The Centre has approved the operation of a bus rapid transit system (BRTS) in four cities "" Ahmedabad, Pune, Nagpur and Indore "" in an effort to improve urban transportation. | |
| BRTS is a new concept of the urban transportation system being promoted by the New York-based Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) under which high-speed luxury buses ply on dedicated lanes to connect cities with their outskirts. |
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| Beijing, Jakarta and Bogota have BRTS. In India, Ahmedabad is in the process of implementing the BRTS. |
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| "BRTS is a good model for public-private-partnership (PPP) programmes. Wherever it has been implemented, public transportation has improved dramatically. The system will reduce the stress on the cities' transportation infrastructure," urban development minister S Jaipal Reddy said in his keynote address at the SumInfra 2007. |
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