[sustran] Re: Example of why BRTs often take too long

[Lloyd Wright]

I would imagine that each mode type is affected by different potential types
of project delays.

Higher capital cost modes are affected by budget constraints.

More substantial engineering and infrastructural challenges create potential
construction delays as well as perhaps greater risk of cost volatility /
escalation.

Surface modes could face challenges in terms of motorist lobbies (due to
potential loss of mixed traffic lanes) and NIMBYism.

Elevated modes could face challenges due to visual impacts.

There are certainly examples of BRT systems going in very quickly (most of
the Chinese systems, Ahmedabad, Johannesburg, Bogota, etc.), but there are
also examples of projects with enduring delays (Dar es Salaam).

As Carlos suggest, it would be worth doing a comparative study of project
development times for each mode.

Best regards,

Lloyd

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The attached article is an example of why I say that the advantage of BRT
being built quicker than rail is often only hypothetical. This decision took
many years despite the fact that this is a very busy bus route. Eric Bruun