the Interurban Trail . Community Transit
2146-591: The Snohomish County Government Campus , before turning south onto Rucker Avenue. The next station pair, split between 40th and 41st streets, serves The Everett Clinic and the Everett Memorial Stadium complex, as well as the northern terminus of the Interurban Trail . Buses travel south in general purpose lanes on Evergreen Way, passing over State Route 526 north of Casino Road Station. The road continues southwest as State Route 99 into
2220-544: The unincorporated community of Lake Stickney , where the Blue Line stops at Airport Road Station, a transfer with the Green Line to the Boeing Everett Factory and Mill Creek , and Lincoln Way Station north of an interchange with State Route 525 . The line enters the city of Lynnwood and moves into business access and transit (BAT) lanes at 148th Street Station, where a queue jump signal for northbound buses
2294-445: The "Swift" name and logo, on July 26, 2006. The first line, located on State Route 99 between Everett and Aurora Village, would begin operating in 2008, with 10-minute headways and limited stops. The agency envisioned real-time arrival signs at stations, and transit signal priority , among other improvements over existing bus service. The following year, CT purchased its fleet of 15 hybrid diesel-electric buses from New Flyer , at
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2368-435: The 15,000 to 25,000 range. Research of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) shows a capacity ranking of MRT modes, based on reported performance of 14 light rail systems, 14 heavy rail systems (just 1-track + 3 2-track-systems "highest capacity") and 56 BRT systems. The study concludes, that BRT-"capacity on TransMilenio exceeds all but the highest capacity heavy rail systems, and it far exceeds
2442-664: The Blue Line at Airport Road Station. The Blue Line was extended through Shoreline to connect with Link light rail at Shoreline North/185th station on September 14, 2024. The extension opened two weeks after the station did as part of the Lynnwood Link Extension . Community Transit selected the Meridian Avenue corridor for the extension in June 2020 to prioritize connections at the existing transit center over two other options on Aurora Avenue. Bus rapid transit Bus rapid transit ( BRT ), also referred to as
2516-664: The Swift corridor within Everett. There are several intersecting routes that connect Blue Line to Sound Transit Express service on Interstate 5 in Lynnwood : three routes on 200th Street near Crossroads and Heron stations travel east to Lynnwood Transit Center ; and two routes on 148th Street travel to Ash Way Park and Ride . The Blue Line's terminals also provide a connection to regional services that run south to Seattle : Everett Station has Sounder commuter rail and Sound Transit Express bus routes to Seattle, and Aurora Village Transit Center
2590-639: The United States, BRT began in 1977, with Pittsburgh's South Busway , operating on 4.3 miles (6.9 km) of exclusive lanes. Its success led to the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway in 1983, a fuller BRT deployment including a dedicated busway of 9.1 miles (14.6 km), traffic signal preemption , and peak service headway as low as two minutes. After the opening of the West Busway , 5.1 miles (8.2 km) in length in 2000, Pittsburgh's Busway system
2664-416: The beginning of regular service, with the first runs departing their termini at 5:00 am, and the new service attracted more than 1,500 riders, with end-to-end trips taking 20 minutes less compared to local buses on the same corridor. Swift debuted as the first bus rapid transit line in the state of Washington , ahead of King County's RapidRide , opening a year later in 2010, and one of the longest lines in
2738-1158: The board) Products Parking meter , Fare collection systems Number of employees 1,300 Website flowbird.group Flowbird is a French-headquartered company specializing in payment and ticketing systems, notably for car parks and public transport systems formed by the merger of Parkeon and Cale in 2018. Parkeon formed as a spin-off from Schlumberger in 2003. References [ edit ] ^ "About Us" . ^ "Combined Cale and Parkeon operation rebranded as Flowbird" . www.transportxtra.com . 2018-03-23 . Retrieved 2023-12-13 . ^ "Parkeon: New Name for Schlumberger – Parking Today" . parkingtoday.com . Retrieved 2023-12-13 . External links [ edit ] Flowbird - official website Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flowbird&oldid=1243974710 " Categories : Fare collection systems Companies based in Paris French companies established in 2003 Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
2812-419: The buses. Large cities usually have big bus networks. A map showing all bus lines might be incomprehensible, and cause people to wait for low-frequency buses that may not even be running at the time they are needed. By identifying the main bus lines having high-frequency service, with a special brand and separate maps, it is easier to understand the entire network. Public transit apps are more convenient than
2886-764: The capacity and speed of a light rail transit (LRT) or mass rapid transit (MRT) system with the flexibility, lower cost and simplicity of a bus system. The world's first BRT system was the Runcorn Busway in Runcorn New Town, England, which entered service in 1971. As of March 2018 , a total of 166 cities in six continents have implemented BRT systems, accounting for 4,906 km (3,048 mi) of BRT lanes and about 32.2 million passengers every day. The majority of these are in Latin America , where about 19.6 million passengers ride daily, and which has
2960-585: The center of major arterial roads, in 1980 the Curitiba system added a feeder bus network and inter-zone connections, and in 1992 introduced off-board fare collection, enclosed stations, and platform-level boarding. Other systems made further innovations, including platooning (three buses entering and leaving bus stops and traffic signals at once) in Porto Alegre , and passing lanes and express service in São Paulo . In
3034-591: The central part of the Transitway has been converted to light rail transit , due to the downtown section being operated beyond its designed capacity. In 1995, Quito , Ecuador, opened MetrobusQ its first BRT trolleybuses in Quito , using articulated trolleybuses. The TransMilenio in Bogotá , Colombia, opening in 2000, was the first BRT system to combine the best elements of Curitiba's BRT with other BRT advances, and achieved
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3108-568: The concept while sketching on the back of an envelope. The town was designed around the transport system, with most residents no more than five minutes walking distance, or 500 yards (460 m), from the Busway. The second BRT system in the world was the Rede Integrada de Transporte (RIT, integrated transportation network ), implemented in Curitiba , Brazil, in 1974. The Rede Integrada de Transporte
3182-718: The country when it opened. Existing local service on the State Route 99 was reduced on November 29 to accommodate the introduction of Swift. Community Transit eliminated route 100, a peak only service on the corridor, and reduced weekday headways on route 101 from 15 minutes to 20 minutes. Everett Transit reduced weekday headways on route 9, running from Airport Road Station to the Everett Community College , from 20 minutes to 30 minutes. The successful launch of Swift, which saw ridership grow to 3,000 daily boardings in its first five months of service, earned Community Transit
3256-627: The first BRT system in the world was the Runcorn Busway in Runcorn , England. First conceived in the Runcorn New Town Masterplan in 1966, it opened for services in October 1971 and all 22 kilometres (14 mi) were operational by 1980. The central station is at Runcorn Shopping City where buses arrive on dedicated raised busways to two enclosed stations. Arthur Ling , Runcorn Development Corporation's Master Planner, said that he had invented
3330-492: The first Swift station, located at Airport Road in south Everett, was held on December 3, 2008, and was attended by Community Transit CEO Joyce Eleanor, U.S. Senator Patty Murray , and the mayors of Everett and Marysville . Stations were constructed in two phases: the first consisting of utility relocation and pouring of the concrete shelter pad; the second being the installation of the shelters, beacons, and other amenities beginning in June 2009. The first station to be completed,
3404-576: The first bus rapid transit system in the state of Washington and costing $ 29 million to construct. Four infill stations in Everett were opened in 2011, and a southbound infill station serving Edmonds College opened in 2016. It gained the "Blue Line" moniker in August 2016, with the announcement of a second line, the Green Line , that opened in March 2019. The Blue Line was extended south from Aurora Village to Shoreline North/185th station in September 2024 following
3478-442: The following features: Bus-only lanes make for faster travel and ensure that buses are not delayed by mixed traffic congestion . A median alignment bus-only keeps buses away from busy curb-side side conflicts, where cars and trucks are parking, standing and turning. Separate rights of way may be used such as the completely elevated Xiamen BRT . Transit malls or 'bus streets' may also be created in city centers. Fare prepayment at
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3626-516: The full length of the corridor from Aurora Village to Everett, while route 101 only ran the southern portion of the route to South Everett, with all-day service that required a transfer to Everett Transit to complete trips to downtown Everett. Planning for limited-stop bus service, which later evolved into bus rapid transit , began in the 1990s, with proposals to build bus lanes on State Route 99 between 145th Street NE in Shoreline and Casino Road (near State Route 526 ) in Everett. Sound Transit
3700-662: The green phase or reducing the red phase in the required direction compared to the normal sequence. Prohibiting turns may be the most important measure for moving buses through intersections. The station platforms for BRT systems should be level with the bus floor for quick and easy boarding, making it fully accessible for wheelchairs, disabled passengers and baby strollers, with minimal delays. High-level platforms for high-floored buses makes it difficult to have stops outside dedicated platforms, or to have conventional buses stop at high-level platforms, so these BRT stops are distinct from street-level bus stops. Similar to rail vehicles, there
3774-434: The highest ridership of any Community Transit route, carrying over 1.6 million total passengers in 2015. It also has the highest frequency out of all Community Transit routes, running at headways of 10 to 15 minutes on weekdays from 4:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and mid-day on weekends, and 20-minute headways during early mornings and late nights. The line opened with 28 stations on November 29, 2009 as "Swift", becoming
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#17330849043223848-580: The highest capacity and highest speed BRT system in the world. In January 2004 the first BRT in Southeast Asia, TransJakarta , opened in Jakarta , Indonesia. As of 2015 , at 210 kilometres (130 mi), it is the longest BRT system in the world. Africa's first BRT system was opened in Lagos , Nigeria, in March 2008 but is considered a light BRT system by many people. Johannesburg , South Africa, BRT Rea Vaya ,
3922-447: The highest light rail system." Performance data of 84 systems show More topical are these BRT data After the first BRT system opened in 1971, cities were slow to adopt BRT because they believed that the capacity of BRT was limited to about 12,000 passengers per hour traveling in a given direction during peak demand. While this is a capacity rarely needed in the US (12,000 is more typical as
3996-613: The highway in some areas, improving existing bus service, and laying the ground for a future bus rapid transit line. Community Transit's Strategic Planning Group published a recommendation in 2004, calling for bus rapid transit service on the State Route 99 corridor between Everett Station and Aurora Village Transit Center , featuring off-board fare collection, limited stops, and transit signal priority . The route alternatives proposed included express service from Aurora Village to Downtown Seattle via Aurora Avenue North or Interstate 5, as well as express service on Interstate 5 in Everett, if
4070-477: The morning and evening hours on Sundays and every 15 minutes during the midday hours between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Swift initially ran at a 10-minute headway, and had evening service end at midnight , until a major system-wide service reduction in February 2012 reduced its weekday headway to 12 minutes. Sunday service was suspended entirely from 2010 until 2015 due to budget cuts. The 10-minute weekday frequency
4144-474: The most cities with BRT systems, with 54, led by Brazil with 21 cities. The Latin American countries with the most daily ridership are Brazil (10.7 million), Colombia (3.0 million), and Mexico (2.5 million). In the other regions, China (4.3 million) and Iran (2.1 million) stand out. Currently, TransJakarta is the largest BRT network in the world, with about 251.2 kilometres (156.1 mi) of corridors connecting
4218-492: The opening of the Lynnwood Link light rail project. The Blue Line, designated internally as Community Transit Route 701, begins at Bays G and H at the south end of Everett Station . Buses travel north on Smith Avenue, passing the station building and parking lots, and turn west onto Pacific Avenue towards Downtown Everett . The line continues west on Pacific, stopping at a station split between Wetmore and Colby avenues near
4292-463: The partnership with Everett Transit. The grants also paid for the majority of the cost to operate Swift for its first three years of service, estimated at $ 5 million annually, allowing it to maintain 10-minute headways, while the rest of Community Transit service was reduced in 2010. Swift launched on November 29, 2009 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Crossroads Station, and a day of free rides from 4:00 p.m. to midnight. The following day marked
4366-513: The rest of the Lynnwood stations, but was delayed while waiting for the City of Lynnwood to extend 204th Street and build a traffic signal at its intersection with State Route 99. A northbound station at 196th Street opened in August 2023 as part of preparations for the future Orange Line , which has a transfer at the intersection. It is the first station to use an updated Swift design with longer windscreens, improved station signage and digital kiosks, and
4440-858: The right side of the street. Groups of criteria form the BRT Standard 2016, which is updated by the Technical Committee of the BRT Standard. High-capacity vehicles such as articulated or even bi-articulated buses may be used, typically with multiple doors for fast entry and exit. Double-decker buses or guided buses may also be used. Advanced powertrain control may be used for a smoother ride. Bottleneck BRT stations typically provide loading areas for simultaneous boarding and alighting of buses through multiple doors coordinated via displays and loudspeakers. An example of high-quality stations include those used on TransMilenio in Bogotá since December 2000,
4514-771: The schedules and live arrival times and stations for buses that feed the BRT, like the SITP (Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público or Public Transit Integrated System) in Bogotá . A special issue arises in the use of buses in metro transit structures. Since the areas where the demand for an exclusive bus right-of-way are apt to be in dense downtown areas where an above-ground structure may be unacceptable on historic, logistic, or environmental grounds, use of BRT in tunnels may not be avoidable. Since buses are usually powered by internal combustion engines , bus metros raise ventilation issues similar to those of motor vehicle tunnels. Powerful fans typically exchange air through ventilation shafts to
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#17330849043224588-492: The station, instead of on board the bus, eliminates the delay caused by passengers paying on board. Fare machines at stations also allow riders to purchase multi-ride stored-value cards and have multiple payment options. Prepayment also allows riders to board at all doors, further speeding up stops. Prohibiting turns for traffic across the bus lane significantly reduces delays to the buses. Bus priority will often be provided at signalized intersections to reduce delays by extending
4662-404: The subway, and with the rear axle driven by a conventional diesel powertrain on freeways and streets. Boston is using a similar approach, after initially using trolleybuses pending delivery of the dual-mode vehicles that was completed in 2005. In 2004, Seattle replaced its "Transit Tunnel" fleet with diesel-electric hybrid buses, which operate similarly to hybrid cars outside the tunnel and in
4736-417: The surface; these are usually as remote as possible from occupied areas, to minimize the effects of noise and concentrated pollution. A straightforward way to reduce air quality problems is to use internal combustion engines with lower emissions. The 2008 Euro V European emission standards set a limit on carbon monoxide from heavy-duty diesel engines of 1.5 g/kWh, one third of the 1992 Euro I standard. As
4810-428: The theoretical maximum throughput measured in passengers per hour per direction (PPHPD) for a single traffic lane is some 150,000 passengers per hour (250 passengers per vehicle, one vehicle every 6 seconds). In real world conditions BRT Rio (de Janeiro, BRS Presidente Vargas) with 65.000 PPHPD holds the record, TransMilenio Bogotá and Metrobus Istanbul perform 49,000 – 45,000 PPHPD, most other busy systems operating in
4884-499: The use of dual buses, with doors on the left side of the bus that are located at the height of high-level platforms, and doors on the right side that are located at curb height. These buses can use the main line with its exclusive lanes and high level platforms, located on the center of the street and thus, boarding and leaving passengers on the left side. These buses can exit the main line and use normal lanes that share with other vehicles and stop at regular stations located on sidewalks on
4958-438: Was developed by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) to score BRT corridors, producing a list of rated BRT corridors meeting the minimum definition of BRT. The highest rated systems received a "gold" ranking. The latest edition of the standard was published in 2016. Other metrics used to evaluate BRT performance include: Based on this data, the minimum headway and maximum current vehicle capacities,
5032-497: Was established in 1996 as a regional transit authority , and selected the State Route 99 corridor as a route for its express bus system , but later replaced it, before service began, with an express route on Interstate 5 from Everett to Northgate , while leaving SR 99 to Community Transit. Sound Transit funded the construction of business access and transit lanes on State Route 99 through Lynnwood from 244th Street to 148th Street in 2002, converting former parking lanes, and widening
5106-495: Was founded in 1976 as the public transit agency for Snohomish County, and introduced local service from Everett to Aurora Village via State Route 99 on route 750. By 1991, the State Route 99 corridor had the highest ridership on both Community Transit and Everett Transit. Route 750 was later renumbered to route 610, which was later upgraded to 15-minute headways in the 1990s, and itself split into two routes, 100 and 101, in 2003. Community Transit route 100 ran during peak hours along
5180-490: Was inspired by the previous transport system of the National Urban Transport Company of Peru (In Spanish: ENATRU ), which only had quick access on Lima downtown , but it would not be considered BRT itself. Many of the elements that have become associated with BRT were innovations first suggested by Carlos Ceneviva, within the team of Curitiba Mayor Jaime Lerner . Initially just dedicated bus lanes in
5254-953: Was installed in 2012. The Blue Line continues south on State Route 99 through Lynnwood, serving the Lynnwood Crossroads area at 196th and 200th streets and the Edmonds College with a southbound-only stop at 204th Street, and continues into Edmonds to stop at the Edmonds Swedish Medical Center . The line crosses over State Route 104 and enters the city of Shoreline in King County , before it turns east onto North 200th Street and reaches its southern terminus at Aurora Village Transit Center Bay 9. The Blue Line serves 34 stations, grouped into 16 pairs spaced approximately one mile (1.6 km) apart from each other, on its 16.7-mile-long (27 km) route. Swift stations consist of
5328-481: Was restored in September 2018, and Saturday frequency was bumped from 20 minutes to 15 minutes in September 2019. Service on the Blue Line was reduced to every 12 minutes on weekdays in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Fare collection was also suspended until June 1 to increase physical distancing between passengers, drivers, and fare ambassadors. Full service was restored in September 2020. The Blue Line carried
5402-612: Was the first true BRT in Africa, in August 2009, carrying 16,000 daily passengers. Rea Vaya and MIO (BRT in Cali , Colombia, opened 2009) were the first two systems to combine full BRT with some services that also operated in mixed traffic, then joined the BRT trunk infrastructure. In 2017 Marrakesh , Morocco, opened its first BRT Marrakesh trolleybus system (BHNS De Marrakesh) trolleybuses Corridors of 8 km (5.0 mi), of which 3 km (1.9 mi) of overhead wiring for operation as trolleybus. BRT systems normally include most of
5476-404: Was upgraded to bus rapid transit with the introduction of the RapidRide E Line in February 2014. The line terminates at Aurora Village Transit Center , allowing for transfers to Swift. On August 12, 2016, Community Transit announced a rebrand for Swift to the "Swift Blue Line", while the planned Swift II line would become the Green Line . The Green Line opened on March 24, 2019, and connects with
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