Quo Vadis? – the ancients said. Where you are going? Indeed, in what direction we are heading for, by actively increasing vehicle-to-populations ration in our cities? The increasing pace of global economic progress - and therefore the number of private cars in the last decades - has led to a larger traffic congestion than has been in the world ever before. We got accustomed to daily waiting on traffic lights as well as to congestion on the main roads.
The Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide is the most comprehensive resource for planning a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, beginning with project preparation all the way through to implementation
Bus Rapid Transit systems have proven to be catalysts in transforming cities into more livable and human-friendly environments. The appeal of BRT is the ability to deliver a high-quality mass transit system within the budgets of most municipalities, even in low-income cities. Planning and implementing a good BRT system is not easy. This guide aims to make the task a little easier.
Beginning with an overview of BRT, the Planning Guide proceeds to give a step-by-step description of the planning process, including operational design, financial modeling, physical design, multi-modal and land use integration, business plan development, communications and marketing, contracting, vehicle and fare collection technology, evaluation, and implementation.
The BRT Planning Guide is intended as a guidance document mainly for planning and engineering professionals. However, others, such as non-governmental organizations, national and regional policymakers, and business groups, will find it a valuable resource as well, when advocating for their issues and finding solutions to the problems that they are addressing.
This edition, expanded to over 800 pages, includes contributions from a wide range of professionals and practitioners with direct experience in designing and implementing BRT systems all over the world.
The Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide is copyrighted by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). It is intended for technical and educational use only and may not be used for commercial purposes. It may not be reprinted or modified without the explicit authorization of ITDP.
The BRT Planning Guide is co-edited by Lloyd Wright, Executive Director of Viva; and Walter Hook, Executive Director of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). It was developed through support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Global Environment Facility/United Nations Environment Programme, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
The translation to Russian language has been prepared by the project “Climate-friendly mobility in Ukrainian cities”. This project is implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the context of the International Climate Protection Initiative. More on www.mobilnist.org.ua/home
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Cycling is enjoying increasing popularity in Ukrainian cities. However, there is no comprehensive and professional source of information or entity that provides clear information to municipalities on benefits of developing cycling infrastructure and, the most important, how to do it properly.
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Ми раді запропонувати Вашій увазі огляд публікацій про сталу мобільність, що знаходиться у додатку. Цей огляд містить коротку анотацію посібників та технічних документів на українській і частково російській мовах у сферах громадського та велосипедного транспорту та загальна інформація про сталий транспорт. 
The international conference “Development of Sustainable Mobility in Ukrainian Cities: Cycling ahead” (Lviv/Ukraine, 6-7 December 2011) focused on the development of cycling in Ukrainian cities: approaches, best practices and lessons learnt.
On occasion of the “Day of car users and workers of the road sector” (October 30) the “Sustainable urban mobility in Ukrainian cities” project launches the Russian version of the ITDP document on parking management “Europe’s Parking U-turn: from Accommodation to Regulation”. The document outlines the historical preconditions that fostered fundamental changes in the parking paradigms, describes instruments of parking management and provides best practices used by the cities that switched to more sustainable mobility modes. The ten cities featured are Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Copenhagen, London, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Strasbourg and Zurich.
